The Shake-speare Drama of The Tempest: The Restoration of Man's Empire Over NatureCoburn Press, 1909 - 94 pages |
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... I'll break my staff , Bury it certain fathoms in the earth , And deeper than did ever plummet sound , I'll drown my book . " Man's empire over nature , as illustrated in the play , is complete . The ocean obeys him . The spir- its of ...
... I'll break my staff , Bury it certain fathoms in the earth , And deeper than did ever plummet sound , I'll drown my book . " Man's empire over nature , as illustrated in the play , is complete . The ocean obeys him . The spir- its of ...
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... tion from the Latin root . Boats . Work you then . Ant . Hang , cur ! hang , you whoreson , insolent noisemaker ! We are less afraid to be drowned than thou art . Gon . I'll warrant him for drowning ; though the ACT I. SCENE I. 3 • I 32 51.
... tion from the Latin root . Boats . Work you then . Ant . Hang , cur ! hang , you whoreson , insolent noisemaker ! We are less afraid to be drowned than thou art . Gon . I'll warrant him for drowning ; though the ACT I. SCENE I. 3 • I 32 51.
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... I'll warrant him for drowning ; though the ship were no stronger than a nutshell and as leaky as an unstanched wench . Boats . Lay her a - hold , a - hold ! * set her two courses off to sea again ; lay her off . set . * That is , keep ...
... I'll warrant him for drowning ; though the ship were no stronger than a nutshell and as leaky as an unstanched wench . Boats . Lay her a - hold , a - hold ! * set her two courses off to sea again ; lay her off . set . * That is , keep ...
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... I'll rack thee with old cramps , Fill all thy bones with aches , * make thee roar That beasts shall tremble at thy din . Formerly ( as here ) a dissylable , pronounced like the plural of h . John Kemble tried one hundred years ago to ...
... I'll rack thee with old cramps , Fill all thy bones with aches , * make thee roar That beasts shall tremble at thy din . Formerly ( as here ) a dissylable , pronounced like the plural of h . John Kemble tried one hundred years ago to ...
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... I'll free thee Within two days for this . Fer . Most sure , the goddess On whom these airs attend ! Vouchsafe my prayer May know if you remain upon this island ; And that you will some good instruction give How I may bear me here : my ...
... I'll free thee Within two days for this . Fer . Most sure , the goddess On whom these airs attend ! Vouchsafe my prayer May know if you remain upon this island ; And that you will some good instruction give How I may bear me here : my ...
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allusion Alon ALONZO ancient ANTONIO Augmentis awake Boats boatswain brave brother Caliban Catullus Ceres charm Comedy of Errors daughter death devil doth dramatist drown Duke of Milan dukedom e'er earth Enter ARIEL Enter PROSPERO Exeunt Exit eyes father Ferdinand fish foul Francis Bacon give Gonzalo grace Gray's Gray's Inn hang Hark Hast thou hath hear heavens Henry VII hither island isle Juno King of Naples king's ship lord master mind Miranda monster nature never nymphs o'er play pray prithee Pros Prospero Prospero's cell queen Re-enter ARIEL remember SCENA Sebastian Shakespeare sing sleep speak spirit Stephano storm strange sweet Sycorax tell Tempest thee There's thine thing thou art thou camest thou didst thou dost thou hast thou shalt thought thunder Tobie Matthew Trin Trinculo Tunis widow Dido wind wonder word
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Page 78 - twixt the green sea and the azur'd vault Set roaring war : to the dread rattling thunder Have I given fire and rifted Jove's stout oak With his own bolt ; the strong-bas'd promontory Have I made shake and by the spurs pluck'd up The pine and cedar...
Page 72 - Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air: And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff As dreams are made on ; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.
Page 23 - Water with berries in't, and teach me how To name the bigger light, and how the less, That burn by day and night : and then I lov'd thee, And show'd thee all the qualities o' th' isle, The fresh springs, brine-pits, barren place and fertile.
Page 37 - Scape being drunk for want of wine. Gon. I' th' commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things. For no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known ; riches, poverty, And use of service, none...
Page 4 - Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground ; long heath, brown furze, any thing: The wills above be done! but I •would fain die a dry death.
Page 24 - You taught me language; and my profit on't Is, I know how to curse : The red plague rid you, For learning me your language ! Pro.
Page 37 - But thus you see we maintain a trade, not for gold, silver, or jewels, nor for silks, nor for spices, nor any other commodity of matter, but only for God's first creature, which was light ; to have light, I say, of the growth of all parts of the world.
Page 5 - If by your art, my dearest father, you have Put the wild waters in this roar, allay them : The sky, it seems, would pour down stinking pitch, But that the sea, mounting to the welkin's cheek, Dashes the fire out. O, I have suffer'd With those that I saw suffer ! a brave vessel, Who had no doubt some noble creatures in her, Dash'd all to pieces.