The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr. of various commentators, to which are added notes by S. Johnson and G. Steevens, revised and augmented by I. Reed, with a glossarial index, Volume 16 |
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... cause To be suspected of more tenderness Than doth become a man ! I will remain The loyal'st husband that did e'er plight troth . My residence in Rome at one Philario's ; Who to my father was a friend , to me Known but by letter ...
... cause To be suspected of more tenderness Than doth become a man ! I will remain The loyal'st husband that did e'er plight troth . My residence in Rome at one Philario's ; Who to my father was a friend , to me Known but by letter ...
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... cause . Trees are killed by a blast of lightning , that is , by blasting , not blasted lightning . Johnson . 6 next vantage . ] Next opportunity . Johnson . So , in The Merry Wives of Windsor : " And when the doctor spies his vantage ...
... cause . Trees are killed by a blast of lightning , that is , by blasting , not blasted lightning . Johnson . 6 next vantage . ] Next opportunity . Johnson . So , in The Merry Wives of Windsor : " And when the doctor spies his vantage ...
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... cause doth strike my heart With pity , that doth make me sick . A lady So fair , and fasten'd to an empery , ' Would make the great'st king double ! to be partner'd With tomboys , 2 hir'd with that self - exhibition3 Which your own ...
... cause doth strike my heart With pity , that doth make me sick . A lady So fair , and fasten'd to an empery , ' Would make the great'st king double ! to be partner'd With tomboys , 2 hir'd with that self - exhibition3 Which your own ...
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... caused himself with great solemnity to be crowned ; -and be . cause he was the first that bare a crowne here in Britaine , after the opinion of some writers , he is named the first king of Bri- taine , and all the other before ...
... caused himself with great solemnity to be crowned ; -and be . cause he was the first that bare a crowne here in Britaine , after the opinion of some writers , he is named the first king of Bri- taine , and all the other before ...
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... cause ; But now thou seem'st a coward . Pis . Thou shalt not damn my hand . Imo . Hence , vile instrument ! Why , I must die ; And if I do not by thy hand , thou art No servant of thy master's : Against self - slaughter There is a ...
... cause ; But now thou seem'st a coward . Pis . Thou shalt not damn my hand . Imo . Hence , vile instrument ! Why , I must die ; And if I do not by thy hand , thou art No servant of thy master's : Against self - slaughter There is a ...
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Page 417 - tis a lost fear; Man but a rush against Othello's breast, And he retires; — Where should Othello go? — Now, how dost thou look now ? O ill-starr'd wench ! Pale as thy smock ! when we shall meet at compt, This look of thine will hurl my soul from heaven, And fiends will snatch at it.
Page 327 - I will in Cassio's lodging lose this napkin, And let him find it. Trifles, light as air, Are to the jealous confirmations strong As proofs of Holy Writ.
Page 419 - I pray you, in your letters, When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, Speak of me as I am ; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice: then must you speak Of one that loved not wisely but too well...
Page 202 - In following him, I follow but myself ; Heaven is my judge, not I for love and duty, But seeming so, for my peculiar end...
Page 233 - These things to hear, Would Desdemona seriously incline : But still the house affairs would draw her thence ; Which ever as she could with haste despatch, She 'd come again, and with a greedy ear Devour up my discourse : — which I observing, Took once a pliant hour ; and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart, That I would all my pilgrimage dilate...
Page 318 - Tis not to make me jealous, To say — my wife is fair, feeds well, loves company, Is free of speech, sings, plays, and dances well; Where virtue is, these are more virtuous: Nor from mine own weak merits will I draw The smallest fear, or doubt of her revolt; For she had eyes, and chose me...
Page 293 - God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!
Page 229 - Their dearest action in the tented field, And little of this great world can I speak, More than pertains to feats of broil and battle, And therefore little shall I grace my cause In speaking for myself. Yet, by your gracious patience...
Page 418 - Demand me nothing: What you know, you know: From this time forth I never will speak word.
Page 235 - twas wondrous pitiful: She wish'd she had not heard it, yet she wish'd That heaven had made her such a man...