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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... comes the gentleman , The queen , and princess . SCENE II . The same . [ Exeunt . Enter the Queen , POSTHUMUS , and IMOGEN.3 Queen . No , be assur'd , you shall not find me , daughter , After the slander of most step - mothers , Evil ...
... comes the gentleman , The queen , and princess . SCENE II . The same . [ Exeunt . Enter the Queen , POSTHUMUS , and IMOGEN.3 Queen . No , be assur'd , you shall not find me , daughter , After the slander of most step - mothers , Evil ...
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... comes , comes to decay " A day's work in him . " Dr. Warburton would read " A yare ( i . e . a speedy ) age ; " Sir T. Hanmer would restore the metre by a supplemental epithet : thou heapest many A year's age & c . and Dr. Johnson would ...
... comes , comes to decay " A day's work in him . " Dr. Warburton would read " A yare ( i . e . a speedy ) age ; " Sir T. Hanmer would restore the metre by a supplemental epithet : thou heapest many A year's age & c . and Dr. Johnson would ...
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... her languish A drop of blood a day ; ] We meet with a congenial form of malediction in Othello : 66 may his pernicious soul " Rot half a grain a day ! " Steevens . Where air comes out , air comes in : there's 16 CYMBELINE .
... her languish A drop of blood a day ; ] We meet with a congenial form of malediction in Othello : 66 may his pernicious soul " Rot half a grain a day ! " Steevens . Where air comes out , air comes in : there's 16 CYMBELINE .
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... comes in : there's none abroad so wholesome as that you vent . Clo . If my shirt were bloody , then to shift it ... come between us . 2 Lord . So would I , till you had measured how long a fool you were upon the ground . [ Aside . Clo ...
... comes in : there's none abroad so wholesome as that you vent . Clo . If my shirt were bloody , then to shift it ... come between us . 2 Lord . So would I , till you had measured how long a fool you were upon the ground . [ Aside . Clo ...
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... comes in my father , And , like the tyrannous breathing of the north , Shakes all our buds from growing.1 7 - encounter me with orisons , ] i . e . meet me with reciprocal prayer . So , in Macbeth : " See , they encounter thee with ...
... comes in my father , And , like the tyrannous breathing of the north , Shakes all our buds from growing.1 7 - encounter me with orisons , ] i . e . meet me with reciprocal prayer . So , in Macbeth : " See , they encounter thee with ...
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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...