The dramatic (poetical) works of William Shakspeare; illustr., embracing a life of the poet and notes, Volume 7 |
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Page 14
... reads , " reserve thy state ; " and has falls instead of " stoops to folly . " 5 This is , perhaps , a word of the Poet's own ; meaning the same as re- verberates . The expression to wage against is used in a letter from Guil . Webbe to ...
... reads , " reserve thy state ; " and has falls instead of " stoops to folly . " 5 This is , perhaps , a word of the Poet's own ; meaning the same as re- verberates . The expression to wage against is used in a letter from Guil . Webbe to ...
Page 15
... reads " make good . " 3 Thus the quartos . The folio reads " disasters . " By diseases are meant uneasinesses , inconveniences . The quartos read " Friendship ; " and in the next line , instead of " dear shelter , " " protection ...
... reads " make good . " 3 Thus the quartos . The folio reads " disasters . " By diseases are meant uneasinesses , inconveniences . The quartos read " Friendship ; " and in the next line , instead of " dear shelter , " " protection ...
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... read : - " And well are worth the worth that you have wanted . " The meaning of the passage , as it now stands in ... read : - " Who covers faults , at last shame them derides . " The folio has : - " Who covers faults , at last with ...
... read : - " And well are worth the worth that you have wanted . " The meaning of the passage , as it now stands in ... read : - " Who covers faults , at last shame them derides . " The folio has : - " Who covers faults , at last with ...
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... [ Reads . ] This policy , and reverence of age , makes the world bitter to the best of our times ; keeps our fortunes from us , till our oldness cannot relish them . I begin to find an idle and fond bondage in the oppres- sion of aged ...
... [ Reads . ] This policy , and reverence of age , makes the world bitter to the best of our times ; keeps our fortunes from us , till our oldness cannot relish them . I begin to find an idle and fond bondage in the oppres- sion of aged ...
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... reads , " could the reposure . " 4 i . e . my hand - writing , my signature . 5 The folio reads , " potential spirits . " And in the next line but one , " O strange and fastened villain . " - Strong is determined , resolute . Our ...
... reads , " could the reposure . " 4 i . e . my hand - writing , my signature . 5 The folio reads , " potential spirits . " And in the next line but one , " O strange and fastened villain . " - Strong is determined , resolute . Our ...
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Page 268 - That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger To sound what stop she please. Give me that man That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart, As I do thee.
Page 366 - 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, Whereof by parcels...
Page 285 - See what a grace was seated on this brow ; Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill ; A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal To give the world assurance of a man : This was your husband.
Page 239 - I'll wipe away all trivial fond records, All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past, That youth and observation copied there; And thy commandment all alone shall live Within the book and volume of my brain, Unmix'd with baser matter: yes, by heaven!
Page 12 - Thou, nature, art my goddess ; to thy law My services are bound : Wherefore should I Stand in the plague of custom ; and permit The curiosity of nations to deprive me, For that I am some twelve or fourteen moon-shines Lag of a brother? Why bastard? wherefore base? When my dimensions are as well compact, My mind as generous, and my shape as true, As honest madam's issue? Why brand they us With base? with baseness? bastardy? base, base?
Page 53 - If it be you that stir these daughters' hearts Against their father, fool me not so much To bear it tamely ; touch me with noble anger ! O, let not women's weapons, water-drops, Stain my man's cheeks! — No, you unnatural hags, I will have such revenges on you both, That all the world shall — I will do such things, — What they are, yet I know not ; but they shall be The terrors of the earth.
Page 177 - Romeo; and, when he shall die. Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine, That all the world will be in love with night, And pay no worship to the garish sun.
Page 157 - But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks! It is the east, and Juliet is the sun ! — Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief, That thou her maid art far more fair than she...
Page 110 - I'll kneel down, And ask of thee forgiveness : so we'll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk of court news ; and we'll talk with them too, Who loses and who wins ; who's in, who's out ; And take...
Page 236 - I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres...