Shakespeare's Works, Volume 4Harper & brothers, 1884 |
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Page 10
... remarks , " is taken from the Menæchmi of Plautus , but the plot is entirely recast , and rendered much more diverting by the variety and quick succession of the incidents . To the twin brothers of Plautus are added twin servants , and ...
... remarks , " is taken from the Menæchmi of Plautus , but the plot is entirely recast , and rendered much more diverting by the variety and quick succession of the incidents . To the twin brothers of Plautus are added twin servants , and ...
Page 102
... remarks : " This argument is almost sufficient to point out the difference between the plots of Plautus and of Shakspere . It stands in the place of the beautiful narrative of Ægeon , in the first scene of the Comedy of Errors . In ...
... remarks : " This argument is almost sufficient to point out the difference between the plots of Plautus and of Shakspere . It stands in the place of the beautiful narrative of Ægeon , in the first scene of the Comedy of Errors . In ...
Page 105
... remarks on this subject also are so good that we cannot forbear quoting them : " We have noticed some of the anachronisms which the translator of Plautus , in Shakspere's time , did not hesitate to introduce into his per- formance ...
... remarks on this subject also are so good that we cannot forbear quoting them : " We have noticed some of the anachronisms which the translator of Plautus , in Shakspere's time , did not hesitate to introduce into his per- formance ...
Page 108
... remark here that the folios have indifferently Antipholus and Antipholis ; but that the former is the correct form is ... remarks here : " The offence which Egeon had committed , and the penalty which he had incurred , are pointed out ...
... remark here that the folios have indifferently Antipholus and Antipholis ; but that the former is the correct form is ... remarks here : " The offence which Egeon had committed , and the penalty which he had incurred , are pointed out ...
Page 112
... remarks that a better example than this cannot be found of Shakespeare's " custom of using a word in different senses twice in one line . " Brae has suggested " hele " ( heal ) for help , but the latter is often equivalent to the former ...
... remarks that a better example than this cannot be found of Shakespeare's " custom of using a word in different senses twice in one line . " Brae has suggested " hele " ( heal ) for help , but the latter is often equivalent to the former ...
Common terms and phrases
1st folio 2d folio Abbess Adriana Ægeon Angelo Antipholus of E brother Camb Capell chain changed character Clarke Coll Comedy of Errors conjecture Courtesan Cymb doth Dromio Dromio of E Duke edition editors Eglamour Enter Ephesus Epidamnum Exeunt Exit fair fat friar father fool Fulia gentle Gentlemen of Verona give hair Halliwell Hanmer hath heaven Henry Henry VI humour husband Johnson Julia Julius Cæsar lady later folios Launce look lord lover Lucetta Luciana Macb Madam Malone master mean Menæchmus Merchant merry Milan mistress night Outlaw Panthino Plautus play poet Pope pray Proteus quotes rhyme Rich says SCENE Schmidt sense servant Shakespeare Shakspere Silvia Sir Proteus Sir Thurio Sonn speak Speed Steevens sweet SYRACUSE tell Temp thee Theo thou art thou hast Thurio Valentine villain Warb wife woman word
Popular passages
Page 29 - The current, that with gentle murmur glides, Thou know'st, being stopp'd, impatiently doth rage ; But, when his fair course is not hindered, He makes sweet music with the enamel'd stones, Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge He overtaketh in his pilgrimage ; And so by many winding nooks he strays, With willing sport, to the wild ocean...
Page 20 - gainst my fury • Do I take part : the rarer action is In virtue than in vengeance : they being penitent, The sole drift of my purpose doth extend Not a frown further : Go, release them, Ariel ; My charms I'll break, their senses I'll restore, • And they shall be themselves.
Page 26 - O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day ; Which now shows all the beauty of the sun, And by and by a cloud takes all away ! Re-enter PANTHINO.
Page 117 - Sweet sister, let me live : What sin you do to save a brother's life, Nature dispenses with the deed so far, That it becomes a virtue.
Page 143 - In perfect diapason, whilst they stood In first obedience, and their state of good. O, may we soon again renew that song, And keep in tune with Heaven, till God ere long To his celestial concert us unite, To live with him, and sing in endless morn of light ! VOL.
Page 80 - Flatter and praise, commend, extol their graces ; Though ne'er so black, say they have angels' faces. That man that hath a tongue, I say, is no man, If with his tongue he cannot win a woman.
Page 18 - Not for the world: why, man, she is mine own; And I as rich in having such a jewel, As twenty seas, if all their sand were pearl, The water nectar, and the rocks pure gold.
Page 21 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together: our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not ; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.
Page 138 - Nor uglier follow the night-hag, when call'd In secret, riding through the air she comes, Lur'd with the smell of infant blood, to dance With Lapland witches, while the labouring moon Eclipses at their charms.
Page 135 - As when, to warn proud cities, war appears Waged in the troubled sky, and armies rush To battle in the clouds, before each van Prick forth the aery knights, and couch their spears Till thickest legions close ; with feats of arms From either end of heaven the welkin burns.