The Aldus Shakespeare, Volume 32Bigelow Smith, 1909 |
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Page xii
... Poet's life , the reason of its standing first is not apparent . Nor is it much more apparent why the arrangement of that edi- tion should be broken up , until more is known of the order in which Shakespeare's plays were written . The ...
... Poet's life , the reason of its standing first is not apparent . Nor is it much more apparent why the arrangement of that edi- tion should be broken up , until more is known of the order in which Shakespeare's plays were written . The ...
Page xv
... Poet's " still - vex'd Bermoothes " seems to link his work in some way with Jourdan's narrative . So that it is not easy to see how an earlier date can be assigned for The Tempest than 1610. The supernatural in the play was undoubtedly ...
... Poet's " still - vex'd Bermoothes " seems to link his work in some way with Jourdan's narrative . So that it is not easy to see how an earlier date can be assigned for The Tempest than 1610. The supernatural in the play was undoubtedly ...
Page xvi
... Poet may have revised The Tempest after all his other plays were written , and inserted the passage where Prospero adjures his " rough magic , " and buries his staff , and drowns his book . But we cannot believe that Shake- speare had ...
... Poet may have revised The Tempest after all his other plays were written , and inserted the passage where Prospero adjures his " rough magic , " and buries his staff , and drowns his book . But we cannot believe that Shake- speare had ...
Page xvii
... Poet fixed the scene of his drama in the Bermudas . For this they seem not to have had nor desired any authority but his mention of " the still- vex'd Bermoothes . " Ariel's trip from " the deep xvii THE TEMPEST Introduction.
... Poet fixed the scene of his drama in the Bermudas . For this they seem not to have had nor desired any authority but his mention of " the still- vex'd Bermoothes . " Ariel's trip from " the deep xvii THE TEMPEST Introduction.
Page xviii
... Poet's mind : but then it also shows that his scene was not there ; for it had been no feat at all worth mentioning for Ariel to fetch dew from one part of the island to another . On the other hand , Mr. Hunter is very positive that if ...
... Poet's mind : but then it also shows that his scene was not there ; for it had been no feat at all worth mentioning for Ariel to fetch dew from one part of the island to another . On the other hand , Mr. Hunter is very positive that if ...
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Popular passages
Page 52 - A strange fish ! Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver: there would this monster make a man; any strange beast there makes a man: when they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.
Page 94 - Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes and groves, And ye that on the sands with printless foot Do chase the ebbing Neptune and do fly him When he comes back ; you demi-puppets that By moonshine do the green sour ringlets make, Whereof the ewe not bites, and you whose pastime Is to make midnight mushrooms...
Page 85 - 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 70 - Be not afeard ; the isle is full of noises, Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears ; and sometime voices, That, if I then had wak'd after long sleep, Will make me sleep again : and then, in dreaming, The clouds, methought, would open and show riches Ready to drop upon me ; that when I wak'd I cried to dream again.
Page xli - tis, We cannot miss him : he does make our fire, Fetch in our wood ; and serves in offices That profit us.
Page 95 - Some heavenly music, (which even now I do,) To work mine end upon their senses, that This airy charm is for, I'll break my staff, Bury it certain fathoms in the earth, And, deeper than did ever plummet sound, I'll drown my book.
Page xxvi - The floating clouds their state shall lend To her; for her the willow bend; Nor shall she fail to see Even in the motions of the Storm Grace that shall mould the Maiden's form By silent sympathy. 'The stars of midnight shall be dear To her; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where rivulets dance their wayward round, And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face.
Page 62 - The harmony of their tongues hath into bondage Brought my too diligent ear: for several virtues Have I lik'd several women ; never any With so full soul, but some defect in her Did quarrel with the noblest grace she ow'd, And put it to the foil: But you, O you, So perfect, and so peerless, are created Of every creature's best.
Page 27 - 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 79 - The union of your bed with weeds so loathly That you shall hate it both : therefore take heed, As Hymen's lamps shall light you.