“The” Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of Mr. Steeven's Last Edition, with a Selection of the Most Important Notes, Volume 12Gerhard Fleischer the Younger, 1808 |
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... speak no treason man : We say , the King Is wise , and virtuous ; and his noble Queen Well struck in years ; fair , and not jealous : We say , that Shore's wife hath a pretty foot , A cherry lip , A bonny eye , a passing pleasing tongue ...
... speak no treason man : We say , the King Is wise , and virtuous ; and his noble Queen Well struck in years ; fair , and not jealous : We say , that Shore's wife hath a pretty foot , A cherry lip , A bonny eye , a passing pleasing tongue ...
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... learn sweet soothing word ; But now thy beauty is propos'd my fee , My proud heart sues , and prompts my tongue to VOL . XII . speak , [ She looks scornfully at him . 2 Teach not thy lip such scorn ; for it was KING RICHARD III . 17.
... learn sweet soothing word ; But now thy beauty is propos'd my fee , My proud heart sues , and prompts my tongue to VOL . XII . speak , [ She looks scornfully at him . 2 Teach not thy lip such scorn ; for it was KING RICHARD III . 17.
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... Speak it again , and , even with the word , This hand , which , for thy love , did kill thy love , Shall , for thy love , kill a far truer love ; To both their deaths shalt thou be accessary . Anne . I would , I knew thy heart . Glo ...
... Speak it again , and , even with the word , This hand , which , for thy love , did kill thy love , Shall , for thy love , kill a far truer love ; To both their deaths shalt thou be accessary . Anne . I would , I knew thy heart . Glo ...
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... speak fair , Smile in men's faces , smooth , deceive , and cog , Duck with French nods and apish courtesy , I must be held a rancorous enemy . Cannot a plain man live , and think no harm , But thus his simple truth must be abus'd By ...
... speak fair , Smile in men's faces , smooth , deceive , and cog , Duck with French nods and apish courtesy , I must be held a rancorous enemy . Cannot a plain man live , and think no harm , But thus his simple truth must be abus'd By ...
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... you me with telling of the King ? Tell him , and spare not ; look , what I have said I will avouch in presence of the King : I dare adventure to be sent to the Tower . ' Tis time to speak , my pains are quite KING RICHARD III . 25.
... you me with telling of the King ? Tell him , and spare not ; look , what I have said I will avouch in presence of the King : I dare adventure to be sent to the Tower . ' Tis time to speak , my pains are quite KING RICHARD III . 25.
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Alluding ancient Anne battle Baynard's castle blood boar Brak brother Buck Buckingham called Cate Catesby Clar Clarence cousin crown curse daughter dead death devil Dorset doth dream Duch Duke of Gloster Earl of Richmond Eliz Elizabeth England Enter GLOSTER Exeunt Exit eyes fear folio friends gentle Ghost give Gloster Grace gracious Grey hath heart heaven Holinshed holy honour house of Lancaster husband Iniquity JOHNSON King Edward King Henry King Henry VI King Richard King Richard III Lady live look Lord Hastings Lord Stanley Lovel Madam MALONE Margaret married Mayor means mother Murd murder never night noble play Polydore Vergil Prince quarto Queen Ratcliff Rich Richm RITSON royal saint scene Shakspeare Shakspeare's Sir Thomas sleep soul speak Stan STEEVENS tell thee thou to-morrow Tower uncle unto Vice WARBURTON weep wife William Brandon word York
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Page 6 - Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them; Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to...
Page 139 - What do I fear? Myself? There's none else by. Richard loves Richard; that is, I am I. Is there a murderer here? No— yes, I am. Then fly. What, from myself? Great reason why— Lest I revenge. What, myself upon myself! Alack, I love myself. Wherefore? For any good That I myself have done unto myself? O, no! Alas, I rather hate myself For hateful deeds committed by myself!
Page 139 - The lights burn blue. It is now dead midnight. Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh. What! do I fear myself? there's none else by Richard loves Richard; that is, I am I.
Page 36 - ... ferryman which poets write of, Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. The first that there did greet my stranger soul, Was my great father-in-law, renowned Warwick ; Who cried aloud, " What scourge for perjury Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence...
Page 263 - ... foot. The country people flock from all sides many miles off, to hear and see it. For they have therein devils and devices, to delight as well the eye as the ear.
Page 139 - I am a villain; yet I lie, I am not. Fool, of thyself speak well. Fool, do not flatter. My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain. Perjury, perjury, in the high'st degree; Murder, stern murder, in the dir'st degree; All several sins, all us'd in each degree, Throng to the bar, crying all 'Guilty! guilty!
Page 263 - ... the players conne not their parts without booke, but are prompted by one called the ordinary, who followeth at their back with the book in his hand, and telleth them softly what they must pronounce aloud.
Page 268 - Lack'st thou cards, friend, or dice? I will teach thee [to] cheat, child, to cog, lie and swagger, And ever and anon to be drawing forth thy dagger: To swear by...
Page 35 - All scatter'd in the bottom of the sea. Some lay in dead men's skulls; and, in those holes Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept (As 'twere in scorn of eyes,) reflecting gems, That woo'd the slimy bottom of the deep, And mock'd the dead bones that lay scatter'd by.
Page 6 - Why I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity. And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover To entertain these fair well-spoken days, . I am determined to prove a villain, And hate the idle pleasures of these days.