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... the same space in the play of Hamlet was assigned to the person of the King . ( 19 ) Othello's cap or bonnet , is drawn in Fig . 100 . such as it appears on his head in its prototype . Oth . Not I ; 1 must be found . 16.
... the same space in the play of Hamlet was assigned to the person of the King . ( 19 ) Othello's cap or bonnet , is drawn in Fig . 100 . such as it appears on his head in its prototype . Oth . Not I ; 1 must be found . 16.
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... play . ( 22 ) An abuser of the world . This is referable to the moon . as not shining with her own lustre , but a borrowed one : this , too , explains the terms false and liar , frequently used in Hudibras and in the plays . Lay hold ...
... play . ( 22 ) An abuser of the world . This is referable to the moon . as not shining with her own lustre , but a borrowed one : this , too , explains the terms false and liar , frequently used in Hudibras and in the plays . Lay hold ...
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... play of King Lear was seen to denote num- bers in a like manner , are recollected , it is not improbable that he might intend to point to the Duke's number of 140 , as situate in light marks about the region of his shoulder or a little ...
... play of King Lear was seen to denote num- bers in a like manner , are recollected , it is not improbable that he might intend to point to the Duke's number of 140 , as situate in light marks about the region of his shoulder or a little ...
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... play to have regard , as it has in part , to Turkey . ( 28 ) Error . As of a planet , and so of the moon ( as so esteemed ) . ( 29 , The sailors may be those small human like heads , in shadow , situate over the head of Rodorigo ( late ...
... play to have regard , as it has in part , to Turkey . ( 28 ) Error . As of a planet , and so of the moon ( as so esteemed ) . ( 29 , The sailors may be those small human like heads , in shadow , situate over the head of Rodorigo ( late ...
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... Though her character in this play may not be free from levity , yet she is not to be considered here so coarse a virago as she was in Hudibras . And bring her after in the best advantage . Come D 2 35 Duke. At nine i' th' morning here ...
... Though her character in this play may not be free from levity , yet she is not to be considered here so coarse a virago as she was in Hudibras . And bring her after in the best advantage . Come D 2 35 Duke. At nine i' th' morning here ...
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Page 260 - Which is the hot condition of their blood ; If they but hear perchance a trumpet sound, Or any air of music touch their ears, You shall perceive them make a mutual stand, Their savage eyes turn'd to a modest gaze, By the sweet power of music : Therefore, the poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods, — Since nought so stockish, hard, and full of rage, But music for the time doth change his nature...
Page 245 - Thee, chauntress, oft, the woods among I woo, to hear thy even-song; And missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green...
Page 257 - And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew, Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Page 236 - With wanton heed and giddy cunning ; The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus...
Page 249 - The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook ; And of those demons that are found In fire, air, flood, or under ground, Whose power hath a true consent With planet or with element. Sometime let gorgeous Tragedy In sceptred pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes or Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine, Or what — though rare — of later age Ennobled hath the buskin'd stage.
Page 247 - Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Page 184 - Mark you this, Bassanio, The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul, producing holy witness, Is like a villain with a smiling cheek ; A goodly apple rotten at the heart : O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath ! Shy.
Page 246 - Though justice be thy plea, consider this — That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation ; we do pray for mercy ; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.
Page 37 - tis in ourselves that we are thus, or thus. Our bodies are our gardens ; to the which our wills are gardeners : so that if we will plant nettles, or sow lettuce ; set hyssop, and weed up thyme ; supply it with one gender of herbs, or distract it with many ; either to have it sterile with idleness, or manured with industry ; why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.
Page 234 - In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique pageantry; Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream.