Remarks on Mr. J. P. Collier's and Mr. C. Knight's Editions of Shakespeare |
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Page 11
... conjectural emendation ; for the best inter- pretation must seem forced when it disturbs a long - established and familiar idea . We therefore follow the original exactly , leaving to our readers to form their own interpretation ...
... conjectural emendation ; for the best inter- pretation must seem forced when it disturbs a long - established and familiar idea . We therefore follow the original exactly , leaving to our readers to form their own interpretation ...
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... conjecture which no one will approve . " " For my own part , I feel convinced that Shakespeare wrote " brakes , " i . e . instruments of torture : the word in that sense is by no means uncommon ; for instance , Palsgrave has , " I brake ...
... conjecture which no one will approve . " " For my own part , I feel convinced that Shakespeare wrote " brakes , " i . e . instruments of torture : the word in that sense is by no means uncommon ; for instance , Palsgrave has , " I brake ...
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... the tested gold . " Shakespeare's word may have been ' cycles . " " COLLIER . I have some difficulty in believing that this conjecture was seriously proposed . " " ACT III . SCENE 1.-C. p . 51 22 MEASURE FOR MEASURE .
... the tested gold . " Shakespeare's word may have been ' cycles . " " COLLIER . I have some difficulty in believing that this conjecture was seriously proposed . " " ACT III . SCENE 1.-C. p . 51 22 MEASURE FOR MEASURE .
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... conjecture . Malone well observed that " the jingle has much of Shakespeare's manner . " ACT II . SCENE 2.-C. p . 131 ; K. p . 157 . " Would'st thou not spit at me , and spurn at me , And hurl the name of husband in my face , And tear ...
... conjecture . Malone well observed that " the jingle has much of Shakespeare's manner . " ACT II . SCENE 2.-C. p . 131 ; K. p . 157 . " Would'st thou not spit at me , and spurn at me , And hurl the name of husband in my face , And tear ...
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... conjecture was " stole : " we owe much worse one ) to Warburton . " scowl " ( a Qy . is the true reading ascertained by the following lines , with which Chapman commences his Humorous Dayes Myrth , 1599 ? " Yet hath the morning ...
... conjecture was " stole : " we owe much worse one ) to Warburton . " scowl " ( a Qy . is the true reading ascertained by the following lines , with which Chapman commences his Humorous Dayes Myrth , 1599 ? " Yet hath the morning ...
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Page 11 - I have of late — but wherefore I know not — lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory ; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire...
Page 181 - Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express'd in fancy ; rich, not gaudy : For the apparel oft proclaims the man...
Page 7 - Where the bee sucks, there suck I ; In a cowslip's bell I lie : There I couch*. When owls do cry, '} \ On the bat's back I do fly, After summer, merrily : Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
Page 11 - Well believe this, No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, The marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe, Become them with one half so good a grace, As mercy does.
Page 186 - With juice of cursed hebenon in a vial, And in the porches of mine ears did pour The leperous distilment ; whose effect Holds such an enmity with blood of man, That, swift as quicksilver, it courses through The natural gates and alleys of the body ; And, with a sudden vigour, it doth posset And curd, like eager droppings into milk, The thin and wholesome blood : so did it mine ; And a most instant tetter bark'd about, Most lazar-like, with vile and loathsome crust, All my smooth body.
Page 69 - There's nothing in this world can make me joy : Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man ; And bitter shame hath spoil'd the sweet world's taste, That it yields nought but shame and bitterness.
Page 219 - Nor set down aught in malice: then must you speak Of one that loved not wisely but too well; Of one not easily jealous, but, being wrought, Perplex'd in the extreme; of one whose hand, Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe...
Page 84 - I be so forward with him that calls not on me? well, 'tis no matter; Honour pricks me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me off when I come on ? how then ? Can honour set to a leg ? No. Or an arm ? No. Or take away the grief of a wound ? No. Honour hath no skill in surgery then ? No. What is honour ? A word. What is in that word, honour ? What is that honour ? Air. A trim reckoning ! — Who hath it ? He that died o
Page 124 - Look, where he comes ! Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'dst yesterday.
Page 116 - Love thyself last : cherish those hearts that hate thee ; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not : Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's and truth's...