The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 7C. and A. Conrad, 1806 |
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... expression seems to have been proverbial . Spenser has it in the 4th Book of the Faery Queen : " Then fair grew foul ... expressions . That historian , in his account of Macdowald's rebellion , mentions , that on the first appearance of ...
... expression seems to have been proverbial . Spenser has it in the 4th Book of the Faery Queen : " Then fair grew foul ... expressions . That historian , in his account of Macdowald's rebellion , mentions , that on the first appearance of ...
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... expression ; or whether of be a corruption of the editors , who took Kernes and Gallowglasses , which were only light and heavy armed foot , to be the names of two of the western islands , I don't know . " Hinc conjecture vigorem etiam ...
... expression ; or whether of be a corruption of the editors , who took Kernes and Gallowglasses , which were only light and heavy armed foot , to be the names of two of the western islands , I don't know . " Hinc conjecture vigorem etiam ...
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... expression not more loudly to be applauded , or more easily pardoned , than that which is rejected in its favour . That a cannon is charged with thunder , or with double thunders , may be written , not only without nonsense , but with ...
... expression not more loudly to be applauded , or more easily pardoned , than that which is rejected in its favour . That a cannon is charged with thunder , or with double thunders , may be written , not only without nonsense , but with ...
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... expression occurs in All's lost by Lust , 1633 , by Rowley : or is that thing , 66 " Which would supply the place of soul in thee , Merely phantastical ? " 86 Shakspeare , however , took the word from Holinshed , who in his account of ...
... expression occurs in All's lost by Lust , 1633 , by Rowley : or is that thing , 66 " Which would supply the place of soul in thee , Merely phantastical ? " 86 Shakspeare , however , took the word from Holinshed , who in his account of ...
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... expression in the old play of King John , 1591 : breathe out damned orisons , 66 “ As thick as bail - stones fore the spring's approach . " The emendation of the word can is supported by a passage in King Henry IV , P. II : " And there ...
... expression in the old play of King John , 1591 : breathe out damned orisons , 66 “ As thick as bail - stones fore the spring's approach . " The emendation of the word can is supported by a passage in King Henry IV , P. II : " And there ...
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Page 135 - Duncan is in his grave ; After life's fitful fever he sleeps well ; Treason has done his worst : nor steel, nor poison, Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing, Can touch him further.
Page 14 - Fair is foul, and foul is fair; Hover through the fog and filthy air.
Page 375 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Page 382 - I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news ; Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet) Told of a many thousand warlike French, That were embattailed and rank'd in Kent.
Page 83 - I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as to sight? or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?
Page 100 - I hear a knocking At the south entry : — retire we to our chamber : A little water clears us of this deed : How easy is it then ! Your constancy Hath left you unattended.
Page 71 - Was the hope drunk Wherein you dress'd yourself? Hath it slept since? And wakes it now, to look so green and pale At what it did so freely ? From this time Such I account thy love. Art thou afeard To be the same in thine own act and valour As thou art in desire?
Page 173 - Howe'er you come to know it, answer me: Though you untie the winds and let them fight Against the churches; though the yesty waves Confound and swallow navigation up; Though bladed corn be lodged and trees blown down; Though castles topple on their warders...
Page 51 - It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way : thou wouldst be great ; Art not without ambition ; but without The illness should attend it : what thou wouldst highly, That wouldst thou holily ; wouldst not play false, And yet wouldst wrongly win...
Page 52 - Thus thou must do, if thou have it'; And that which rather thou dost fear to do Than wishest should be undone. Hie thee hither, That I may pour my spirits in thine ear, And chastise with the valour of my tongue All that impedes thee from the golden round, Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crown'd withal.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 7 The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | Isaac Reed |
| Publisher | C. and A. Conrad, 1806 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 28 Dec 2006 |
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