The tempest. A midsummer-night's dream. The two gentleman of Verona. The merry wives of Windsor. Measure for measureJ. and P. Knapton, S. Birt, T. Longman and T. Shewell, H. Lintott, C. Hitch, J. Brindley, J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, R. Wellington, E. New, and B. Dod., 1747 |
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... and so makes nonsense of the whole Sentence ; to pierce a wink signifies to
fee or discern : and to drop discovery fignifies not to see . So that the Sentiment is
, If you see further into this matter you will not see at all . 3 No advices by letter .
... and so makes nonsense of the whole Sentence ; to pierce a wink signifies to
fee or discern : and to drop discovery fignifies not to see . So that the Sentiment is
, If you see further into this matter you will not see at all . 3 No advices by letter .
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O Bottom , thou art chang'd ; what do I see on thee ? Bot . What do you see ? you
see an ass - head of your own , do you ? Enter Quince . Quin . Bless thee ,
Bottom , bless thee ; thou art translated . Bot . I fee their knavery , this is to make
an afs ...
O Bottom , thou art chang'd ; what do I see on thee ? Bot . What do you see ? you
see an ass - head of your own , do you ? Enter Quince . Quin . Bless thee ,
Bottom , bless thee ; thou art translated . Bot . I fee their knavery , this is to make
an afs ...
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But , first , I will release the Fairy Queen ; Be , as thou wast wont to be ; See , as
thou wast wont to see : Dian's bud ( a ) o'er Cupid's flower Hath such force and
blessed power . Now , my Titania , wake you , my sweet Queen . Queen .
But , first , I will release the Fairy Queen ; Be , as thou wast wont to be ; See , as
thou wast wont to see : Dian's bud ( a ) o'er Cupid's flower Hath such force and
blessed power . Now , my Titania , wake you , my sweet Queen . Queen .
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O wicked wall , through whom I see no bliss Curst be thy stones for thus
deceiving me ! Thes . The wall , methinks , being sensible , should curse again .
Pyr . No , in truth , Sir , he should not . Deceiving me , is Thisbe's cue ; she is to
enter , and ...
O wicked wall , through whom I see no bliss Curst be thy stones for thus
deceiving me ! Thes . The wall , methinks , being sensible , should curse again .
Pyr . No , in truth , Sir , he should not . Deceiving me , is Thisbe's cue ; she is to
enter , and ...
Page 181
Dare you presume to harbour wantón lines ? To whisper and conspire against
my youth ? .. S Now , trust me , ' cis an office of great worth ; And you an officer fit
for the place . There , take the pad see , it be return'd ; Or elfe return no more into
...
Dare you presume to harbour wantón lines ? To whisper and conspire against
my youth ? .. S Now , trust me , ' cis an office of great worth ; And you an officer fit
for the place . There , take the pad see , it be return'd ; Or elfe return no more into
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Page 41 - 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 382 - Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once ; • And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy : How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are ? O, think on that ; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Page lxviii - Triumph, my Britain, thou hast one to show To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but for all time!
Page 21 - Know thus far forth. — By accident most strange, bountiful fortune, Now my dear lady, hath mine enemies Brought to this shore ; and by my prescience I find my zenith doth depend upon A most auspicious star, whose influence If now I court not, but omit, my fortunes Will ever after droop.
Page 366 - Stands at a guard with envy ; scarce confesses That his blood flows, or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone : hence shall we see, If power change purpose, what our seemers be.
Page 49 - Hence, bashful cunning ! And prompt me, plain and holy innocence ! I am your wife, if you will marry me ; If not, I'll die your maid : to be your fellow You may deny me ; but I'll be your servant, Whether you will or no.
Page 33 - All things in common, nature should produce Without sweat or endeavour : treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine, Would I not have ; but nature should bring forth, Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance, To feed my innocent people.
Page 153 - The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen ; man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report, what my dream was.
Page 155 - Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt: The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven; And as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name.
Page 293 - The rest complains of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning yields. A honey tongue, a heart of gall Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle...
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| Title | The tempest. A midsummer-night's dream. The two gentleman of Verona. The merry wives of Windsor. Measure for measure Volume 1 of The Works of Shakespear in Eight Volumes: The Genuine Text (collated with All the Former Editions, and Then Corrected and Emended) is Here Settled: Being Restored from the Blunders of the First Editors, and the Interpolations of the Two Last: with a Comment and Notes, Critical and Explanatory, John and Paul Knapton (Firm) |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Contributors | Samuel Birt, Thomas Longman, John and Paul Knapton (Firm) |
| Publisher | J. and P. Knapton, S. Birt, T. Longman and T. Shewell, H. Lintott, C. Hitch, J. Brindley, J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, R. Wellington, E. New, and B. Dod., 1747 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 13 Sep 2007 |
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