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It may also be remarked , that B. Googe , in the foregoing lines , seems to speak
of a tragedy “ in English verse , " as a novelty . Sreevens . s Be thou as lightning -
] The fimile does not fuit well : the lightning indeed appears before the thunder is
...
It may also be remarked , that B. Googe , in the foregoing lines , seems to speak
of a tragedy “ in English verse , " as a novelty . Sreevens . s Be thou as lightning -
] The fimile does not fuit well : the lightning indeed appears before the thunder is
...
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You came not of one mother then , it seems . Bast . Most certain of one mother ,
mighty king , That is well known ; and , as I think , one father : But , for the certain
knowledge of that truth , I put you o'er to heaven , and to my mother ; of that I
doubt ...
You came not of one mother then , it seems . Bast . Most certain of one mother ,
mighty king , That is well known ; and , as I think , one father : But , for the certain
knowledge of that truth , I put you o'er to heaven , and to my mother ; of that I
doubt ...
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Again , in the old comedy called Michaelmas Term , 1607 : " Seem tespeative , to
make his pride swell like a toad with dew . ” . Again , in The ... It seems to mean ,
his late change of condition from a private gentleman to a knight . Steevens .
Again , in the old comedy called Michaelmas Term , 1607 : " Seem tespeative , to
make his pride swell like a toad with dew . ” . Again , in The ... It seems to mean ,
his late change of condition from a private gentleman to a knight . Steevens .
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Thus Mr. Malone , and perhaps rightly ; for the next speech is given in the old
copy ( as it stands in the present text ) to Lewis the dauphin , who was afterwards
Lewis VIII . The speech itself , however , seems sufficiently appropriated to the
King ...
Thus Mr. Malone , and perhaps rightly ; for the next speech is given in the old
copy ( as it stands in the present text ) to Lewis the dauphin , who was afterwards
Lewis VIII . The speech itself , however , seems sufficiently appropriated to the
King ...
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Again , in King Lear : - It seems , she was a queen “ Over her paffion , who , molt
rebel - like , Sought to be king o'er her . " This passage in the folio is given to King
Philip , and in a subsequent part of this scene , all the speeches of the citizens ...
Again , in King Lear : - It seems , she was a queen “ Over her paffion , who , molt
rebel - like , Sought to be king o'er her . " This passage in the folio is given to King
Philip , and in a subsequent part of this scene , all the speeches of the citizens ...
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Page 126 - 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 112 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
Page 76 - As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
Page 120 - I knit my handkerchief about your brows, (The best I had ; a princess wrought it me,) And I did never ask it you again ; And with my hand at midnight held your head ; And, like the watchful minutes to the hour, Still and anon cheered up the heavy time ; Saying, What lack you ? and, Where lies your grief?
Page 361 - To chase these pagans in those holy fields Over whose acres walk'd those blessed feet Which fourteen hundred years ago were nail'd For our advantage on the bitter cross.
Page 392 - Took it in snuff; and still he smil'd and talk'd ; And, as the soldiers bore dead bodies by, He call'd them untaught knaves, unmannerly, To bring a slovenly unhandsome corse Betwixt the wind and his nobility.
Page 391 - But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly...
Page 490 - GLENDOWER I can call spirits from the vasty deep. HOTSPUR Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them?
Page 589 - twas time to counterfeit, or that hot termagant Scot had paid me scot and lot too. Counterfeit ? I lie, I am no counterfeit : To die is to be a counterfeit ; for he. is but the counterfeit of a man, who hath not the life of a man...
Page 570 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it ? No. Doth he hear it? No. Is it insensible then ? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living ? No. Why ? Detraction will not suffer it : — therefore I'll none of it: Honour is a mere 'scutcheon, and so ends my catechism.
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| Title | The Plays of William Shakspeare. In Fifteen Volumes: King John. Richard II. Henry IV, pt. I Volume 8 of The Plays of William Shakspeare. In Fifteen Volumes: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added, Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens, G. G. J. and J. Robinson (Paternoster-Row, London, England) |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | George Steevens |
| Contributors | Henry Baldwin, Charles Dilly, Joseph Johnson, Thomas Vernor, Thomas Longman, B. Law and Son |
| Publisher | H. Baldwin, 1793 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 12 Sep 2007 |
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