The Beauties of Shakespear: Regularly Selected from Each Play. With a General Index, Digesting Them Under Proper Heads. Illustrated with Explanatory Notes, and Similar Passages, from Ancient and Modern Authors. By William Dodd, ... In Three VolumesJ. Macgowan, 1780 |
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... face strange motions have appear'd , Such as we fee , when men restrain their breath On fome great fudden hafte . O , what portents are these ! Some heavy bufinefs hath my lord in hand , And I must know it , elfe he loves me not . ACT ...
... face strange motions have appear'd , Such as we fee , when men restrain their breath On fome great fudden hafte . O , what portents are these ! Some heavy bufinefs hath my lord in hand , And I must know it , elfe he loves me not . ACT ...
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... face , And , ev'n in thy behalf , I'll thank myfelf For doing thefe fair rights of tenderneis . Adieu , and take thy praife with thee to heav'n ; Thy ignominy fleep with thee in the grave , But not remembered in thy epitaph . Falfaf's ...
... face , And , ev'n in thy behalf , I'll thank myfelf For doing thefe fair rights of tenderneis . Adieu , and take thy praife with thee to heav'n ; Thy ignominy fleep with thee in the grave , But not remembered in thy epitaph . Falfaf's ...
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... face , but after he is become his friend ; the Prince does the fame of Hotspur , behind his back , and while he is ftill his enemy . They both of them poffefs a sportive vein of humour in their fcenes of common life ; but Hotspur ftill ...
... face , but after he is become his friend ; the Prince does the fame of Hotspur , behind his back , and while he is ftill his enemy . They both of them poffefs a sportive vein of humour in their fcenes of common life ; but Hotspur ftill ...
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... face murder'd my father ) The quarrel of a true inheritor . But if it did infect my blood with joy , Or fwell my thoughts to any ftrain of pride , If any rebel or vain fpirit of mine Did with the least affection of a welcome Give ...
... face murder'd my father ) The quarrel of a true inheritor . But if it did infect my blood with joy , Or fwell my thoughts to any ftrain of pride , If any rebel or vain fpirit of mine Did with the least affection of a welcome Give ...
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... face . Steed threatens steed , in high and boastful neighs , Piercing the night's dull ear ; and from the tents , The armourers accomplishing the knights , With ( 9 ) Suppofe , & c . ] On this fubject we might reasonably ex- pect ...
... face . Steed threatens steed , in high and boastful neighs , Piercing the night's dull ear ; and from the tents , The armourers accomplishing the knights , With ( 9 ) Suppofe , & c . ] On this fubject we might reasonably ex- pect ...
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Page 85 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell...
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Page 85 - This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride At length broke under me, and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream that must for ever hide me.
Page 251 - True, I talk of dreams ; Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy, Which is as thin of substance as the air, And more inconstant than the wind, who wooes Even now the frozen bosom of the north, And, being anger'd, puffs away from thence, Turning his face to the dew-dropping south.
Page 238 - With that, methought, a legion of foul fiends Environ'd me, and howled in mine ears Such hideous cries, that, with the very noise, I trembling wak'd, and, for a season after, Could not believe but that I was in hell, Such terrible impression made my dream.
Page 168 - 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?
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Page 254 - Thou know'st the mask of night is on my face, Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek For that which thou hast heard me speak to-night. Fain would I dwell on form, fain, fain deny What I have spoke: but farewell compliment! Dost thou love me? I know thou wilt say 'Ay,' And I will take thy word: yet, if thou swear'st, Thou mayst prove false; at lovers' perjuries, They say, Jove laughs.
Page 73 - Content!' to that which grieves my heart, And wet my cheeks with artificial tears, And frame my face to all occasions.