New Illustrations of the Life, Studies, and Writings of Shakespeare, Volume 2J. B. Nichols and Son, 1845 |
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... manner the most attractive , while , at least when in the hands of Shakespeare , there was a grace and spirit given to veritable characters and events , and in the main no shocking departures from the actual truth of history , which ...
... manner the most attractive , while , at least when in the hands of Shakespeare , there was a grace and spirit given to veritable characters and events , and in the main no shocking departures from the actual truth of history , which ...
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... manners also . In the remarks on the Histories I mean here to regard them as so many poems , and to treat them accordingly ; and by no means as if they were in the proper sense of the word histo- rical writings , the statements ...
... manners also . In the remarks on the Histories I mean here to regard them as so many poems , and to treat them accordingly ; and by no means as if they were in the proper sense of the word histo- rical writings , the statements ...
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... manners to slip away from us ; and few , in these times , had ever the opportunity of being placed in such a scene as that which the King conjured up before the mind of Hubert . There is so much in this Play which shews that the mind of ...
... manners to slip away from us ; and few , in these times , had ever the opportunity of being placed in such a scene as that which the King conjured up before the mind of Hubert . There is so much in this Play which shews that the mind of ...
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... manner of life on his accession to the throne . The first of these , whose testimony I shall adduce , is the person who styles himself Titus Livius , a somewhat ambi- tious name for a writer of history in the middle ages to as- sume ...
... manner of life on his accession to the throne . The first of these , whose testimony I shall adduce , is the person who styles himself Titus Livius , a somewhat ambi- tious name for a writer of history in the middle ages to as- sume ...
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... manner which may well be supposed to have occasioned something of jealousy and unkindness between them . In the thirteenth year of king Henry the Fourth Parliament granted to the king a subsidy of 6s . 8d . on every person having 201 ...
... manner which may well be supposed to have occasioned something of jealousy and unkindness between them . In the thirteenth year of king Henry the Fourth Parliament granted to the king a subsidy of 6s . 8d . on every person having 201 ...
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Page 59 - Where some, like magistrates, correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad, Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds, Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent-royal of their emperor...
Page 214 - In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets...
Page 199 - She should have died hereafter; There would have been a time for such a word. To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death.
Page 170 - Cannot be ill; cannot be good: if ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth? I am thane of Cawdor: If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature?
Page 13 - No longer mourn for me when I am dead Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell Give warning to the world that I am fled From this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell : Nay, if you read this line, remember not The hand that writ it ; for I love you so That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot, If thinking on me then should make you woe.
Page 345 - In the white curtain, to and fro, She saw the gusty shadow sway. But when the moon was very low, And wild winds bound within their cell, The shadow of the poplar fell Upon her bed, across her brow. She only said, " The night is dreary, He cometh not," she said; She said, " I am aweary, aweary, I would that I were dead!
Page 299 - Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave: Thou shalt not lack The flower, that's like thy face, pale primrose; nor The azur'd hare-bell, like thy veins; no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweeten'd not thy breath...
Page 181 - I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.
Page 179 - Which would be worn now in their newest gloss, Not cast aside so soon. Lady M. 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...
Page 179 - 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 40 As thou art in desire ? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting ' I dare not ' wait upon ' I would,' Like the poor cat i