The Plays, Volume 1Otridge & Rackham, 1824 |
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Page vi
... Falstaff is said to have been written originally under the name of Oldcastle : some of that family being then remaining , the Queen was pleased to command him to alter it ; upon which he made use of Falstaff . The present offence was ...
... Falstaff is said to have been written originally under the name of Oldcastle : some of that family being then remaining , the Queen was pleased to command him to alter it ; upon which he made use of Falstaff . The present offence was ...
Page xii
... Falstaff is allowed by every body to be a master - piece ; the character is always well sustained , though drawn out into the length of three plays ; and even the account of his death , given by his old landlady Mrs. Quickly , in the ...
... Falstaff is allowed by every body to be a master - piece ; the character is always well sustained , though drawn out into the length of three plays ; and even the account of his death , given by his old landlady Mrs. Quickly , in the ...
Page 141
William Shakespeare. MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR . PERSONS REPRESENTED . Sir John Falstaff . Fenton . Shallow.
William Shakespeare. MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR . PERSONS REPRESENTED . Sir John Falstaff . Fenton . Shallow.
Page 142
William Shakespeare. PERSONS REPRESENTED . Sir John Falstaff . Fenton . Shallow , a country justice . Slender ... Falstaff . Simple , servant to Slender . Rugby , servant to Dr. Caius . Mrs. Ford . Mrs. Page . Mrs. Anne Page , her ...
William Shakespeare. PERSONS REPRESENTED . Sir John Falstaff . Fenton . Shallow , a country justice . Slender ... Falstaff . Simple , servant to Slender . Rugby , servant to Dr. Caius . Mrs. Ford . Mrs. Page . Mrs. Anne Page , her ...
Page 144
... Falstaff have committed disparagements unto you , I am of the church , and will be glad to do my bene- volence , to make atonements and compromises be- tween you . Shal . The council † shall hear it ; it is a riot . Eva . It is not meet ...
... Falstaff have committed disparagements unto you , I am of the church , and will be glad to do my bene- volence , to make atonements and compromises be- tween you . Shal . The council † shall hear it ; it is a riot . Eva . It is not meet ...
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Page xli - A quibble, poor and 15 barren as it is, gave him such delight that he was content to purchase it by the sacrifice of reason, propriety, and truth. A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world and was content to lose it.