The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 14R. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... King Henry VI . Part II .: " The rightful heir to England's royal seat . " In like manner in Twelfth - Night our author has erected the throne of love in the heart : " It gives a very echo to the seat " Where love is throned . " Again ...
... King Henry VI . Part II .: " The rightful heir to England's royal seat . " In like manner in Twelfth - Night our author has erected the throne of love in the heart : " It gives a very echo to the seat " Where love is throned . " Again ...
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... King Henry VI . Part I. : 66 the trust of England's honour Keep off aloof with worthless emulation . " Again , in Troilus and Cressida : " While emulation in the army crept . " i . e . faction . STEEVENS . 4 UNROOF'D the city , ] Old ...
... King Henry VI . Part I. : 66 the trust of England's honour Keep off aloof with worthless emulation . " Again , in Troilus and Cressida : " While emulation in the army crept . " i . e . faction . STEEVENS . 4 UNROOF'D the city , ] Old ...
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... King Henry V .: " Our gayness and our gilt , are all besmirch'd . " STEEVENS . 8 At Grecian swords ' contending . - Tell Valeria , ] The accu- racy of the first folio may be ascertained from the manner in which this line is printed : 66 ...
... King Henry V .: " Our gayness and our gilt , are all besmirch'd . " STEEVENS . 8 At Grecian swords ' contending . - Tell Valeria , ] The accu- racy of the first folio may be ascertained from the manner in which this line is printed : 66 ...
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... King Henry IV . Part I. Act I. Sc . III . : " He did confound the best part of an hour , " & c . STEEVENS . 9 From every meaner MAN's . ] [ Old copy - meaner man . ] That is , from that of every meaner man . This kind of phraseology is ...
... King Henry IV . Part I. Act I. Sc . III . : " He did confound the best part of an hour , " & c . STEEVENS . 9 From every meaner MAN's . ] [ Old copy - meaner man . ] That is , from that of every meaner man . This kind of phraseology is ...
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... King Henry IV . Part I. we have : MALONE . " The very bottom and the soul of hope . " STEEVENS . And that you not DELAY the present ; ] Delay , for let slip . WARBURTON . 7 - swords advanc'd , ] That is , swords lifted high . JOHNSON ...
... King Henry IV . Part I. we have : MALONE . " The very bottom and the soul of hope . " STEEVENS . And that you not DELAY the present ; ] Delay , for let slip . WARBURTON . 7 - swords advanc'd , ] That is , swords lifted high . JOHNSON ...
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ancient Antigonus appear Aufidius Autolycus bear beseech blood Bohemia BOSWELL called Camillo Cominius consul Coriolanus Corioli Cymbeline death editors emendation enemy Enter Exeunt eyes father fear give gods hand Hanmer hath hear heart Hermione honour JOHNSON Julius Cæsar King Henry lady LART LARTIUS LEON Leontes lord Love's Labour's Lost Macbeth MALONE MASON means Menenius mother never noble old copy Othello passage PAUL Paulina peace Perdita perhaps play Plutarch Polixenes pr'ythee Pray present prince queen Roman Rome SCENE second folio senate sense Shakspeare Shakspeare's SHEP SICINIUS signifies speak speech stand STEEVENS suppose sword tell thee Theobald thing thou art Timon of Athens tongue tribunes Troilus and Cressida true Tullus TYRWHITT voices Volces Volumnia WARBURTON wife Winter's Tale word worthy Сом
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Page 348 - Yet nature is made better by no mean But nature makes that mean : so, over that art Which you say adds to nature, is an art That nature makes. You see, sweet maid, we marry A gentler scion to the wildest stock, And make conceive a bark of baser kind By bud of nobler race : this is an art Which does mend nature, change it rather, but The art itself is nature.
Page 16 - Who deserves greatness Deserves your hate ; and your affections are A sick man's appetite, who desires most that Which would increase his evil. He that depends Upon your favours swims with fins of lead And hews down oaks with rushes. Hang ye ! Trust ye ? With every minute you do change a mind, And call him noble that was now your hate, Him vile that was your garland.
Page 231 - By and by we hear news of shipwreck in the same place, and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock. Upon the back of that comes out a hideous monster, with fire and smoke...