The Shakespeare Papers of the Late William MaginnRedfield, 1856 - 353 pages |
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Page 36
... passes to matter of more importance than the ques- tion of his standing or running : - " But . lads , I'm glad you have the money . Hostess ! Clap to the doors ; watch to - night , pray to - morrow , Gallants , lads , boys , hearts - o ...
... passes to matter of more importance than the ques- tion of his standing or running : - " But . lads , I'm glad you have the money . Hostess ! Clap to the doors ; watch to - night , pray to - morrow , Gallants , lads , boys , hearts - o ...
Page 39
... passing , that the Falstaff of that play is a different conception from the Falstaff of Henry IV . , and an inferior one - his love is of a very practical and unromantic nature . The ladies whom he addresses are beyond a certain age ...
... passing , that the Falstaff of that play is a different conception from the Falstaff of Henry IV . , and an inferior one - his love is of a very practical and unromantic nature . The ladies whom he addresses are beyond a certain age ...
Page 41
... pass under the cloak of wit , that even when alone he is never altogether serious , but gives the drollest coloring to his love - intrigues , his intercourse with others , and to his own sensual philosophy . Witness his inimitable ...
... pass under the cloak of wit , that even when alone he is never altogether serious , but gives the drollest coloring to his love - intrigues , his intercourse with others , and to his own sensual philosophy . Witness his inimitable ...
Page 56
... passes by all allusion to women ; a fact which of itself is sufficient to prove that his melancholy was but in play - was nothing more than what Arthur remembered when he was in France , where " Young gentlemen would be as sad as night ...
... passes by all allusion to women ; a fact which of itself is sufficient to prove that his melancholy was but in play - was nothing more than what Arthur remembered when he was in France , where " Young gentlemen would be as sad as night ...
Page 58
... passes over into , a deep seriousness ; so in like manner , in this case , the dull melancholy funeral train changes insensibly and involun- tarily into a procession of fools . " In Ulrici's opinion , Jaques is drawn in opposition to ...
... passes over into , a deep seriousness ; so in like manner , in this case , the dull melancholy funeral train changes insensibly and involun- tarily into a procession of fools . " In Ulrici's opinion , Jaques is drawn in opposition to ...
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Page 101 - That hangs his head, and a' that! The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a
Page 52 - REMEMBER now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them...
Page 259 - Their downy breast; the swan with arched neck, Between her white wings, mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet...
Page 52 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and the spirit shall return unto GOD Who gave it.
Page 159 - If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.
Page 231 - ... methinks I see her as an eagle, mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam, — purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance...
Page 211 - 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 231 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Page 188 - Wherefore did you so ? Macb. Who can be wise, amazed, temperate, and furious, Loyal, and neutral, in a moment ? No man : The expedition of my violent love Outran the pauser reason. — Here lay Duncan, His silver skin laced with his golden blood ; And his gash'd stabs look'd like a breach in nature For ruin's wasteful entrance...
Page 152 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be ; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.