The Plays of Philip Massinger ...G. and W. Nicol, 1805 - English drama |
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... copies which I have seen ( for there is but one edition ) are dated 1632 , which was probably the earliest period of its appearance ; as we learn from the commendatory verses prefixed to it by Sir Aston Cockayne , that it was printed ...
... copies which I have seen ( for there is but one edition ) are dated 1632 , which was probably the earliest period of its appearance ; as we learn from the commendatory verses prefixed to it by Sir Aston Cockayne , that it was printed ...
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... copy is surely right . 3 Or to steal a constable from a sleeping watch , ] For this ex- pression , so exquisitely humorous , the modern editors give us , Or to steal a lanthorn from a sleeping watch ! It is scarcely possible to mark ...
... copy is surely right . 3 Or to steal a constable from a sleeping watch , ] For this ex- pression , so exquisitely humorous , the modern editors give us , Or to steal a lanthorn from a sleeping watch ! It is scarcely possible to mark ...
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... will hear it No otherwise than as a sad disaster , 3 since these gallants , ] So the old copies : the modern editions read , since the gallants . VOL . III . C Fallen on a stranger ; nor will I esteem That THE MAID OF HONOUR . 17.
... will hear it No otherwise than as a sad disaster , 3 since these gallants , ] So the old copies : the modern editions read , since the gallants . VOL . III . C Fallen on a stranger ; nor will I esteem That THE MAID OF HONOUR . 17.
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... copies : the modern editions read , So melancholick ! 2 The whole field wide . ] This hemistich is dropt by Mr. M. Mason it significs little that the measure of two lines is spoiled by his negligence , for , as he modestly says of his ...
... copies : the modern editions read , So melancholick ! 2 The whole field wide . ] This hemistich is dropt by Mr. M. Mason it significs little that the measure of two lines is spoiled by his negligence , for , as he modestly says of his ...
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... copies to which I had access , and they concur in reading , O for a brother ! ( with the single exception , indeed , of Mr. Malone's , which reads butcher , ) i . e . a brother in arms , ( I suppose to do what he imme- diately after ...
... copies to which I had access , and they concur in reading , O for a brother ! ( with the single exception , indeed , of Mr. Malone's , which reads butcher , ) i . e . a brother in arms , ( I suppose to do what he imme- diately after ...
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Ador Adorni Allworth Altamont assure Aurel Bapt Beau Beaumel Bert Bertoldo Camiola Charal Charalois Chry CLARINDA command court Coxeter Cred dare deserve emperor Enter Eubu Eubulus Eudocia Exeunt Exit fair Fair Penitent Fatal Dowry father favour fear Flac for't fortune Furn give Gonz Grat GRATIANUS Greedy hath hear heaven honour hope justice king kiss lady Lilad live look lord lord Lovell lordship madam Marg Marrall Mason Massinger master Math Mathias modern editors musick ne'er never noble Novall old copy Overreach Paul Paulinus Phil Philanax PHILIP MASSINGER poor Pray Pulcheria quarto queen Re-enter Roch Rochfort Romont SCENE servant shew sir Giles soldier Soph Sophia speak sweet sword Sylli thank thee Theo Theodosius there's thou Twill Ubald unto virtue WATCHALL Wellborn what's wife woman word worth
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Page 553 - For, though I do contemn report myself As a mere sound, I still will be so tender Of what concerns you, in all points of honour, That the immaculate whiteness of your fame, Nor your unquestioned integrity, Shall e'er be sullied with one taint or spot That may take from your innocence and candour.
Page 374 - Unblam'd through life, lamented in thy end. These are thy honours ! not that here thy bust Is mix'd with heroes, or with kings thy dust ; But that the Worthy and the Good shall say, Striking their pensive bosoms — Here lies GAY.
Page 587 - And do appear like Furies, with steel whips To scourge my ulcerous soul. Shall I then fall Ingloriously, and yield ? no ; spite of Fate I will be forced to hell like to myself. Though you were legions of accursed spirits, Thus would I fly among you. [Rushes forward. Well. There's no help ; Disarm him first, then bind him. Greedy. Take a mittimus, And carry him to Bedlam.
Page 502 - Twas I that gave him fashion ; mine the sword That did on all occasions second his ; I brought him on and off with honour, lady ; And when in all men's judgments he was sunk, And in his own hopes not to be buoy'd up,' I stepp'd unto him, took him by the hand, t And set him upright, Furn.
Page 461 - Lovelace; but he has excelled his original in the moral effect of the fiction. Lothario, with gaiety which cannot be hated, and bravery which cannot be despised, retains too much of the spectator's kindness.
Page 541 - Over. My noble lord ; and how Does your lordship find her ? , * Lov. Apt, sir Giles, and coming; And I like her the better. Over. So do I too.
Page 509 - And therefore, I'll not have a chambermaid ; That ties her shoes, or any meaner office, But such whose fathers were right worshipful. 'Tis a rich man's pride ! there having ever been More than a feud, a strange antipathy, Between us and true gentry.
Page 471 - That I must die, it is my only comfort ; Death is the privilege of human nature, And life without it were not worth our taking : Thither the poor, the prisoner, and the mourner, Fly for relief, and lay their burthens down.
Page 566 - To me they are nothing : Let Allworth love, I cannot be unhappy. Suppose the worst, that, in his rage, he kill me ; A tear or two, by you dropt on my...
Page 464 - What, if, while all are here intent on revelling, I privately went forth and sought Lothario ? This letter may be forg'd ; perhaps the wantonness Of his vain youth to stain a lady's fame ; Perhaps his malice to disturb my friend. Oh ! no, my heart forebodes it must be true. Methought e'en now I mark'd the starts of guilt That shook her soul, tho...