The plays of William Shakspeare, accurately pr. from the text of mr. Steevens's last ed., with a selection of the most important notes [collected by J. Nichols]. |
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Page 131
... fifter , Widow . Tailor , Haberdasher , aud Servants attending on Baptista and Petruchio . SCENE , fometimes in Padua ; and fometimes in Petruchio's Houfe in the Country . 3 G 6 CHARACTERS CHARACTERS IN THE INDUCTION to the Original ...
... fifter , Widow . Tailor , Haberdasher , aud Servants attending on Baptista and Petruchio . SCENE , fometimes in Padua ; and fometimes in Petruchio's Houfe in the Country . 3 G 6 CHARACTERS CHARACTERS IN THE INDUCTION to the Original ...
Page 149
... fifter . Gre . A hufband ! a devil . Hr . I fay , a husband . Gre . I fay , a devil : Think'ft thou , Hortenfio , though her father be very rich , any man is so very a fool to be married to hell ? Hor . Tuth , Gremio ! though it pafs ...
... fifter . Gre . A hufband ! a devil . Hr . I fay , a husband . Gre . I fay , a devil : Think'ft thou , Hortenfio , though her father be very rich , any man is so very a fool to be married to hell ? Hor . Tuth , Gremio ! though it pafs ...
Page 150
... fifter Began to fcold ; and raise up fuch a storm , That mortal ears might hardly endure the din ? Luc . Tranio , I faw her coral lips to move , And with her breath fhe did perfume the air ; Sacred , and fweet , was all I faw in her ...
... fifter Began to fcold ; and raise up fuch a storm , That mortal ears might hardly endure the din ? Luc . Tranio , I faw her coral lips to move , And with her breath fhe did perfume the air ; Sacred , and fweet , was all I faw in her ...
Page 151
... fifter is fo curft and threwd , That , till the father rid his hands of her , Master , your love must live a maid at home ; And therefore has he clofely mew'd her up , Because she shall not be annoy'd with fuitors . Luc . Ah , Tranio ...
... fifter is fo curft and threwd , That , till the father rid his hands of her , Master , your love must live a maid at home ; And therefore has he clofely mew'd her up , Because she shall not be annoy'd with fuitors . Luc . Ah , Tranio ...
Page 162
... fifter first be wed : The younger then is free , and not before . Tra . If it be fo , fir , that you are the man Must stead us all , and me among the rest ; An An if you break the ice , and do this 162 TAMING OF THE SHREW .
... fifter first be wed : The younger then is free , and not before . Tra . If it be fo , fir , that you are the man Must stead us all , and me among the rest ; An An if you break the ice , and do this 162 TAMING OF THE SHREW .
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againſt allufion ancient anſwer Antigonus Autolycus Banquo becauſe Bianca Bohemia Camillo Clown Dromio Enter Exeunt Exit expreffion fafe faid fame father fcene fear fecond feems fenfe fervant ferve fhall fhould fifter fignifies fince firft firſt Fleance fleep fome fpeak fpeech fpirit ftand ftill fuch fuppofe fure fwear fweet Grumio hath himſelf honour houſe huſband inftance JOHNSON Kath king Lady lefs Leon loft lord Lucentio Macb Macbeth Macd Macduff mafter MALONE means miſtreſs moft moſt muft muſt myſelf obferved occafion old copy Padua paffage Parolles perfon Petruchio play pleaſe pray prefent purpoſe queen reafon reft ſay ſeems Shakspeare Shakspeare's ſhall ſhe ſpeak STEEVENS tell thane thee thefe Theobald theſe thing thofe thoſe Tranio ufed uſed WARBURTON whofe wife Winter's Tale Witch word
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Page 533 - The times have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools.
Page 492 - Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as to sight? or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?
Page 483 - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking-off...
Page 498 - So brainsickly of things. Go get some water, And wash this filthy witness from your hand. Why did you bring these daggers from the place? They must lie there: go carry them, and smear The sleepy grooms with blood. MACB. I'll go no more: I am afraid to think what I have done; Look on't again I dare not.
Page 230 - Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign ; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance : commits his body To painful labour, both by sea and land ; To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, While thou liest warm at home, secure and safe; And craves no other tribute at thy hands, But love, fair looks, and true obedience, — Too little payment for so great a debt.
Page 473 - For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires: The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.
Page 470 - Implored your highness' pardon and set forth A deep repentance : nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it ; he died As one that had been studied in his death, To throw away the dearest thing he owed* As 'twere a careless trifle.
Page 321 - This is an art Which does mend nature — change it rather; but The art itself is nature.
Page 467 - This supernatural soliciting 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...
Page 476 - Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full Of direst cruelty...