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Page ix
... affection : this gentleman was entered at Gray's Inn ; but Popham seems to have taken his young relation more immediately under his own care , and placed him at the Middle Tem- ple , of which he had been appointed Treasurer in 1581 . It ...
... affection : this gentleman was entered at Gray's Inn ; but Popham seems to have taken his young relation more immediately under his own care , and placed him at the Middle Tem- ple , of which he had been appointed Treasurer in 1581 . It ...
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... extant in some French or Italian col- lection of tales . But whatever may be the ground- work , it must , after all , be admitted that the story 66 derives its main claim on our affections from the INTRODUCTION . XXV.
... extant in some French or Italian col- lection of tales . But whatever may be the ground- work , it must , after all , be admitted that the story 66 derives its main claim on our affections from the INTRODUCTION . XXV.
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John Ford William Gifford. 66 derives its main claim on our affections from the poetic powers of the author himself . They are here exerted with wonderful effect : the spell is early laid , and we have scarcely stepped within the circle ...
John Ford William Gifford. 66 derives its main claim on our affections from the poetic powers of the author himself . They are here exerted with wonderful effect : the spell is early laid , and we have scarcely stepped within the circle ...
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... affection . The year before this was written , the indefatigable Prynne had published his ponderous " Histrio- mastix ; " in which he collected and reproduced , with increased bitterness and rancour , all his former invectives against ...
... affection . The year before this was written , the indefatigable Prynne had published his ponderous " Histrio- mastix ; " in which he collected and reproduced , with increased bitterness and rancour , all his former invectives against ...
Page xl
... affections and passions very distinct from those of love . Mr. Campbell , however , terms him " one of the orna- ments of our ancient poetry . " per- . So many remarks are incidentally scattered through these pages on the nature of our ...
... affections and passions very distinct from those of love . Mr. Campbell , however , terms him " one of the orna- ments of our ancient poetry . " per- . So many remarks are incidentally scattered through these pages on the nature of our ...
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Page xl - tis most certain, Iras. Saucy lictors Will catch at us, like strumpets ; and scald rhymers Ballad us out o' tune : the quick comedians Extemporally will stage us, and present Our Alexandrian revels : Antony Shall be brought drunken forth, and I shall see Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness I
Page 124 - t be possible) of blood : Beg heaven to cleanse the leprosy of lust That rots thy soul ; acknowledge what thou art, A wretch, a worm, a nothing : weep, sigh, pray Three times a day, and three times every night ; For seven days...
Page 300 - Pen. I must leave the world To revel in Elysium, and 'tis just To wish my brother some advantage here ; Yet, by my best hopes, Ithocles is ignorant Of this pursuit : but if you please to kill him, Lend him one angry look or one harsh word, And you shall soon conclude how strong a power Your absolute authority holds over His life and end.
Page 179 - A lightless sulphur, chok'd with smoky fogs Of an infected darkness : in this place Dwell many thousand thousand sundry sorts Of never-dying deaths: there damned souls Roar without pity; there are gluttons fed...
Page 275 - But know then, Orgilus, what honour is : Honour consists not in a bare opinion By doing any act that feeds content, Brave in appearance, 'cause we think it brave ; Such honour comes by accident, not nature, Proceeding from the vices of our passion, Which makes our reason drunk : but real honour Is the reward of virtue, and acquired By justice, or by valour which, for bases, Hath justice to uphold it.
Page 153 - I'll find a time when he and she do meet, Of which I'll give you notice ; and, to be sure He shall not scape you, I'll provide a poison To dip your rapier's point in ; if he had As many heads as Hydra had, he dies.
Page 122 - Twixt my perpetual happiness and me ? Say that we had one father; say one womb — Curse to my joys ! — gave both us life and birth ; Are we not therefore each to other bound So much the more by nature ? by the links Of blood, of reason ? nay, if you will have't, Even of religion, to be ever one, One soul, one flesh, one love, one heart, one all ? Friar.
Page 71 - Corax,9 for the gift Of this invention ; but the plot deceives us : What means this empty space ? [Pointing to the paper. Cor. One kind of Melancholy Is only left untouch'd ; 'twas not in art To personate the shadow of that fancy ; Tis nam'd Love-Melancholy. As, for instance, Admit this stranger here, — young man, stand forth — [To PARTH.
Page 88 - tis a spirit in his likeness ; answer I can get none from her : you shall see her. Pal. The young man in disguise, upon my life, To steal out of the land. Rhe. I'll send him to you.
Page 259 - Zelmane protested that the fit prey for them was hearts of princes. She also had an angle in her hand, but the taker was so taken that she had forgotten taking. Basilius in the meantime would be the cook himself of what was so caught, and Gynecia.