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Page xii
... once courted the favour of the spectator , * and " stood rubrick " with others in the title - page of several plays which have come down to us , and in more , perhaps , which remain to be discovered . The late Mr. G. Chalmers gave to ...
... once courted the favour of the spectator , * and " stood rubrick " with others in the title - page of several plays which have come down to us , and in more , perhaps , which remain to be discovered . The late Mr. G. Chalmers gave to ...
Page xvi
... once belonged to the Rose Theatre . I suspect that this was the foundation of the present Masque , and that Decker was the author of it . If it be so , the incongruous nature of the fable is easily ac- counted for , by the additions ...
... once belonged to the Rose Theatre . I suspect that this was the foundation of the present Masque , and that Decker was the author of it . If it be so , the incongruous nature of the fable is easily ac- counted for , by the additions ...
Page xxiii
... once ardent and impressive . The groundwork of this dreadful plot is loosely noticed by Bandello ; but it appears from a note in the last edition of Beaumont and Fletcher ( vol . i . p . 239. ) † that the tale is extant in a small col ...
... once ardent and impressive . The groundwork of this dreadful plot is loosely noticed by Bandello ; but it appears from a note in the last edition of Beaumont and Fletcher ( vol . i . p . 239. ) † that the tale is extant in a small col ...
Page xxvi
... once pious and mo- nitory , is every where worthy of his sacred office . It is observable that both are withdrawn before the catastrophe takes place . In the Friar's case , it was undoubtedly a just measure of precaution ; but xxvi ...
... once pious and mo- nitory , is every where worthy of his sacred office . It is observable that both are withdrawn before the catastrophe takes place . In the Friar's case , it was undoubtedly a just measure of precaution ; but xxvi ...
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... once wit- nessed its representation , did not ensure its per- petuity on the English stage . If any ( historic ) play in the language can induce us to admit the lawfulness of a comparison with Shakspeare it is this . " * There is little ...
... once wit- nessed its representation , did not ensure its per- petuity on the English stage . If any ( historic ) play in the language can induce us to admit the lawfulness of a comparison with Shakspeare it is this . " * There is little ...
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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.