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Page 325
... fignifies a man that manufactures brafs , and a refervoir for charcoal ocса- sionally heated to convey warmth . Both these senses are here understood . JOHNSON . 5 There was a haberdasher's wife of fmall wit ] Ben Jon- fon , whose hand ...
... fignifies a man that manufactures brafs , and a refervoir for charcoal ocса- sionally heated to convey warmth . Both these senses are here understood . JOHNSON . 5 There was a haberdasher's wife of fmall wit ] Ben Jon- fon , whose hand ...
Page 358
... notable , dissembling lad , a crack . " Crack fignifies a boy child . See Mr. Tyrwhitt's note on second part of King Henry IV . Act III . fc . ii . STEEVENS , have you play the idle huswife with me this after- 4 have 358 CORIOLANUS .
... notable , dissembling lad , a crack . " Crack fignifies a boy child . See Mr. Tyrwhitt's note on second part of King Henry IV . Act III . fc . ii . STEEVENS , have you play the idle huswife with me this after- 4 have 358 CORIOLANUS .
Page 391
... fignifies a bare , Grey malkin ( corruptly grimalkin ) is a cat . The kitchen malkin is just the fame as the kitchen Madge or Bess : the scullion . REMARKS . After the morris - dance degenerated into a piece of coarse buf foonery , and ...
... fignifies a bare , Grey malkin ( corruptly grimalkin ) is a cat . The kitchen malkin is just the fame as the kitchen Madge or Bess : the scullion . REMARKS . After the morris - dance degenerated into a piece of coarse buf foonery , and ...
Page 401
... fignifying infamy . TYRWHITT . 1 He cannot but with measure fit the honours , ] That is , no ho- nour will be too ... fignifies an avaricious . WARBURTON . Com.and is content To spend bis time to end it . Men . He's right noble ...
... fignifying infamy . TYRWHITT . 1 He cannot but with measure fit the honours , ] That is , no ho- nour will be too ... fignifies an avaricious . WARBURTON . Com.and is content To spend bis time to end it . Men . He's right noble ...
Page 431
... fignifies a hawk . It was afterwards used in war . So , in K. John : " Cry havock , kings . " And in Julius Cæfar : ،، Cry havock , and let flip the dogs of war . " It seems to have been the signal for general flaughter , and is ex ...
... fignifies a hawk . It was afterwards used in war . So , in K. John : " Cry havock , kings . " And in Julius Cæfar : ،، Cry havock , and let flip the dogs of war . " It seems to have been the signal for general flaughter , and is ex ...
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Page 238 - tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow.
Page 42 - With that, methought, a legion of foul fiends Environ'd me, and howled in mine ears Such hideous cries, that, with the very noise, I trembling wak'd, and, for a season after, Could not believe but that I was in hell, Such terrible impression made my dream.
Page 499 - I'll speak a little. [He holds her by the hand, silent] CORIOLANUS. O mother, mother! What have you done? Behold, the heavens do ope, The gods look down, and this unnatural scene They laugh at. O my mother, mother! O! You have won a happy victory to Rome; But for your son— believe it, O, believe it!— Most dangerously you have with him prevail'd, If not most mortal to him.
Page 348 - Who deserves greatness Deserves your hate ; and your affections are A sick man's appetite, who desires most that Which would increase his evil. He that depends Upon your favours swims with fins of lead, And hews down oaks with rushes. Hang ye ! Trust ye? With every minute you do change a mind, And call him noble that was now your hate, Him vile that was your garland.
Page 283 - A sure and safe one, though thy master miss'd it. Mark but my fall, and that that ruin'd me. Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition: By that sin fell the angels ; how can man, then, The image of his Maker, hope to win by it ? Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty.
Page 21 - Was ever woman in this humour woo'd ? Was ever woman in this humour won ? I'll have her, but I will not keep her long. What ! I, that kill'd her husband and his father, To take her in her heart's extremest hate ; With curses in her mouth, tears in her eyes, The bleeding witness of her hatred by ; Having God, her conscience, and these bars against me, And I no friends to back my suit withal, But the plain devil, and dissembling looks...
Page 280 - This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride At length broke under me, and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream that must for ever hide me.
Page 284 - Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not : Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's and truth's ; then if thou...
Page 6 - That dogs bark at me as I halt by them; Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time...
Page 280 - Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours ! There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have ; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again.