The Plays of William Shakespeare ...T. Bensley, 1803 |
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... looks like a foul bumbard- ] This term again oc- curs in The First Part of Henry IV.- " that swoln parcel of drop- sies , " that huge bumbard of sack " -and again in Henry VIII . " And here you lie baiting of bumbards when ye should do ...
... looks like a foul bumbard- ] This term again oc- curs in The First Part of Henry IV.- " that swoln parcel of drop- sies , " that huge bumbard of sack " -and again in Henry VIII . " And here you lie baiting of bumbards when ye should do ...
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... Look , what a wardrobe here is for thee ! ] The humour of these lines consists in their being an allusion to an old celebrated ballad , which begins thus : King Stephen was a worthy peer and celebrates that king's parsimony with regard ...
... Look , what a wardrobe here is for thee ! ] The humour of these lines consists in their being an allusion to an old celebrated ballad , which begins thus : King Stephen was a worthy peer and celebrates that king's parsimony with regard ...
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... look is called in states warlie , in others otherwise , Sir Thomas More . Line 445 . JOHNSON , -summer - swelling flower ; ] I cannot help su + specting that the poet wrote summer - smelling . An 32 [ ACT IT ANNOTATIONS ON THE.
... look is called in states warlie , in others otherwise , Sir Thomas More . Line 445 . JOHNSON , -summer - swelling flower ; ] I cannot help su + specting that the poet wrote summer - smelling . An 32 [ ACT IT ANNOTATIONS ON THE.
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... look you ; and yet I have the wit to think my master is a kind of knave : but that's all one , if he be but one KNAVE . ] Where is the sense ? or , if you won't allow the speaker that , where is the humour of this speech ? Nothing had ...
... look you ; and yet I have the wit to think my master is a kind of knave : but that's all one , if he be but one KNAVE . ] Where is the sense ? or , if you won't allow the speaker that , where is the humour of this speech ? Nothing had ...
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... looks , to these PRECISIANS . WARBURTON . —precisian , — ] Of this word I do not see any meaning that is very apposite to the present intention . Perhaps Falstaff said , Though love use reason as his physician , he admits him not for ...
... looks , to these PRECISIANS . WARBURTON . —precisian , — ] Of this word I do not see any meaning that is very apposite to the present intention . Perhaps Falstaff said , Though love use reason as his physician , he admits him not for ...
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Alluding allusion ancient ANNOTATIONS answer appears beauty believe Ben Jonson blood Cæsar called character comedy common corruption death devil doth Duke editions editors expression eyes fairies Falstaff fear fellow folio fool fortune French Gentlemen of Verona give GREY hair Hanmer reads hath head heart heaven Henry IV Holinshed honour humour JOHNS JOHNSON JOHNSON Line King Henry kiss lady language Line Line 80 lord Macbeth MALONE means meant mentioned Merchant of Venice mind mistress nature never night obscure observed old copies Othello passage passion perhaps phrase play poet POPE present prince probably proverbial quarto queen racter reason says SCENE SCENE II seems sense Shak Shakspeare Shakspeare's shew signifies Sir Thomas Hanmer speak speech spirit stand STEEV STEEVENS suppose sweet sword tell term thee THEOBALD thing thou art thought tion tongue virtue WARB WARBURTON witches woman word
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Page 46 - With coral clasps and amber studs — And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me and be my Love.
Page 47 - The rest complains of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward Winter reckoning yields: A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither...
Page 268 - Thus thou must do, if thou have it'; And that which rather thou dost fear to do Than wishest should be undone. Hie thee hither, That I may pour my spirits in thine ear, And chastise with the valour of my tongue All that impedes thee from the golden round, Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crown'd withal.
Page 273 - Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace. With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost.
Page 661 - That it should come to this! But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly.
Page 88 - There is a history in all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceased ; The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, which in their seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasured. Such things become the hatch and brood of time...
Page 415 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the most High.
Page 281 - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg and howlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. ALL. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. THIRD WITCH. Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf, Witches...
Page 67 - twill endure wind and weather. Vio. 'Tis beauty truly blent, whose red and white Nature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on : Lady, you are the cruell'st she alive, If you will lead these graces to the grave, And leave the world no copy.