The Arden Dictionary Of Shakespeare QuotationsA&C Black, 2014 M07 11 - 408 pages Who said " Neither a lender nor a borrower be"? Who are the star-crossed lovers? Which Shakespearean lady protests "too much"? If you have ever been stuck trying to identify a Shakespearean quote then this is the book for you! With over 3,000 quotes from single lines to quite long extracts, organized by topic and by play, this is an essential book for anyone with an interest in Shakespeare. The key word index makes it easy to use and it also includes a glossary of unfamiliar terms and a brief biography of Shakespeare. The Dictionary is easy to dip into by word or theme (love, greed, disease, war etc) or by play, and the indexes allow readers to track down a half-remembered quote easily. An ideal companion for all students, teachers or performers of Shakespeare, this Dictionary is a useful and entertaining reference work. |
From inside the book
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... Mistress Page to Mistress FORD ADVERSITY 10 O how full of briars is this working - day world ! As You Like It 1.3.11–12 , ROSALIND TO CELIA 11 Sweet are the uses of adversity , Which like the toad , ugly and venomous , Wears yet a ...
... MISTRESS OVERDONE Men Can counsel and speak comfort to that grief Which they themselves not feel ; but tasting it , Their counsel turns to passion . Much Ado About Nothing 5.1.20–3 , LEONATO TO ANTONIO AGE see OLD AGE ; YOUTH ALIENATION ...
... Mistress Elbow 3 But she , being mortal , of that boy did die . Midsummer Night's Dream 2.1.135 , TITANIA TO OBERON 4 A grievous burden was thy birth to me ; Tetchy and wayward was thy infancy . Richard III 4.4.168–9 , DUCHESS OF YORK ...
... MISTRESS OVERDONE ; her business is a brothel 9 Farewell : Othello's occupation's gone . Othello 3.3.360 , OTHELLO , with Iago 10 [ He ] ruminates like an hostess that hath no arithmetic but her brain to set down her reckoning . Troilus ...
... mistress of her choice And could of men distinguish her election , Sh'ath sealed thee for herself . Hamlet 3.2.64-6 , HAMLET TO HORATIO 9 Take her or leave her . King Lear 1.1.206 , LEAR TO BURGUNDY , offering him Cordelia without a ...
Contents
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Life of Shakespeare | 325 |
Glossary | 329 |
Topic Index | 342 |
Keyword Index | 347 |
Index of References to Plays | 392 |