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. |
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... o'th ' milk of human kindness , To catch the nearest way . Thou wouldst be great ; Art not without ambition , but without The illness should attend it : what thou wouldst highly , That wouldst thou holily ; wouldst not play false , And ...
... o'th ' rotten fens , whose loves I prize As the dead carcasses of unburied men That do corrupt my air : I banish you ! Coriolanus 3.3.120–3 , CORIOLANUS TO THE PLEBEIANS 4 For you , be that you are , long ; and your misery increase with ...
... o'th ' sea , that you might ever do Nothing but that , . . . And own no other function . Winter's Tale 4.4.140–3 , FLORIZEL TO PERDITA DANGER 6 Why , man , they did make love to this employment . Hamlet 5.2.57 , HAMLET telling HORATIO ...
... and Cleopatra 1.2.149 , ENOBARBUS , of Cleopatra I will be A bridegroom in my death and run into't As to a lover's bed . Antony and Cleopatra 4.14.100-2 , ANTONY TO EROS 1 The crown o'th ' earth doth melt ... O 50 | DANGEROUS PEOPLE.
William Shakespeare Jane Armstrong. 1 The crown o'th ' earth doth melt ... O withered is the garland of the war , The soldier's pole is fallen ; young boys and girls Are level now with men ; the odds is gone And there is nothing left ...
Contents
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Life of Shakespeare | 325 |
Glossary | 329 |
Topic Index | 342 |
Keyword Index | 347 |
Index of References to Plays | 392 |