The birds of Shakespeare: critically examined, explained, and illustratedJohn Van Voorst, 1871 - 321 pages |
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... various editions of his works which I have consulted , but reference to a glossarial index , or concordance , has , in nine cases out of ten , resulted in dis- appointment . It is due to Mr. Staunton , however , to state that I have ...
... various editions of his works which I have consulted , but reference to a glossarial index , or concordance , has , in nine cases out of ten , resulted in dis- appointment . It is due to Mr. Staunton , however , to state that I have ...
Page x
... various portraits of Shakespeare , are not agreed in the results at which they have arrived . This is to be attributed to the fact that , with the exception of the Droeshout etching , to which I shall presently state my objection , no ...
... various portraits of Shakespeare , are not agreed in the results at which they have arrived . This is to be attributed to the fact that , with the exception of the Droeshout etching , to which I shall presently state my objection , no ...
Page xi
... various Pictures and Prints , which , from the decease of the Poet to our own times , have been offered to the public as Portraits of Shakespeare . " By James Boaden . London , 1824 . + H32 LELAND STANFORD JVNIOR VNIVERSITY THE BIRDS OF ...
... various Pictures and Prints , which , from the decease of the Poet to our own times , have been offered to the public as Portraits of Shakespeare . " By James Boaden . London , 1824 . + H32 LELAND STANFORD JVNIOR VNIVERSITY THE BIRDS OF ...
Page xvi
... various owners . Notwithstanding the missing links of evidence , it seems to me that , having traced the picture back to the possession of Shakespeare's godson , we have gone far enough to justify us in accepting it as an authentic ...
... various owners . Notwithstanding the missing links of evidence , it seems to me that , having traced the picture back to the possession of Shakespeare's godson , we have gone far enough to justify us in accepting it as an authentic ...
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... various parts of a deer is minutely described . The touching description of a wounded stag , in As You Like It , can scarcely escape notice . Alluding to " the melancholy Jaques , " one of the lords says , ——— * " To - day my lord of ...
... various parts of a deer is minutely described . The touching description of a wounded stag , in As You Like It , can scarcely escape notice . Alluding to " the melancholy Jaques , " one of the lords says , ——— * " To - day my lord of ...
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alluded allusion amongst ancient animal appears BARNACLES beak bird British buzzard Cæsar caliver called choughs cock cormorants crow cuckoo curious Cymbeline daye paied doth doubt eagle eggs England falcon falconry Falstaff feathers feed fish flight fowl frequently goose goshawk gull habits Hamlet hath hawk head Henry heron iiij Julius Cæsar King Lear kite lark Lord Love's Labour's Lost Lucrece Macbeth mentioned Merchant of Venice Midsummer Night's Dream naturalist nest nightingale noticed observed Othello partridge passage peacock pece pelican pheasants Philomel pigeons Plays poet portrait prey quails raven referred Richard Richard II Roman Romeo and Juliet s'vñt says Shakespeare Shakespeare's day Shrew sing song sparrow speaking species sport swallow swan Taming Tempest thee thou Titus Andronicus Troilus and Cressida Twelfth Night viij vulture wild wild-fowl wind wings Winter's Tale woodcock word wren young
Popular passages
Page 3 - What have we here ? a man or a fish ? dead or alive ? A fish : he smells like a fish ; a very ancient and fish-like smell; a kind of not of the newest Poor-John.
Page 8 - My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flew"d, so sanded; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-kneed and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each. A cry more tuneable Was never holla'd to, nor cheer'd with horn, In Crete, in Sparta, nor in Thessaly : Judge when you hear.
Page 10 - To-day, my lord of Amiens and myself Did steal behind him, as he lay along Under an oak, whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood...
Page 135 - Leave to the nightingale her shady wood ; A privacy of glorious light is thine; Whence thou dost pour upon the world a flood Of harmony, with instinct more divine; Type of the wise who soar, but never roam; True to the kindred points of Heaven and Home...
Page 143 - The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren.
Page 95 - When icicles hang by the wall And Dick the shepherd blows his nail And Tom bears logs into the hall And milk comes frozen home in pail...
Page 168 - Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat Awake the god of day ; and at his warning, Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air, The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine : and of the truth herein This present object made probation.
Page 18 - Where some, like magistrates, correct at home ; Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad; Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds ; Which pillage they with merry march bring...
Page 19 - Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds ; Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent-royal of their emperor : Who, busied in his majesty, surveys The singing masons building roofs of gold ; The civil citizens kneading up the honey ; The poor mechanic porters crowding in Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate ; The sad-ey'd justice, with his surly hum, Delivering o'er to executors pale The lazy yawning drone.
Page 132 - Hark, hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus 'gins arise, His steeds to water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies; And winking Mary-buds begin To ope their golden eyes: With every thing that pretty is, My lady sweet, arise: Arise, arise.