The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 4Jefferson Press, 1907 |
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Page xii
... readers be . The comedy is drama , and only by concomitance and only insomuch as all composed language is literary , is it lit- erature . And yet literature stands between it and life nearer than life . Therefore neither to Katharine's ...
... readers be . The comedy is drama , and only by concomitance and only insomuch as all composed language is literary , is it lit- erature . And yet literature stands between it and life nearer than life . Therefore neither to Katharine's ...
Page xiv
... reading of Goldoni , it might be worth while — for the love of Shakespeare , but hardly for the love of this play of his - to disentangle what is Italian from what is English . We have plenty of evidence of the currency of a popular ...
... reading of Goldoni , it might be worth while — for the love of Shakespeare , but hardly for the love of this play of his - to disentangle what is Italian from what is English . We have plenty of evidence of the currency of a popular ...
Page xv
... reader . Circumstantial evidence apart , the Shakespearean who is in every man and woman of letters , English and American , will not hesitate to pronounce it veritably Shakespeare's , almost Shakespeare's worst ( the " Induc- tion ...
... reader . Circumstantial evidence apart , the Shakespearean who is in every man and woman of letters , English and American , will not hesitate to pronounce it veritably Shakespeare's , almost Shakespeare's worst ( the " Induc- tion ...
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... reading , Headborough . Both words " constable . " ' Thirdborough " appears as " Tharborough " mean in L. L. L. , I , i , 185 . 66 12-13 let kindly ] let him come , and welcome . ... And couple Clowder with the deep - mouth'd brach ...
... reading , Headborough . Both words " constable . " ' Thirdborough " appears as " Tharborough " mean in L. L. L. , I , i , 185 . 66 12-13 let kindly ] let him come , and welcome . ... And couple Clowder with the deep - mouth'd brach ...
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... reading , which modern editors needlessly change to ethics . 66 34 Balk ] The word literally means separate , " or " discriminate . ” Hence " balk logic " is equivalent to " argue or wrangle " after the manner of logicians . Music and ...
... reading , which modern editors needlessly change to ethics . 66 34 Balk ] The word literally means separate , " or " discriminate . ” Hence " balk logic " is equivalent to " argue or wrangle " after the manner of logicians . Music and ...
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Page 19 - The mathematics, and the metaphysics, Fall to them, as you find your stomach serves you: No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en ; — In brief, sir, study what you most affect.
Page 120 - I am ashamed that women are so simple To offer war where they should kneel for peace ; Or seek for rule, supremacy and sway, When they are bound to serve, love and obey.
Page 120 - Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign ; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance commits his body To painful labour both by sea and land, To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, wo Whilst thou liest warm at home, secure and safe ; And craves no other tribute at thy hands But love, fair looks and true obedience ; Too little payment for so great a debt.