The Plays of William Shakspeare ...C. Bathurst, 1785 |
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... less activity than on foot . JOHNSON . It is true that the heroes of Homer - never fought on horfeback ; yet fuch of them as make a fecond appearance in the Eneid , like their antagonists the Rutulians , had cavalry among their troops ...
... less activity than on foot . JOHNSON . It is true that the heroes of Homer - never fought on horfeback ; yet fuch of them as make a fecond appearance in the Eneid , like their antagonists the Rutulians , had cavalry among their troops ...
Page 85
... less than the tenth part of one . They that have the voice of lions , and the act of hares , are they not monsters ? Troi . Are there fuch ? fuch are not we : Praise us as we are tafted , allow us as we prove ; our head fhall go bare ...
... less than the tenth part of one . They that have the voice of lions , and the act of hares , are they not monsters ? Troi . Are there fuch ? fuch are not we : Praise us as we are tafted , allow us as we prove ; our head fhall go bare ...
Page 93
... less common amongst the Greeks than the Afiatics , there would be a greater demand for it . WARBURTON . I am afraid , that after all the learned commentator's efforts to clear the argument of Calchas , it will ftill appear liable to ob ...
... less common amongst the Greeks than the Afiatics , there would be a greater demand for it . WARBURTON . I am afraid , that after all the learned commentator's efforts to clear the argument of Calchas , it will ftill appear liable to ob ...
Page 100
... less than yours in paft , muft o'er - top yours : For time is like a fashionable hoft , That flightly shakes his parting gueft by the hand ; And with his arms out - stretch'd , as he would fly , Grafps - in the comer : Welcome ever ...
... less than yours in paft , muft o'er - top yours : For time is like a fashionable hoft , That flightly shakes his parting gueft by the hand ; And with his arms out - stretch'd , as he would fly , Grafps - in the comer : Welcome ever ...
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... less nor more ; But he as he , which heavier for a whore . ] I read : But he as he , each heavier for a whore . Heavy is taken both for weighty , and for fad or miferable . The quarto reads : But he as he , the heavier for a whore . I ...
... less nor more ; But he as he , which heavier for a whore . ] I read : But he as he , each heavier for a whore . Heavy is taken both for weighty , and for fad or miferable . The quarto reads : But he as he , the heavier for a whore . I ...
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Achilles Afide againſt Agamemnon Ajax anfwer better Calchas caufe Clot Cloten Cordelia Creffida Cymbeline daughter defire Diomed doth Enter eringoes Exeunt Exit expreffion eyes faid falfe fame father fatire fecond feems feen fenfe fhall fhew fhould fifter fignifies filk fince firft firſt flain folio fome fool fpeak fpeech ftand ftill fuch fuppofe fweet fword Glofter Goneril Guiderius Hanmer hath heart Hector himſelf honour Iach Iachimo Imogen itſelf JOHNSON Kent king lady laft Lear lefs lord mafter MALONE means moft moſt muft muſt Neoptolemus night obferves paffage Pandarus Patroclus perfon Pifanio pleaſe Poft Pofthumus prefent Priam purpoſe quarto quartos read queen reafon Shakspeare ſhall ſhe ſpeak STEEVENS thee thefe THEOBALD Ther Therfites theſe thing thofe thoſe Troi Troilus ufed Ulyff underſtand uſed WARBURTON whofe word
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Page 601 - Kent. Vex not his ghost : O, let him pass ! he hates him, That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Page 302 - Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave: Thou shalt not lack The flower, that's like thy face, pale primrose; nor The azur'd hare-bell, like thy veins; no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweeten'd not thy breath...
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Page 476 - Stain my man's cheeks !— No, you unnatural hags, I will have such revenges on you both, That all the world shall — I will do such things — What they are yet I know not ; but they shall be The terrors of the earth. You think I'll weep ; No, I'll not weep : — • I have full cause of weeping ; but this heart Shall break into a hundred thousand flaws, Or ere I'll weep : — O, fool, I shall go mad ! {Exeunt LEAR, GLOSTER, KENT, and Fool.
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Page 558 - Look with thine ears : see how yond justice rails upon yond simple thief. Hark, in thine ear: change places; and, handy-dandy, which is the justice, which is the thief?
Page 572 - And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should know you and know this man; Yet I am doubtful; for I am mainly ignorant What place this is, and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments, nor I know not Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me; For, as I am a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
Page 378 - Why have my sisters husbands, if they say They love you all ? Haply, when I shall wed, That lord whose hand must take my plight shall carry Half my love with him, half my care, and duty : ; Sure, I shall never marry like my sisters, To love my father all.
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Page 594 - I'd use them so That heaven's vault should crack. — She's gone for ever ! — I know when one is dead, and when one lives ; She's dead as earth.