The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 12 |
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Shakspeare received the greatest part of his materials for the structure of his play
from the Troye Boke of Lydgate . Lydgate was not much more than a translator of
Guido of Columpna , who was of Mes . sina in Sicily , and wrote his History of ...
Shakspeare received the greatest part of his materials for the structure of his play
from the Troye Boke of Lydgate . Lydgate was not much more than a translator of
Guido of Columpna , who was of Mes . sina in Sicily , and wrote his History of ...
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3 We may learn , from this preface , that the original proprietors of Shakspeare's
plays thought it their interest to keep them unprinted . The author of it adds , at the
conclusion , these words : " Thank fortune for the ' scape it hath made among ...
3 We may learn , from this preface , that the original proprietors of Shakspeare's
plays thought it their interest to keep them unprinted . The author of it adds , at the
conclusion , these words : " Thank fortune for the ' scape it hath made among ...
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PREFACE TO THE QUARTO EDITION OF THIS PLAY , 1609 . A never Writer to
an ever Reader . Newes . Eternall reader , you have heere a new play , never
stald with the stage , never clapper - claw'd with the palmes of the vulger , and yet
...
PREFACE TO THE QUARTO EDITION OF THIS PLAY , 1609 . A never Writer to
an ever Reader . Newes . Eternall reader , you have heere a new play , never
stald with the stage , never clapper - claw'd with the palmes of the vulger , and yet
...
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We have the same play of words in Titus Andronicus : “ O handle not the theme ,
to talk of hands , “ Lest we remember still , that we have none ! ” We may be
certain therefore that those lines were part of the additions wbich our poet made
to ...
We have the same play of words in Titus Andronicus : “ O handle not the theme ,
to talk of hands , “ Lest we remember still , that we have none ! ” We may be
certain therefore that those lines were part of the additions wbich our poet made
to ...
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... speech of Pandarus ; and that the following one of Paris should be given to
Helen . That Cressida wanted to separate Paris from Helen , or that the beauty of
Cressida had any power over Paris , are circumstances not evi . dent from the
play .
... speech of Pandarus ; and that the following one of Paris should be given to
Helen . That Cressida wanted to separate Paris from Helen , or that the beauty of
Cressida had any power over Paris , are circumstances not evi . dent from the
play .
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Page 42 - Take but degree away, untune that string, And, hark what discord follows! each thing meets In mere oppugnancy: the bounded waters Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores And make a sop of all this solid globe: Strength should be lord of imbecility, And the rude son should strike his father dead: Force should be right; or rather, right and wrong, Between whose endless jar justice resides, Should lose their names, and so should justice too.
Page 238 - Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love: On courtiers' knees, that dream on court'sies straight: O'er lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees: O'er ladies...
Page 255 - But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks! It is the east, and Juliet is the sun ! — Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief, That thou her maid art far more fair than she...
Page 318 - It was the lark, the herald of the morn, No nightingale : look, love, what envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east : Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops ; I must be gone and live, or stay and die.
Page 261 - Do not swear at all ; Or, if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self, Which is the god of my idolatry, And I'll believe thee.
Page 207 - Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny. Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life ; Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Do. with their death, bury their parents
Page 119 - That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand, And with his arms outstretch'd, as he would fly, Grasps in the comer : welcome ever smiles, And farewell goes out sighing. O, let not virtue seek Remuneration for the thing it was ; For beauty, wit, High birth, vigour of bone, desert in service, Love, friendship, charity, are subjects all To envious and calumniating time. One touch of nature makes the whole world kin...
Page 261 - Sweet, good night! This bud of love, by summer's ripening breath, May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet. Good night, good night! as sweet repose and rest Come to thy heart as that within my breast!
Page 118 - Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein he puts alms for oblivion, A great-sized monster of ingratitudes: Those scraps are good deeds past; which are devour'd As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done...
Page 240 - True, I talk of dreams ; Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy, Which is as thin of substance as the air, And more inconstant than the wind...