The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added NotesT. Longman, 1793 |
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... also had their hot and their cold hell : " The fyrfte is fyre that ever brenneth , and never gyveth lighte , " fays an old homily : " - " The feconde is paffyng colde , that yf a grete hylle of fyre were caften therin , it fholde torn ...
... also had their hot and their cold hell : " The fyrfte is fyre that ever brenneth , and never gyveth lighte , " fays an old homily : " - " The feconde is paffyng colde , that yf a grete hylle of fyre were caften therin , it fholde torn ...
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... also out of Erizzo , Ser Giouanni Florentino , Parabofco , Cynthio , Straparole , Sanfouino , and the beft liked out of the Queene of Nauarre , and other authors . Take thefe in good part , with thofe that haue and fhall come forth ...
... also out of Erizzo , Ser Giouanni Florentino , Parabofco , Cynthio , Straparole , Sanfouino , and the beft liked out of the Queene of Nauarre , and other authors . Take thefe in good part , with thofe that haue and fhall come forth ...
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... also learn from it the ufual drefs of the stage ghofts of that time : 66 66 A filthie whining ghoft , Lapt in fome foule fheet , or a leather pilch , Holt's fuppofed proof , in the Appendix to the late F 2 LEARNING OF SHAKSPEARE . 67.
... also learn from it the ufual drefs of the stage ghofts of that time : 66 66 A filthie whining ghoft , Lapt in fome foule fheet , or a leather pilch , Holt's fuppofed proof , in the Appendix to the late F 2 LEARNING OF SHAKSPEARE . 67.
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... also gone to Ireland . See Diflertation prefixed to Fitz - Stephen's Defcription of London , newly tranflated , & c . 4to . 1772 , p . 16. - Near the end of his Defcription is a paffage Mr. Warton has remarked , that " in the time I 3 ...
... also gone to Ireland . See Diflertation prefixed to Fitz - Stephen's Defcription of London , newly tranflated , & c . 4to . 1772 , p . 16. - Near the end of his Defcription is a paffage Mr. Warton has remarked , that " in the time I 3 ...
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... also a royal company . The intimate knowledge of the French language and manners which Henry muft have acquired during his long fojourn in foreign courts , ( from 1471 to 1485 , ) accounts for the article relative to the company of ...
... also a royal company . The intimate knowledge of the French language and manners which Henry muft have acquired during his long fojourn in foreign courts , ( from 1471 to 1485 , ) accounts for the article relative to the company of ...
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Page 506 - To draw no envy, Shakespeare, on thy name, Am I thus ample to thy book and fame; While I confess thy writings to be such As neither man nor Muse can praise too much.
Page 506 - Or blind affection, which doth ne'er advance The truth, but gropes, and urgeth all by chance; Or crafty malice might pretend this praise, And think to ruin, where it seemed to raise.
Page 530 - This pencil take (she said) whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine, too, these golden keys, immortal Boy ! This can unlock the gates of Joy ; Of Horror that, and thrilling Fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic Tears.
Page 316 - His mind and hand went together ; and what he thought, he uttered with that easiness, that we have scarce received from him a blot in his papers.
Page 506 - Shakespeare, must enjoy a part. For though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion; and, that he Who casts to write a living line, must sweat (Such as thine are) and strike the second heat Upon the Muses...
Page 506 - And shake a stage; or, when thy socks were on Leave thee alone for the comparison Of all that insolent Greece or haughty Rome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come. Triumph, my Britain, thou hast one to show To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe.
Page 176 - True, representing some principal pieces of the reign of Henry the Eighth, which was set forth with many extraordinary circumstances of pomp and majesty, even to the matting of the stage ; the Knights of the order, with their Georges and Garter, the guards with their embroidered coats and the like; sufficient, in truth, within a while to make greatness very familiar, if not ridiculous.
Page 523 - WHEN Learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakspeare rose ; Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new: Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain. His pow'rful strokes presiding Truth impress'd, And unresisted Passion storm'd the breast.
Page 506 - The applause, delight, the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise! I will not lodge thee by Chaucer, or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lie A little further, to make thee a room: Thou art a monument without a tomb, And art alive still while thy book doth live And we have wits to read and praise to give.
Page 521 - Hence when lightning fires The arch of Heaven, and thunders rock the ground, When furious whirlwinds rend the howling air, And Ocean, groaning from his lowest bed, Heaves his tempestuous billows to the sky ; Amid the mighty uproar, while below The nations tremble, SHAKSPEARE looks abroad From some high cliff, superior, and enjoys The elemental war.