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Page xxv
... lost , called " The History of Mador , King of Great Britain . " Fletcher , besides two such works , specified at page xxii , wrote “ The History of Cardenio , " in conjunction with Shakspeare it is said ; on what ground it were ...
... lost , called " The History of Mador , King of Great Britain . " Fletcher , besides two such works , specified at page xxii , wrote “ The History of Cardenio , " in conjunction with Shakspeare it is said ; on what ground it were ...
Page xlvii
... lost Aspatia , And you shall find all true but the wild island . Suppose I stand upon the sea - beach now , Mine arms thus , and mine hair blown with the wind , Wild as that desert ; and let all about me Be teachers of my story . Do my ...
... lost Aspatia , And you shall find all true but the wild island . Suppose I stand upon the sea - beach now , Mine arms thus , and mine hair blown with the wind , Wild as that desert ; and let all about me Be teachers of my story . Do my ...
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... Lost . BY BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER . 2. PHILASTER . T. C. Before 1611 , probably in 1608. Quartos 1620 , 1622 , 1628 , 1634 , 1651 . 3. THE MAID'S TRAGEDY . T. Before 1611 , probably in 1610. Quartos 1619 , 1622 , 1630 , 1638 , 1641 , 1650 ...
... Lost . BY BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER . 2. PHILASTER . T. C. Before 1611 , probably in 1608. Quartos 1620 , 1622 , 1628 , 1634 , 1651 . 3. THE MAID'S TRAGEDY . T. Before 1611 , probably in 1610. Quartos 1619 , 1622 , 1630 , 1638 , 1641 , 1650 ...
Page lvi
... lost , if not the same as the Night- Walker . 47. THE WANDERING LOVERS . Licensed 6th December , 1623. Lost . 48. A WIFE FOR A MONTH . T. C. Licensed 27th May , 1624 . 49. RULE A WIFE AND HAVE A WIFE . C. Licensed 19th October , 1624 ...
... lost , if not the same as the Night- Walker . 47. THE WANDERING LOVERS . Licensed 6th December , 1623. Lost . 48. A WIFE FOR A MONTH . T. C. Licensed 27th May , 1624 . 49. RULE A WIFE AND HAVE A WIFE . C. Licensed 19th October , 1624 ...
Page lxvi
... lost those hours On them , whose quickness comes far short of ours , And dwell not more on thee , whose every page May be a pattern for their scene and stage . I will not yield thy works so mean a praise ; More pure , more chaste , more ...
... lost those hours On them , whose quickness comes far short of ours , And dwell not more on thee , whose every page May be a pattern for their scene and stage . I will not yield thy works so mean a praise ; More pure , more chaste , more ...
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Page x - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past ; wit that might warrant be For the whole City to talk foolishly Till that were cancell'd ; and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone...
Page xxvii - Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff : you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search.
Page 7 - Since I can do no good, because a woman, Reach constantly at something that is near it : I will redeem one minute of my age, Or, like another Niobe, I'll weep Till I am water.
Page 254 - pastoral tragicomedy," reminding the reader in the preface to the printed edition that " a tragicomedy is not so called in respect of mirth and killing, but in respect it wants deaths, which is enough to make it no tragedy, yet brings some near it, which is enough to make it no comedy...
Page 259 - Hovering o'er the wanton face Of these pastures, where they come Striking dead both bud and bloom : Therefore from such danger lock Every one his loved flock ; And let your dogs lie loose without, Lest the wolf come as a scout From the mountain, and, ere day, Bear a lamb or kid away ; Or the crafty thievish fox Break upon your simple flocks. To secure...
Page 24 - Alas, what kind of grief can thy years know? Hadst thou a curst master when thou went'st to school? Thou art not capable of other grief ; Thy brows and cheeks are smooth as waters be When no breath troubles them. Believe me, boy, Care seeks out wrinkled brows and hollow eyes, And builds himself caves, to abide in them.
Page 21 - ... the fields, Which gave him roots, and of the crystal springs, Which did not stop their courses, and the sun, Which still, he thanked him, yielded him his light.
Page vii - To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
Page xxv - Their plots were generally more regular than Shakespeare's, especially those which were made before Beaumont's death ; and they understood and imitated the conversation of gentlemen much better ; whose wild debaucheries, and quickness of wit in repartees, no poet can ever paint as they have done.
Page xxxiv - Of which he borrowed some to quench his thirst, And paid the nymph again as much in tears : A garland lay him by...