The dramatic (poetical) works of William Shakspeare; illustr., embracing a life of the poet and notes, Volume 2 |
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Page 13
What is Thisby ? A wandering knight ? 1 Grow on to a point . This is the reading
of the first folio , and is probably a misprint for go on to appoint , i . e , appoint the
actors to their several parts . 1 To meet whether bowstrings hold or are cut is SC .
What is Thisby ? A wandering knight ? 1 Grow on to a point . This is the reading
of the first folio , and is probably a misprint for go on to appoint , i . e , appoint the
actors to their several parts . 1 To meet whether bowstrings hold or are cut is SC .
Page 15
Enough ; hold , or cut bow - strings . ? [ Exeunt . ACT ² . SCENE I . A Wood near
Athens . Enter a Fairy at one door , and Puck at another . Puck . How now , spirit !
whither wander you ? Fai . Over hill , over dale , Thorough bush , thorough briar ...
Enough ; hold , or cut bow - strings . ? [ Exeunt . ACT ² . SCENE I . A Wood near
Athens . Enter a Fairy at one door , and Puck at another . Puck . How now , spirit !
whither wander you ? Fai . Over hill , over dale , Thorough bush , thorough briar ...
Page 17
... her withered dew - lap pour the ale . The wisest aunt , telling the saddest tale ,
Sometime for three - foot stool mistaketh me ; Then slip I from her bum , down
topples she , And tailor cries , and falls into a cough ; And then the whole quire
hold ...
... her withered dew - lap pour the ale . The wisest aunt , telling the saddest tale ,
Sometime for three - foot stool mistaketh me ; Then slip I from her bum , down
topples she , And tailor cries , and falls into a cough ; And then the whole quire
hold ...
Page 23
Run when you will , the story shall be changed ; Apollo flies , and Daphne holds
the chase . The dove pursues the griffin ; the mild hind Makes speed to catch the
tiger . Bootless speed ! When cowardice pursues , and valor flies . Dem . I will not
...
Run when you will , the story shall be changed ; Apollo flies , and Daphne holds
the chase . The dove pursues the griffin ; the mild hind Makes speed to catch the
tiger . Bootless speed ! When cowardice pursues , and valor flies . Dem . I will not
...
Page 31
Snug . You never can bring in a wall . — What say you , Bottom ? Bot . Some man
or other must present wall : and let him have some plaster , or some loam , or
some rough - cast about him , to signify wall ; or let him hold his fingers thus ...
Snug . You never can bring in a wall . — What say you , Bottom ? Bot . Some man
or other must present wall : and let him have some plaster , or some loam , or
some rough - cast about him , to signify wall ; or let him hold his fingers thus ...
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Page 287 - With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side ; His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank ; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound : last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness, and mere oblivion ; Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
Page 20 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Page 271 - The seasons' difference ; as, the icy fang, And churlish chiding of the winter's wind ; Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile, and say, — This is no flattery : these are counsellors, That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Page 165 - When shepherds pipe on oaten straws And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men; for thus sings he, Cuckoo; Cuckoo, cuckoo: O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear!
Page 175 - If to do, were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions. I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.
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| Title | The dramatic (poetical) works of William Shakspeare; illustr., embracing a life of the poet and notes, Volume 2 The dramatic (poetical) works of William Shakspeare; illustr., embracing a life of the poet and notes, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Published | 1850 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 16 May 2006 |
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