New Illustrations of the Life, Studies, and Writings of Shakespeare, Volume 2J. B. Nichols and Son, 1845 |
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... passages where the meaning is obscure to nine - tenths of the readers or specta- tors were elucidated , so that their full force and meaning were accurately exhibited , one of the most striking passages ... passage nearly as it stands in the.
... passages where the meaning is obscure to nine - tenths of the readers or specta- tors were elucidated , so that their full force and meaning were accurately exhibited , one of the most striking passages ... passage nearly as it stands in the.
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... passage really required that on should be understood to be equivalent to one , it might be so taken . The slight incongruity of the bell on which the hour of one is struck being spoken of as the midnight bell has not been held ...
... passage really required that on should be understood to be equivalent to one , it might be so taken . The slight incongruity of the bell on which the hour of one is struck being spoken of as the midnight bell has not been held ...
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... passage , would have been suffi- cient to shew that there was something rotten in the state of Denmark . Let us now see how the latest editor has dealt with the passage . " We prefer the old reading- Sound on into the drowsy race of ...
... passage , would have been suffi- cient to shew that there was something rotten in the state of Denmark . Let us now see how the latest editor has dealt with the passage . " We prefer the old reading- Sound on into the drowsy race of ...
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... passage is this : that Hubert is to be trans- ported in thought to the grave - ground at the foot of some lonely tower , from which is heard the heavy tones of the bell tolling through the darkness of night , while , in the distance ...
... passage is this : that Hubert is to be trans- ported in thought to the grave - ground at the foot of some lonely tower , from which is heard the heavy tones of the bell tolling through the darkness of night , while , in the distance ...
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... passage in this Play which must for ever decide the question whether the Poet , when he wrote it , was a member of the Roman Church , or favourable to any scheme for its regaining its supremacy in England . The passage is this- And ...
... passage in this Play which must for ever decide the question whether the Poet , when he wrote it , was a member of the Roman Church , or favourable to any scheme for its regaining its supremacy in England . The passage is this- And ...
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Page 59 - Where some, like magistrates, correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad, Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds, Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent-royal of their emperor...
Page 214 - In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets...
Page 199 - She should have died hereafter; There would have been a time for such a word. To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death.
Page 170 - Cannot be ill; cannot be good: if ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth? I am thane of Cawdor: If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature?
Page 13 - No longer mourn for me when I am dead Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell Give warning to the world that I am fled From this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell : Nay, if you read this line, remember not The hand that writ it ; for I love you so That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot, If thinking on me then should make you woe.
Page 345 - In the white curtain, to and fro, She saw the gusty shadow sway. But when the moon was very low, And wild winds bound within their cell, The shadow of the poplar fell Upon her bed, across her brow. She only said, " The night is dreary, He cometh not," she said; She said, " I am aweary, aweary, I would that I were dead!
Page 299 - 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...
Page 181 - I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.
Page 179 - Which would be worn now in their newest gloss, Not cast aside so soon. Lady M. Was the hope drunk Wherein you dress'd yourself? hath it slept since, And wakes it now, to look so green and pale At what it did so freely ? From this time Such I account thy love. Art thou...
Page 179 - Was the hope drunk Wherein you dress'd yourself? hath it slept since? And wakes it now, to look so green and pale At what it did so freely ? From this time Such I account thy love. Art thou afeard To be the same in thine own act and valour 40 As thou art in desire ? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting ' I dare not ' wait upon ' I would,' Like the poor cat i