New Illustrations of the Life, Studies, and Writings of Shakespeare, Volume 2J. B. Nichols and Son, 1845 |
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... written on English history in a more philosophic spirit . No doubt there has been more of generalization applied to the struggles of the fifteenth century , and by the philosopher may have been dis- cerned the influence of the jealousy ...
... written on English history in a more philosophic spirit . No doubt there has been more of generalization applied to the struggles of the fifteenth century , and by the philosopher may have been dis- cerned the influence of the jealousy ...
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... writing ( at last superficially ) de omni scibile et de quibusdam aliis . There is , indeed , hardly anything in the whole range of history , politics , morals , superstitions , man- ners , usages , popular opinions , for which an ...
... writing ( at last superficially ) de omni scibile et de quibusdam aliis . There is , indeed , hardly anything in the whole range of history , politics , morals , superstitions , man- ners , usages , popular opinions , for which an ...
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... written in the reign of Elizabeth , except the King Henry the Eighth , and this play was written in the first three months of the reign of her successor ; so that they were all produced , together with nearly all of his comedies ...
... written in the reign of Elizabeth , except the King Henry the Eighth , and this play was written in the first three months of the reign of her successor ; so that they were all produced , together with nearly all of his comedies ...
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... second change is made in some of the editions , and would have been found in the last Variorum , had not Mr. Malone discovered that into and unto are some- times written indifferently , so that he kept into in KING JOHN . 9.
... second change is made in some of the editions , and would have been found in the last Variorum , had not Mr. Malone discovered that into and unto are some- times written indifferently , so that he kept into in KING JOHN . 9.
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Joseph Hunter. times written indifferently , so that he kept into in the text , directing that it should be understood as if it were unto . Thus the passage was left in 1821 ; where we have the in- congruity ( 1 ) of the midnight bell ...
Joseph Hunter. times written indifferently , so that he kept into in the text , directing that it should be understood as if it were unto . Thus the passage was left in 1821 ; where we have the in- congruity ( 1 ) of the midnight bell ...
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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