As You Like it: With Notes, Introduction and GlossaryHenry Holt, 1904 |
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... Orlando's exclamation , " But heavenly Rosalind " ( I. ii . 291 ) , has been criticised as premature , in as much as Rosalind's name has not been mentioned in his presence , and as he has just proved himself ignorant of her identity by ...
... Orlando's exclamation , " But heavenly Rosalind " ( I. ii . 291 ) , has been criticised as premature , in as much as Rosalind's name has not been mentioned in his presence , and as he has just proved himself ignorant of her identity by ...
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... Orlando's worth but to become such a changed man himself , are obviously forced , to ensure a rapid and happy con- clusion . Origin of the Play . But here again it must be remem- bered that the play of As You Like It was founded on a ...
... Orlando's worth but to become such a changed man himself , are obviously forced , to ensure a rapid and happy con- clusion . Origin of the Play . But here again it must be remem- bered that the play of As You Like It was founded on a ...
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... Orlando ) . Saladyne schemes with a champion wrestler to pro- cure his brother's death ; and the wrestling match takes place in the presence of Torismond , King of France ( Shakespeare's Duke Frederick ) , and of the King's daughter ...
... Orlando ) . Saladyne schemes with a champion wrestler to pro- cure his brother's death ; and the wrestling match takes place in the presence of Torismond , King of France ( Shakespeare's Duke Frederick ) , and of the King's daughter ...
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... ( Orlando ) . The banished Court in the Forest of Arden , the sweet pastoral life , the al fresco meals , the strange vegetation of this forest of the fancy , the wooing of scornful Phœbe - who loves only Ganimede - by the faithful ...
... ( Orlando ) . The banished Court in the Forest of Arden , the sweet pastoral life , the al fresco meals , the strange vegetation of this forest of the fancy , the wooing of scornful Phœbe - who loves only Ganimede - by the faithful ...
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... Orlando . The other characters , which do appear in Lodge's romance , are all here revivified , touched with the magic wand . Orlando becomes the type of Elizabethan youth ; high - spirited , single - minded , generous , an untried ...
... Orlando . The other characters , which do appear in Lodge's romance , are all here revivified , touched with the magic wand . Orlando becomes the type of Elizabethan youth ; high - spirited , single - minded , generous , an untried ...
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Page 26 - 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 10 That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Page 27 - To-day my Lord of Amiens and myself Did steal behind him as he lay along Under an oak whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood...
Page 33 - O good old man ; how well in thee appears The constant service of the antique world, When service sweat for duty, not for meed ! Thou art not for the fashion of these times. Where none will sweat, but for promotion ; And having that, do choke their service up Even with the having : it is not so with thee.
Page 33 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Page 27 - Under an oak, whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood ; To the which place a poor sequester'd stag, That from the hunter's aim had ta'en a hurt...
Page 47 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits, and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms; And then, the whining school-boy, with his satchel, And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school: And then, the lover; Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress...
Page 5 - They say he is already in the forest of Arden, and a many merry men with him ; and there they live like the old Robin Hood of England. They say many young gentlemen flock to him every day, and fleet the time carelessly, as they did in the golden world.
Page 47 - With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances ; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and...
Page 48 - 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 every thing.
Page 43 - No, sir," quoth he, "Call me not fool till heaven hath sent me fortune." And then he drew a dial from his poke, And, looking on it with lack-lustre eye, Says very wisely, "It is ten o'clock. Thus we may see," quoth he, "how the world wags.