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Page 135
ROMEO AND JULIET . PRELIMINARY REMARKS . The original relater of this
story appears to have been Luigi da Porto , a gentleman of Vicenza , who died in
1529 . His novel seems not to have been printed till some years after his death ...
ROMEO AND JULIET . PRELIMINARY REMARKS . The original relater of this
story appears to have been Luigi da Porto , a gentleman of Vicenza , who died in
1529 . His novel seems not to have been printed till some years after his death ...
Page 136
136 • ROMEO AND JULIET . * we may , perhaps , carry the fiction back to a much
greater antiquity , and doubts whether , after all , it is not the tale of Pyramus and
Thisbe , enlarged and varied by the luxuriant imagination of the novelist .
136 • ROMEO AND JULIET . * we may , perhaps , carry the fiction back to a much
greater antiquity , and doubts whether , after all , it is not the tale of Pyramus and
Thisbe , enlarged and varied by the luxuriant imagination of the novelist .
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... s earliest plays ; * and Schlegel has eloquently said , that " it shines with the
colors of the dawn of morning ; but a dawn whose purple clouds already
announce the thunder of a sultry day . ” “ Romeo and Juliet ( says the same
admirable critic ) ...
... s earliest plays ; * and Schlegel has eloquently said , that " it shines with the
colors of the dawn of morning ; but a dawn whose purple clouds already
announce the thunder of a sultry day . ” “ Romeo and Juliet ( says the same
admirable critic ) ...
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... Paris and Romeo at Juliet ' s grave . - Shakspeare knew how to transform by
enchantment , letters into spirit , a workman ' s daub into a poetical masterpiece .
“ Lessing declared Romeo and Juliet to be the only 138 ROMEO AND JULIET .
... Paris and Romeo at Juliet ' s grave . - Shakspeare knew how to transform by
enchantment , letters into spirit , a workman ' s daub into a poetical masterpiece .
“ Lessing declared Romeo and Juliet to be the only 138 ROMEO AND JULIET .
Page 139
Lessing declared Romeo and Juliet to be the only tragedy , that he knew , which
Love himself had assisted to compose . I know not ( says Schlegel ) how to end
more gracefully than with these simple words , wherein so much lies : - One may
...
Lessing declared Romeo and Juliet to be the only tragedy , that he knew , which
Love himself had assisted to compose . I know not ( says Schlegel ) how to end
more gracefully than with these simple words , wherein so much lies : - One may
...
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Page 266 - That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger To sound what stop she please. Give me that man That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart, As I do thee.
Page 364 - She'd come again, and with a greedy ear Devour up my discourse : which, I observing, Took once a pliant hour, and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart, That I would all my pilgrimage dilate, Whereof by parcels...
Page 283 - See what a grace was seated on this brow ; Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill ; A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal To give the world assurance of a man : This was your husband.
Page 237 - I'll wipe away all trivial fond records, All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past, That youth and observation copied there; And thy commandment all alone shall live Within the book and volume of my brain, Unmix'd with baser matter: yes, by heaven!
Page 12 - Thou, nature, art my goddess ; to thy law My services are bound : Wherefore should I Stand in the plague of custom ; and permit The curiosity of nations to deprive me, For that I am some twelve or fourteen moon-shines Lag of a brother? Why bastard? wherefore base? When my dimensions are as well compact, My mind as generous, and my shape as true, As honest madam's issue? Why brand they us With base? with baseness? bastardy? base, base?
Page 51 - If it be you that stir these daughters' hearts Against their father, fool me not so much To bear it tamely ; touch me with noble anger ! O, let not women's weapons, water-drops, Stain my man's cheeks! — No, you unnatural hags, I will have such revenges on you both, That all the world shall — I will do such things, — What they are, yet I know not ; but they shall be The terrors of the earth.
Page 175 - Romeo; and, when he shall die. Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine, That all the world will be in love with night, And pay no worship to the garish sun.
Page 155 - But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks! It is the east, and Juliet is the sun ! — Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief, That thou her maid art far more fair than she...
Page 108 - I'll kneel down, And ask of thee forgiveness : so we'll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk of court news ; and we'll talk with them too, Who loses and who wins ; who's in, who's out ; And take...
Page 234 - I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres...
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| Title | The dramatic (poetical) works of William Shakspeare; illustr., embracing a life of the poet and notes, Volume 7 The dramatic (poetical) works of William Shakspeare; illustr., embracing a life of the poet and notes, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Published | 1851 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 17 May 2006 |
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