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Page xiii
... allusion ( cf. I. ii . 211- 217 , and II . ii . 22-26 ) . The omission of the passage in which a reference is made to the " English nation " might point- if we may play for a moment with the hypothesis of vanished Quartos to the early ...
... allusion ( cf. I. ii . 211- 217 , and II . ii . 22-26 ) . The omission of the passage in which a reference is made to the " English nation " might point- if we may play for a moment with the hypothesis of vanished Quartos to the early ...
Page xv
... allusion by name to Justice Silence in Jonson's Every Man out of His Humour , which was produced in 1599. The Epilogue to 2 Henry IV . refers to Henry V. , which we know to have been composed in 1599 , as a play yet to be written . It ...
... allusion by name to Justice Silence in Jonson's Every Man out of His Humour , which was produced in 1599. The Epilogue to 2 Henry IV . refers to Henry V. , which we know to have been composed in 1599 , as a play yet to be written . It ...
Page xvi
... allusion to that work as a forthcoming play would have lost its point . I would hazard the conjecture that the acting version of 2 Henry IV . was " cut " at the same time , with the object of reducing the length of scenes unrelated ...
... allusion to that work as a forthcoming play would have lost its point . I would hazard the conjecture that the acting version of 2 Henry IV . was " cut " at the same time , with the object of reducing the length of scenes unrelated ...
Page xx
... author of Edward the Third . From 1600 onward , allusions to , or echoes of , the present play become more and more frequent in the drama . Now its rhetoric , now its comedy inspires imitation ; and not XX KING HENRY THE FOURTH.
... author of Edward the Third . From 1600 onward , allusions to , or echoes of , the present play become more and more frequent in the drama . Now its rhetoric , now its comedy inspires imitation ; and not XX KING HENRY THE FOURTH.
Page xxvi
... allusion to the wet summer of 1594. Stow ( Annals ) writes that on September 7 , 1408 , there were " such flouds of rayne as the olde men of that age had neuer seene before . " quoted Fuller , who , in his Worthies of Yorkshire xxvi ...
... allusion to the wet summer of 1594. Stow ( Annals ) writes that on September 7 , 1408 , there were " such flouds of rayne as the olde men of that age had neuer seene before . " quoted Fuller , who , in his Worthies of Yorkshire xxvi ...
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Page 20 - Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me : the brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to invent any thing that tends to laughter, more than I invent or is invented on me : I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.
Page 164 - It ascends me into the brain ; dries me there all the foolish and dull and crudy vapours which environ it ; makes it apprehensive, quick, forgetive, full of nimble fiery and delectable shapes ; which, delivered o'er to the voice, the tongue, which is the birth, becomes excellent wit.
Page 110 - Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down And steep my senses in forgetfulness? Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs...
Page 219 - King. I know thee not, old man : fall to thy prayers ; How ill white hairs become a fool and...
Page 168 - And noble offices thou mayst effect Of mediation, after I am dead, Between his greatness and thy other brethren : Therefore omit him not ; blunt not his love, Nor lose the good advantage of his grace By seeming cold or careless of his will ; For he is gracious, if he be observed : 30 He hath a tear for pity and a hand Open as day for melting charity...