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Page vii
... cause could be shown for depart- ing from the text of that edition . Similarly a preference has been given , in doubtful cases , to readings of the earliest edition of the play , the Quarto of 1600 , over those of the Folio . The text ...
... cause could be shown for depart- ing from the text of that edition . Similarly a preference has been given , in doubtful cases , to readings of the earliest edition of the play , the Quarto of 1600 , over those of the Folio . The text ...
Page xv
... cause to congratulate ourselves upon the excellence of the text of 2 Henry IV . , as transmitted to us in the authorised stage version published by Wise and Aspley in 1600 , and in the completer version of the Folio . The former was ...
... cause to congratulate ourselves upon the excellence of the text of 2 Henry IV . , as transmitted to us in the authorised stage version published by Wise and Aspley in 1600 , and in the completer version of the Folio . The former was ...
Page xxi
... cause that wit was in other men . If Jack Falstaff likens himself to " a sow that hath overwhelmed all her litter but one , " Jack Dapper will try to cap the simile by telling us that when his page waited upon him at the ordin- aries ...
... cause that wit was in other men . If Jack Falstaff likens himself to " a sow that hath overwhelmed all her litter but one , " Jack Dapper will try to cap the simile by telling us that when his page waited upon him at the ordin- aries ...
Page xxv
... caused a great army to be assembled , and came forward with the same towards his enemies . " The death of Glendower is announced in Act III . Scene i . ( 1405 ) , whereas in Holinshed we read that Glendower died in " the tenth yeare of ...
... caused a great army to be assembled , and came forward with the same towards his enemies . " The death of Glendower is announced in Act III . Scene i . ( 1405 ) , whereas in Holinshed we read that Glendower died in " the tenth yeare of ...
Page xxxiii
... cause he had maintained the cause of the country , to whose honour and welfare his last thoughts are dedicated . The King's last speech is the true climax of the play of Henry the Fourth ; with the Fifth Act the play of Henry V ...
... cause he had maintained the cause of the country , to whose honour and welfare his last thoughts are dedicated . The King's last speech is the true climax of the play of Henry the Fourth ; with the Fifth Act the play of Henry V ...
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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...