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Page xvii
... peace . " Against the theory of a late date , there is evidence in the Quarto of important structural alterations in the play , which would indicate an earlier date for the first production of the play than that here assigned to it ...
... peace . " Against the theory of a late date , there is evidence in the Quarto of important structural alterations in the play , which would indicate an earlier date for the first production of the play than that here assigned to it ...
Page xxviii
... peace was a common object for the satire of contemporary dramatists . He was represented on the stage as an embodiment of fatu- ity and ignorance of the law . His officiousness and exag- gerated sense of the importance of his office ...
... peace was a common object for the satire of contemporary dramatists . He was represented on the stage as an embodiment of fatu- ity and ignorance of the law . His officiousness and exag- gerated sense of the importance of his office ...
Page xxxix
... peace ; but the earle of Westmerland , and sir Robert Waterton , knight , had got an armie on foot , and meant to meet him . The earle of Northumberland , taking neither of them to be his freend , turned suddenlie backe , and withdrew ...
... peace ; but the earle of Westmerland , and sir Robert Waterton , knight , had got an armie on foot , and meant to meet him . The earle of Northumberland , taking neither of them to be his freend , turned suddenlie backe , and withdrew ...
Page xlii
... peace ) they came so in a [ r ] mour . The archbishop answered , that he tooke nothing in hand against the kings peace ( cf. IV . ii . 29 ) , but that whatsoeuer he did , tended rather to aduance the peace and quiet of the common ...
... peace ) they came so in a [ r ] mour . The archbishop answered , that he tooke nothing in hand against the kings peace ( cf. IV . ii . 29 ) , but that whatsoeuer he did , tended rather to aduance the peace and quiet of the common ...
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... peace , while covert enmity Under the smile of safety wounds the world : And who but Rumour , who but only I , Make fearful musters and prepared defence , Whiles the big year , swoln with some other grief , Is thought with child by the ...
... peace , while covert enmity Under the smile of safety wounds the world : And who but Rumour , who but only I , Make fearful musters and prepared defence , Whiles the big year , swoln with some other grief , Is thought with child by the ...
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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...