The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added Notes, Volume 15 |
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The original story on shich this play is built , may be found in Saxo Grammaticus
the Danith historian . From thence Belleforest adopted it in his collection of novels
, in seven volumes , which he began in 1564 , and continued to publish through ...
The original story on shich this play is built , may be found in Saxo Grammaticus
the Danith historian . From thence Belleforest adopted it in his collection of novels
, in seven volumes , which he began in 1564 , and continued to publish through ...
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Thus , in the original : * For age with stealing steps “ Hath claude me with his
crowch ; " And lusty youthe away he leapes , “ As there had bene none fuch . ”
Steevens . i which this ass now o ' er - reaches ; ] The folio reads - ' ere offices .
Thus , in the original : * For age with stealing steps “ Hath claude me with his
crowch ; " And lusty youthe away he leapes , “ As there had bene none fuch . ”
Steevens . i which this ass now o ' er - reaches ; ] The folio reads - ' ere offices .
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To which are Added Notes William Shakespeare. tributed to lift this astonishing
man , to the glory of being esteemed the most original THINKER and SPEAKER ,
fince the times of Homer . " To this extract I may add the sentiments of Dr . Edward
...
To which are Added Notes William Shakespeare. tributed to lift this astonishing
man , to the glory of being esteemed the most original THINKER and SPEAKER ,
fince the times of Homer . " To this extract I may add the sentiments of Dr . Edward
...
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Her firit thoughts are , to have a copy made of it for her husband , and restore the
original to Desdemona . But the sudden coming in of Iago , in a surly humour ,
makes her alter her resolution , to please him . The same phrase afterwards
occurs ...
Her firit thoughts are , to have a copy made of it for her husband , and restore the
original to Desdemona . But the sudden coming in of Iago , in a surly humour ,
makes her alter her resolution , to please him . The same phrase afterwards
occurs ...
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If this apparent want of a play - house direction had occafioned any absurdity in
the original representation of the play , probably it is glanced at by Ben Jonson in
The Alchemist , Act V : “ Didít hear a cry , said ' st thou ? Yes , fir , like unto a man
...
If this apparent want of a play - house direction had occafioned any absurdity in
the original representation of the play , probably it is glanced at by Ben Jonson in
The Alchemist , Act V : “ Didít hear a cry , said ' st thou ? Yes , fir , like unto a man
...
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Page 72 - Remember thee? Yea, from the table of my memory 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!
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Page 161 - Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue : but if you mouth it, as many of your players do, I had as lief the town-crier spoke my lines.
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| Title | The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added Notes, Volume 15 The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added Notes, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Publisher | T. Longman, 1793 |
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