The Life and Beauties of Shakespeare: Comprising Careful Selections from Each Play, with a General Index, Digesting Them Under Proper Heads |
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Page v
... to paint the lily , To throw a perfume on the violet , To smooth the ice , or add another hue Unto the rainbow , or with taper - light To seek the beauteous eye of heav'n to garnish , Is wasteful and ridiculous excess .
... to paint the lily , To throw a perfume on the violet , To smooth the ice , or add another hue Unto the rainbow , or with taper - light To seek the beauteous eye of heav'n to garnish , Is wasteful and ridiculous excess .
Page xix
It was considered in the light of an indiscretion , rather than of a criminal offence ; and in this particular , the young men of Stratford were countenanced by the practice of the students of the Universities .
It was considered in the light of an indiscretion , rather than of a criminal offence ; and in this particular , the young men of Stratford were countenanced by the practice of the students of the Universities .
Page xxvi
This was the company's summer theatre ; and the plays were acted by daylight : at the Blackfriars , on the contrary , which was the winter theatre , the top was entirely closed , and the performances were exhibited by candle - light .
This was the company's summer theatre ; and the plays were acted by daylight : at the Blackfriars , on the contrary , which was the winter theatre , the top was entirely closed , and the performances were exhibited by candle - light .
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... could give them but little light into their inquiries ; and all that could be recollected from him of his brother Will in that station was , the faint , general , and almost lost ideas he had of having once seen him act a part in ...
... could give them but little light into their inquiries ; and all that could be recollected from him of his brother Will in that station was , the faint , general , and almost lost ideas he had of having once seen him act a part in ...
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It were all one , That I should love a bright particular star , And think to wed it , he is so above me : In his bright radiance and collateral light Must I be comforted , not in his sphere . The ambition in my love thus plagues itself ...
It were all one , That I should love a bright particular star , And think to wed it , he is so above me : In his bright radiance and collateral light Must I be comforted , not in his sphere . The ambition in my love thus plagues itself ...
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| Title | The Life and Beauties of Shakespeare: Comprising Careful Selections from Each Play, with a General Index, Digesting Them Under Proper Heads |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Compiled by | William Dodd |
| Publisher | Phillips, Sampson, 1849 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 4 May 2010 |
| Length | 345 pages |
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