The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 11Jefferson Press, 1907 |
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Page xii
... hand , there is no ( or next to no ) prose that re- markable provider of relief , appetite , and many other good things in the intervals of tragic verse . The longer speeches still possess something , nay much , of that tirade character ...
... hand , there is no ( or next to no ) prose that re- markable provider of relief , appetite , and many other good things in the intervals of tragic verse . The longer speeches still possess something , nay much , of that tirade character ...
Page xvi
... . The purple patches of poetry are not merely scattered anyhow ; they serve to fix the wandering and revive the sated attention ; to hand the reader on from act to act and scene to scene until the end . For a [ xvi ] KING RICHARD II.
... . The purple patches of poetry are not merely scattered anyhow ; they serve to fix the wandering and revive the sated attention ; to hand the reader on from act to act and scene to scene until the end . For a [ xvi ] KING RICHARD II.
Page xxii
... hand , and on the other too young quite to know how to bring them in , as he brings them in later , so that they are not patches at all ? I should be quite content to abide his own judgment on the point . The subordination of the other ...
... hand , and on the other too young quite to know how to bring them in , as he brings them in later , so that they are not patches at all ? I should be quite content to abide his own judgment on the point . The subordination of the other ...
Page 12
... his brother , Thomas of Woodstock , Duke of Gloucester . 2 exclaims ] outcries . Cf. Rich . III , I , ii , 52 : “ deep exclaims . ” But since correction lieth in those hands Which made the [ 12 ] KING RICHARD II ACT I.
... his brother , Thomas of Woodstock , Duke of Gloucester . 2 exclaims ] outcries . Cf. Rich . III , I , ii , 52 : “ deep exclaims . ” But since correction lieth in those hands Which made the [ 12 ] KING RICHARD II ACT I.
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William Shakespeare. But since correction lieth in those hands Which made the fault that we cannot correct , Put we our ... hand and murder's bloody axe . Ah , Gaunt , his blood was thine ! that bed , that womb , That metal , that self ...
William Shakespeare. But since correction lieth in those hands Which made the fault that we cannot correct , Put we our ... hand and murder's bloody axe . Ah , Gaunt , his blood was thine ! that bed , that womb , That metal , that self ...
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Page 140 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me ; Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form ; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief.
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Page 73 - All murder'd: for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...
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