The comedies, histories, tragedies and poems of William Shakspere, ed. by C. Knight. National ed. [6], Volume 1 |
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Page 147
... copies this name is spelt Berowne . In Act IV . , Scene 3 , we have a line in which Biron rhymes to moon . We may , therefore , suppose the pronunciation to have been Beroon . Boswell says that all French words of this termination were ...
... copies this name is spelt Berowne . In Act IV . , Scene 3 , we have a line in which Biron rhymes to moon . We may , therefore , suppose the pronunciation to have been Beroon . Boswell says that all French words of this termination were ...
Page 148
... copies have oaths . So the folio . The quarto of 1598 reads " bank'rout quite . • With all these . To love , to wealth , to pomp , Dumain is dead ; but philosophy , in which he lives , includes them all . BIRON . By yea and nay , sir ...
... copies have oaths . So the folio . The quarto of 1598 reads " bank'rout quite . • With all these . To love , to wealth , to pomp , Dumain is dead ; but philosophy , in which he lives , includes them all . BIRON . By yea and nay , sir ...
Page 149
... copies read " to fast expressly am forbid . " This appears , at first , to be the converse of the oath . But for - bid was a very ancient mode of making bid more emphatical . Biron will study to know what he is forbid to know ; -he uses ...
... copies read " to fast expressly am forbid . " This appears , at first , to be the converse of the oath . But for - bid was a very ancient mode of making bid more emphatical . Biron will study to know what he is forbid to know ; -he uses ...
Page 151
... copies do not mark this when they give the line of comment upon the previous item to Longaville . To lie - to reside . We have the sense in Wotton's punning definition of an ambassador— “ an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of ...
... copies do not mark this when they give the line of comment upon the previous item to Longaville . To lie - to reside . We have the sense in Wotton's punning definition of an ambassador— “ an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of ...
Page 152
... copies . The more correct whom of the modern editions is a deviation from the idiom of Shakspere's time . Complements - a man versed in ceremonial distinctions - in punctilios - a man who brings forms to decide the mutiny between right ...
... copies . The more correct whom of the modern editions is a deviation from the idiom of Shakspere's time . Complements - a man versed in ceremonial distinctions - in punctilios - a man who brings forms to decide the mutiny between right ...
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Antonio Appears Baptista BASS Bassanio BERTRAM Bianca BIRON BOYET Costard COUNT daughter Demetrius dost doth Dromio ducats DUKE Enter Ephesus Exeunt Exit eyes fair father fear folio fool gentle gentleman give grace Gremio hand hath hear heart heaven Helena Hermia honour Hortensio husband Kate KATH Katharine KING knave lady LAFEU LAUN look lord Love's Labour's Lost Lucentio Lysander madam maid marry master mean Merchant of Venice mistress MOTH never night original Padua Parolles passage Petrucio play pray Proteus Pyramus quartos reading Rousillon SCENE second folio servant Shakspere Shakspere's Shylock signior Silvia sirrah speak SPEED Steevens sweet tell thee There's Theseus thine thou art thou hast Thurio tongue Tranio unto Valentine Venice wife word
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Page 473 - But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, consider this— That in the course of justice none of us Should see salvation; we do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy. I have spoke thus much To mitigate the justice of thy plea, Which if thou follow, this strict court...
Page 481 - The moon shines bright : — In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees, And they did make no noise ; in such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the Trojan walls, And sigh'd his soul toward the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay that night.
Page 475 - Tarry a little ; — there is something else. — This bond doth give thee here no jot of blood ; The words expressly are a pound of flesh : Then take thy bond, take thou thy pound of flesh ; But, in the cutting it, if thou dost shed One drop of Christian blood, thy lands and goods Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate Unto the state of Venice.
Page 387 - I had. The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report, what my dream was.
Page 244 - Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, Which we ascribe to heaven : the fated sky Gives us free scope ; only, doth backward pull Our slow designs, when we ourselves are dull.
Page 456 - Is now converted : but now I was the lord Of this fair mansion, master of my servants, Queen o'er myself; and even now, but now, This house, these servants, and this same myself, Are yours, my lord...
Page 363 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.