The dramatic works of William Shakespeare, with copious glossarial notes and a biogr. notice by R. Inglis |
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... thee , ( Of thee , my dear one ! thee , my daughter ! ) who Art ignorant of what thou art , naught knowing Of whence I am ; nor that I am more better Than Prospero , master of a full poor cell , And thy no greater father . Mira . More ...
... thee , ( Of thee , my dear one ! thee , my daughter ! ) who Art ignorant of what thou art , naught knowing Of whence I am ; nor that I am more better Than Prospero , master of a full poor cell , And thy no greater father . Mira . More ...
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... thee , By help of her more potent ministers , And in her most unmitigable rage , Into a cloven pine ; within which rift Imprison'd , thou didst painfully remain A dozen years ; within which space she died , And left thee there , where ...
... thee , By help of her more potent ministers , And in her most unmitigable rage , Into a cloven pine ; within which rift Imprison'd , thou didst painfully remain A dozen years ; within which space she died , And left thee there , where ...
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... thee . Enter Ariel , like a Water - nymph . Fine apparition ! My quaint Ariel , Hark in thine ear . Ari . My lord , it shall be done . [ Exit . Pro . Thou poisonous slave , come forth ! Enter Caliban . Cal . As wicked dew as e'er my ...
... thee . Enter Ariel , like a Water - nymph . Fine apparition ! My quaint Ariel , Hark in thine ear . Ari . My lord , it shall be done . [ Exit . Pro . Thou poisonous slave , come forth ! Enter Caliban . Cal . As wicked dew as e'er my ...
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... thee ? What wert thou , if the King of Naples heard Fer . A single thing , as I am now , that wonders To hear thee speak of Naples . He does hear me , And that he does I weep : myself am Naples ; Who with mine eyes , ne'er since at ebb ...
... thee ? What wert thou , if the King of Naples heard Fer . A single thing , as I am now , that wonders To hear thee speak of Naples . He does hear me , And that he does I weep : myself am Naples ; Who with mine eyes , ne'er since at ebb ...
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... thee where crabs And I with my long nails will dig thee pig - nuts , Show thee a jay's nest , and instruct thee how To snare the nimble marmozet . I'll bring thee To clustering filberds ; and sometimes I'll get thee [ with me ? Young ...
... thee where crabs And I with my long nails will dig thee pig - nuts , Show thee a jay's nest , and instruct thee how To snare the nimble marmozet . I'll bring thee To clustering filberds ; and sometimes I'll get thee [ with me ? Young ...
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Alençon arms art thou Banquo Bardolph bear better Biron blood brother Claudio cousin crown daughter death dost doth Duke Enter Exeunt Exit eyes fair Falstaff father fear fool Ford France gentle gentleman give Gloster grace hand hath hear heart heaven hither honour Isab Kath king knave lady Leon Leonato live look lord Lucio Macb Macbeth Macd madam majesty Malvolio marry master master doctor mistress never night noble Northumberland pardon peace Pedro Pist Poins pr'ythee pray prince Proteus queen Re-enter Richard Plantagenet SCENE Shal shame signior Sir Andrew Ague-cheek Sir John Sir John Falstaff sirrah Somerset soul speak Suffolk swear sweet sword tell thee there's thine thing thou art thou hast thou shalt Thurio tongue true unto villain What's wife wilt word York
Popular passages
Page 16 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known : riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none : No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil : No occupation ; all men idle, all ; And women too ; but innocent and pure : No sovereignty : — Seb.
Page 315 - tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly : if the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch, With his surcease, success ; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, — We'd jump the life to come.
Page 418 - With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly," death itself awakes ? Can'st thou, O partial sleep ! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude ; And in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Page 443 - Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, Or close the wall up with our English dead ! In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility ; But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger : Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood...
Page 41 - Who is Silvia ? what is she, That all our swains commend her ? Holy, fair and wise is she ; The heaven such grace did lend her That she might admired be. Is she kind as she is fair ? for beauty lives with kindness : Love doth to her eyes repair, To help him of his blindness ; And, being help'd, inhabits there. Then to Silvia let us sing, That Silvia is excelling ; She excels each mortal thing Upon the dull earth dwelling ; To her let us garlands bring.
Page 382 - I'll sup. Farewell. Poins. Farewell, my lord. [Exit POINS. P. Hen. I know you all, and will awhile uphold The unyok'd humour of your idleness ; Yet herein will I imitate the sun, Who doth permit the base contagious clouds To smother up his beauty from the world, That when he please again to be himself, Being wanted, he may be more wonder'd at, By breaking through the foul and ugly mists Of vapours that did seem to strangle him.
Page 315 - Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on the other.
Page 315 - He's here in double trust; First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself. Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties...
Page 452 - Tomorrow is Saint Crispian " : Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars, And say " These wounds I had on Crispin's day.
Page 368 - 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, Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchize, be fear'd and kill with looks, Infusing him with self and vain conceit, As if this flesh which walls about our life Were brass impregnable, and humour'd thus Comes at the last and with a little pin Bores through his castle wall, and farewell king!