The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare: With a Life, Volume 1C & C Whittingham, 1828 |
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Page vi
... eyes ; and dark and unlettered indeed must be the age in which the incidents of his eventful life will not be noted , and the record of them be preserved for the instruction or the entertainment of unborn generations . But if his course ...
... eyes ; and dark and unlettered indeed must be the age in which the incidents of his eventful life will not be noted , and the record of them be preserved for the instruction or the entertainment of unborn generations . But if his course ...
Page viii
... eye . Of the little however , questionable or certain , which can be told of him we must now proceed to make the best use in our power , to write what by courtesy may be called his life ; and we have only to lament that the result of ...
... eye . Of the little however , questionable or certain , which can be told of him we must now proceed to make the best use in our power , to write what by courtesy may be called his life ; and we have only to lament that the result of ...
Page xv
... eyes of her boy- lover , she probably was deficient in those powers which are requisite to impose a durable fetter on the heart , and to hold " in sweet cap- tivity " a mind of the very highest order . No charge is intimated against the ...
... eyes of her boy- lover , she probably was deficient in those powers which are requisite to impose a durable fetter on the heart , and to hold " in sweet cap- tivity " a mind of the very highest order . No charge is intimated against the ...
Page xxiii
... eye over its pages , imme- diately discovered its merit ; and , with his in- fluence , obtained its introduction on the stage . To this story some specious objections have been raised ; and there cannot be any necessity for contending ...
... eye over its pages , imme- diately discovered its merit ; and , with his in- fluence , obtained its introduction on the stage . To this story some specious objections have been raised ; and there cannot be any necessity for contending ...
Page xxv
... eye , it is impossible that she should overlook ; and that , not overlooking , she should not appreciate the man , whose genius formed the prime glory of her reign . It is affirmed that , delighted with the character of Falstaff as ...
... eye , it is impossible that she should overlook ; and that , not overlooking , she should not appreciate the man , whose genius formed the prime glory of her reign . It is affirmed that , delighted with the character of Falstaff as ...
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ARIEL Bawd brother Caius Caliban Claudio daughter death devil dost thou doth Duke Enter Escal Exeunt Exit eyes Falstaff father fear fool friar gentle gentleman give grace hath hear heart heaven Herne the hunter hither honour Host HUGH EVANS husband Illyria Isab knave lady Laun letter look lord Angelo Lucio madam maid Malvolio Marry master Brook master doctor Mira mistress Ford musick never night Olivia pardon Pist Pompey pr'ythee pray PROSPERO Proteus Prov Provost Quick Re-enter SCENE servant Shakspeare Shal Silvia SIR ANDREW SIR ANDREW AGUE-CHEEK Sir Hugh Sir John Sir John Falstaff Sir Toby SIR TOBY BELCH Slen soul speak Speed Stratford sweet Sycorax tell thee there's thine thing thou art thou hast Thurio Trin Trinculo Valentine What's wife woman word
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Page 297 - And the poor beetle that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great As when a giant dies.
Page 195 - If music be the food of love, play on ; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again ! it had a dying fall : O ! it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour.
Page 36 - Be not afeard ; the isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears, and...
Page 264 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely...
Page 1 - If by your art, my dearest father, you have Put the wild waters in this roar, allay them : The sky, it seems, would pour down stinking pitch, But that the sea, mounting to the welkin's cheek, Dashes the fire out.
Page 221 - A blank, my lord. She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i...
Page 50 - The charm dissolves apace ; And as the morning steals upon the night, Melting the darkness, so their rising senses Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle Their clearer reason.
Page 82 - Not for the world : why, man, she is mine own , And I as rich in having such a jewel, As twenty seas, if all their sand were pearl, The water nectar, and the rocks pure gold.
Page 228 - I might say, element ; but the word is over-worn. [Exit. Vio. This fellow's wise enough to play the fool ; And, to do that well, craves a kind of wit : He must observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of persons, and the time ; And, like the haggard', check at every feather That comes before his eye.
Page xxxii - I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was (indeed) honest, and of an open and free nature ; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions and gentle expressions...