The SonnetsNew American Library, 1988 - 246 pages "I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them and the distinguished scholarship of the general editors, Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller who understand that these are plays for performance as well as great texts for contemplation." (Patrick Stewart) The distinguished Pelican Shakespeare series, which has sold more than four million copies, is now completely revised and repackaged. Each volume features: |
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Page 85
... present - absent with swift motion slide . For when these quicker elements are gone In tender embassy of love to thee , My life , being made of four , with two alone Sinks down to death , oppressed with melancholy ; Until life's ...
... present - absent with swift motion slide . For when these quicker elements are gone In tender embassy of love to thee , My life , being made of four , with two alone Sinks down to death , oppressed with melancholy ; Until life's ...
Page 189
... present moan ? What merit do I in myself respect That is so proud thy service to despise , When all my best doth worship thy defect , Commanded by the motion of thine eyes ? But , love , hate on , for now I know thy mind ; Those that ...
... present moan ? What merit do I in myself respect That is so proud thy service to despise , When all my best doth worship thy defect , Commanded by the motion of thine eyes ? But , love , hate on , for now I know thy mind ; Those that ...
Page 195
... present edition keeps the arrangement of the 1609 quarto , but corrects obvious typographical errors and mod- ernizes spelling and punctuation . Other departures from the quarto are listed below , the present reading first , in italics ...
... present edition keeps the arrangement of the 1609 quarto , but corrects obvious typographical errors and mod- ernizes spelling and punctuation . Other departures from the quarto are listed below , the present reading first , in italics ...
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