The Arden Dictionary Of Shakespeare QuotationsA&C Black, 2014 M07 17 - 408 pages Who said " Neither a lender nor a borrower be"? Who are the star-crossed lovers? Which Shakespearean lady protests "too much"? If you have ever been stuck trying to identify a Shakespearean quote then this is the book for you! With over 3,000 quotes from single lines to quite long extracts, organized by topic and by play, this is an essential book for anyone with an interest in Shakespeare. The key word index makes it easy to use and it also includes a glossary of unfamiliar terms and a brief biography of Shakespeare. The Dictionary is easy to dip into by word or theme (love, greed, disease, war etc) or by play, and the indexes allow readers to track down a half-remembered quote easily. An ideal companion for all students, teachers or performers of Shakespeare, this Dictionary is a useful and entertaining reference work. |
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... Much Ado About Nothing 5.1.20-3, Leonato To Antonio AGE see OLD ACE; YOUTH ALIENATION 7 I am myself alone. 3 Henry VI 5.6.83, Richard Of Gloucester See also IDENTITY ALLIANCE 1 The heart of brothers govern in our loves 4 ADVICE.
... Gloucester 6 No man's pie is freed From his ambitious finger. Henry VIII 1.1.52-3, Buckingham To Norfolk, of Cardinal Wolsey 7 Fling away ambition, By that sin fell the angels. Henry VIII 3.2.440-1, Cardinal Wolsey To Cromwell 8 He was ...
... a dog's obeyed in office. King Lear 4.6.150-1, 153-5, Lear To Gloucester 8 The demi-god, Authority. Measure for Measure 1.2.120, Claudio To The Provost AUTUMN 1 The teeming autumn big with rich increase. Sonnet AUTHORITY 15.
... Gloucester To Henry 4 None but in this iron age would do it. King John 4.1.60, the boy Arthur To Hubert, who has admitted that he has sworn to put out his eyes 5 The weight of this sad time we must obey, Speak what we feel, not what we ...
... Gloucester To Edmund; more at DECLINE AND FALL 4 I feel The best is past. Tempest 3.3.50-1, Alonso To Gonzalo 5 Let's shake our heads, and say, . . . 'We have seen better days'. Timon of Athens 4.2.25, 27, Steward To Servants See also ...
Contents
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Life of Shakespeare | 325 |
Glossary | 329 |
Topic Index | 342 |
Keyword Index | 347 |
Index of References to Plays | 392 |