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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... heaven or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape That I will speak to thee. I'll call thee Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane. Hamlet 1.4.38-45 2 I am thy father's spirit, Doomed ...
... heaven knows your hearts. Henry VIII 3.1.144, Katherine Of Aragon To Cardinal Wolsey And Cardinal Campeius 7 There's no art To find the mind's construction in the face. He was a gentleman on whom I built An absolute trust. Macbeth 1.4 ...
... heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus gins arise. Cymbeline 2.3.20-1, song 7 This bird of dawning singeth all night long. Hamlet 1.1.165, Horatio's description of the cock crowing at the holy time of Christmas; more at CHRISTMAS 8 The ...
... heaven's gate. Sonnet 29.11-12 See also MUSIC; OMENS AND PORTENTS BIRTH AND CHILDBEARING 9 The pleasing punishment that women bear. Comedy of Errors 1.1.46, Egeon To The Duke Of Ephesus 10 We came crying hither. King Lear 4.6.174, Lear ...
... heaven, I'll make a ghost of him that lets me. Hamlet 1.4.85, Hamlet To Horatio And Marcellus (lets' here means 'hinders') 6 Imitate the action of the tiger: Stiffen up the sinews, conjure up the blood. Henry ^3.1.7-8, Henry To His ...
Contents
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Life of Shakespeare | 325 |
Glossary | 329 |
Topic Index | 342 |
Keyword Index | 347 |
Index of References to Plays | 392 |