The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, in Ten Volumes: The author's life. Dr. Johnson's preface. Some account of the learning of Shakespeare. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of WindsorCollins & Hannay, 1823 |
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... sometimes conduce to the better understanding his book ; and though the works of Mr. Shakespeare may seem to many not to want a comment , yet I fancy some lit- tle account of the man himself may not be thought impro- per to go along ...
... sometimes conduce to the better understanding his book ; and though the works of Mr. Shakespeare may seem to many not to want a comment , yet I fancy some lit- tle account of the man himself may not be thought impro- per to go along ...
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... sometimes , and playing upon words , it was the common vice of the age he lived in : and if we find it in the pulpit , made use of as an ornament to the sermons of some of the gravest divines of those times , perhaps it may not be ...
... sometimes , and playing upon words , it was the common vice of the age he lived in : and if we find it in the pulpit , made use of as an ornament to the sermons of some of the gravest divines of those times , perhaps it may not be ...
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... sometimes laid in Bohemia , and sometimes in Sicily , according to the original order of the story . Almost all his historical plays compre- hend a great length of time , and very different and dis- tinct places : and in his Antony and ...
... sometimes laid in Bohemia , and sometimes in Sicily , according to the original order of the story . Almost all his historical plays compre- hend a great length of time , and very different and dis- tinct places : and in his Antony and ...
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... sometimes co - operated with chance ; all perhaps are more willing to honour past than present excellence ; and the mind contemplates ge- nius through the shades of age , as the eye surveys the sun through artificial opacity . The great ...
... sometimes co - operated with chance ; all perhaps are more willing to honour past than present excellence ; and the mind contemplates ge- nius through the shades of age , as the eye surveys the sun through artificial opacity . The great ...
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... sometimes defeated by the frolic of another ; and many mischiefs and many benefits are done and hindered without design . Out of this chaos of mingled purposes and casualties , the ancient poets , according to the laws which custom had ...
... sometimes defeated by the frolic of another ; and many mischiefs and many benefits are done and hindered without design . Out of this chaos of mingled purposes and casualties , the ancient poets , according to the laws which custom had ...
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ancient ARIEL Ben Jonson Caius Caliban called character comedy criticism daughter devil dost doth Duke duke of Milan Enter Exeunt Exit fairies Falstaff father fault gentlemen GENTLEMEN OF VERONA give hath hear heart heaven Herne the hunter Holinshed honour Host HUGH EVANS humour JOHNSON Julia king Laun learning letter look lord Macbeth madam Marry master Brook master doctor master Slender Milan mind Mira mistress Anne mistress Ford monster never numbers Pist Plautus play Plutarch poet pray Prospero Proteus Quic SCENE servant Shakespeare Shal shew Silvia Sir HUGH sir John Sir John Falstaff sir Proteus Slen speak Speed spirit STEEV STEEVENS Stephano supposed sweet Sycorax tell thee there's thing thou art Thurio translation Trin Trinculo Valentine WARBURTON wife Windsor woman word writers
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Page 65 - All the images of nature were still present to him, and he drew them, not laboriously, but luckily; when he describes anything, you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning give him the greater commendation: he was naturally learned; he needed not the spectacles of books to read nature; he looked inwards and found her there.
Page 155 - 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 sometimes voices That, if I then had waked after long sleep, Will make me sleep again : and then, in dreaming, The clouds methought would open and show riches Ready to drop upon me, that, when I waked, I cried to dream again.
Page 176 - Gentle breath of yours my sails Must fill, or else my project fails, Which was to please. Now I want Spirits to enforce, art to enchant; And my ending is despair Unless I be reliev'd by prayer, Which pierces so that it assaults Mercy itself, and frees all faults. As you from crimes would pardon'd be, Let your indulgence set me free.
Page 131 - em. Cal. I must eat my dinner. This island's mine, by Sycorax my mother, Which thou tak'st from me. When thou earnest first, Thou strok'dst me, and mad'st much of me ; wouldst give me Water with berries in't ; and teach me how To name the bigger light, and how the less, That burn by day and night : and then I lov'd thee, And show'd thee all the qualities o...
Page 25 - In the writings of other poets a character is too often an individual, in those of Shakespeare it is commonly a species.
Page 225 - em. SONG. Who is Silvia ? what is she, That all our swains commend her ? Holy, fair, and wise is she ; The heavens 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 15 - The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon ; With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side ; His youthful hose well sav'd, a world too wide For his shrunk shank ; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound : Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness, and mere oblivion ; Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
Page 168 - 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 15 - With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part; the sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side, His youthful hose well...
Page 140 - 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.