The Shakspeare Calendar: Or, Wit and Wisdom for Every Day in the YearWilliam Carey Richards G.P. Putnam, 1850 - 118 pages |
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... 1798 . " I cannot tell , good sir , for which of his vir- tues it was , but he was certainly whipped out of court . " WINTER'S TALE , Act iv . , Scene 2 . FEBRUARY 16th . - Miss Kelly shot at while acting 22 THE SHAKSPEARE CALENDAR .
... 1798 . " I cannot tell , good sir , for which of his vir- tues it was , but he was certainly whipped out of court . " WINTER'S TALE , Act iv . , Scene 2 . FEBRUARY 16th . - Miss Kelly shot at while acting 22 THE SHAKSPEARE CALENDAR .
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... . " Dost thou lie still ? 1774 . If thus thou vanishest , thou tell'st the world It is not worth leave - taking . " ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA , Act v . , Scene 2 . APRIL 5th . - Danton and his party sac- rificed April. ...
... . " Dost thou lie still ? 1774 . If thus thou vanishest , thou tell'st the world It is not worth leave - taking . " ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA , Act v . , Scene 2 . APRIL 5th . - Danton and his party sac- rificed April. ...
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... . " JULIUS CAESAR , Act v . , Scene 4 . JUNE 7th . - Queen Caroline demands a trial . 1820 . " If I shall be condemned Upon surmises ; all proof sleeping else But what your jealousies await ; I tell you " 54 THE SHAKSPEARE CALENDAR .
... . " JULIUS CAESAR , Act v . , Scene 4 . JUNE 7th . - Queen Caroline demands a trial . 1820 . " If I shall be condemned Upon surmises ; all proof sleeping else But what your jealousies await ; I tell you " 54 THE SHAKSPEARE CALENDAR .
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... tell you " Tis rigor and not law . " WINTER'S TALE , Act iii . , Scene 2 . JUNE 8th . - Edward , the Black Prince , died . 1330 . " It is held That valor is the chiefest virtue , and Most dignifies the haver : if it be- The man I speak ...
... tell you " Tis rigor and not law . " WINTER'S TALE , Act iii . , Scene 2 . JUNE 8th . - Edward , the Black Prince , died . 1330 . " It is held That valor is the chiefest virtue , and Most dignifies the haver : if it be- The man I speak ...
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... George " went down . 1782 . " If thou tell'st this heavy story right , Upon my soul the hearers will shed tears . " 3 HENRY VI . , Acti . , Scene 4 . JUNE 29th . - Dark at ncon in France . 60 THE SHAKSPEARE CALENDAR .
... George " went down . 1782 . " If thou tell'st this heavy story right , Upon my soul the hearers will shed tears . " 3 HENRY VI . , Acti . , Scene 4 . JUNE 29th . - Dark at ncon in France . 60 THE SHAKSPEARE CALENDAR .
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23d.-The French 8th.-Richard Act passed Alack ALL'S ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA APRIL AUGUST banished battle beheaded blessed blood born breath CAESAR CORIOLANUS cracks Of sulphurous crowned curse CYMBELINE death DECEMBER defeated destroyed died doth earth earthquake England English eyes fear FEBRUARY find out moonshine fire and cracks France George HAMLET hand Hastings hath head heart heaven HENRY IV HENRY VI HENRY VIII holy honor JANUARY JULIUS CAESAR JULY JUNE KING JOHN KING LEAR land LOVE'S LABOR LOST MACBETH MARCH MEASURE FOR MEASURE MERCHANT OF VENICE mercy methinks MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM moon mouth Napoleon ne'er never NOVEMBER o'er OCTOBER OTHELLO Parliament peace poor PRINCE PERICLES Queen RICHARD RICHARD II Rome Scene SEPTEMBER Shakes SHAKSPEARE CALENDAR soldier soul sovereign speak spirit sulphurous roaring sweet tears TEMPEST thee Thou art TIMON OF ATHENS TROILUS AND CRESSIDA TWELFTH NIGHT weep wind WINTER'S TALE
Popular passages
Page 15 - Hecuba to him or he to Hecuba That he should weep for her? What would he do Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have? He would drown the stage with tears, And cleave the general ear with horrid speech, Make mad the guilty and appal the free, Confound the ignorant, and amaze indeed The very faculties of eyes and ears.
Page 63 - Renowned for their deeds as far from home, For Christian service and true chivalry, As is the sepulchre in stubborn Jewry Of the world's ransom, blessed Mary's Son: This land of such dear souls, this dear, dear land, Dear for her reputation through the world...
Page 88 - Set honour in one eye, and death i' the other, And I will look on both indifferently ; For, let the gods so speed me, as I love The name of honour more than I fear death.
Page 85 - If you prick us, do we not bleed ? if you tickle us, do we not laugh ? if you poison us, do we not die ? and if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that. If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility? revenge : If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example ? why, revenge. The villainy you teach me I will execute ; and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.
Page 105 - Save base authority from others' books. • These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights, That give a name to every fixed star, Have no more profit of their shining nights, Than those that walk, and wot not what they are.
Page 56 - We go to gain a little patch of ground That hath in it no profit but the name.
Page 106 - But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul ; freeze thy young blood...
Page 32 - It must not be; there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established: 'Twill be recorded for a precedent, And many an error by the same example Will rush into the state; it cannot be.
Page 14 - tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow.
Page 91 - Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. When all aloud the wind doth blow And coughing drowns the parson's saw And birds sit brooding in the snow And Marian's nose looks red and...