The Works of Shakespeare ..., Volume 26Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1924 |
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Page xvi
... Leonato , John and Borachio , and Conrade , " where the last three names are superfluous ; ( ii ) inadequate or careless speech - headings , such as the substitution of the names of Kempe and Cowley for Dogberry and Verges in IV . ii ...
... Leonato , John and Borachio , and Conrade , " where the last three names are superfluous ; ( ii ) inadequate or careless speech - headings , such as the substitution of the names of Kempe and Cowley for Dogberry and Verges in IV . ii ...
Page xvii
... Leonato gives way to the rather thin crackling of Claudio's banter with his friends ; this is interrupted by Dogberry's botcheries and the blunt speech of Borachio ; verse is heard again upon the re- entry of Leonato , and the scene ...
... Leonato gives way to the rather thin crackling of Claudio's banter with his friends ; this is interrupted by Dogberry's botcheries and the blunt speech of Borachio ; verse is heard again upon the re- entry of Leonato , and the scene ...
Page xviii
... Leonato's household , trusted by them all and apparently worthy of their confidence . And yet she is involved in an affair which , though we must believe it innocent , savours of intrigue , both because of its secrecy and because of the ...
... Leonato's household , trusted by them all and apparently worthy of their confidence . And yet she is involved in an affair which , though we must believe it innocent , savours of intrigue , both because of its secrecy and because of the ...
Page xix
... old men without teeth " who have just given him news of her death ; he weeps again when embracing Leonato's offer of another bride . Throughout the play we see how much he enjoys his own emotions , how shallow they INTRODUCTION xix.
... old men without teeth " who have just given him news of her death ; he weeps again when embracing Leonato's offer of another bride . Throughout the play we see how much he enjoys his own emotions , how shallow they INTRODUCTION xix.
Page xx
... Leonato is glad to welcome him as a son - in - law , Benedick is sincerely attached to him , and he is the Prince's loved favourite , far closer to his heart than Benedick , whose character more nearly resembles his own . This is not ...
... Leonato is glad to welcome him as a son - in - law , Benedick is sincerely attached to him , and he is the Prince's loved favourite , far closer to his heart than Benedick , whose character more nearly resembles his own . This is not ...
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Page 75 - Of every hearer; for it so falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it, but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value, then we find The virtue that possession would not show us Whiles it was ours.
Page 67 - I have railed so long against marriage: But doth not the appetite alter? A man loves the meat in his youth, that he cannot endure in his age: Shall quips, and sentences, and these paper bullets of the brain, awe a man from the career of his humour? No: The world must be peopled. When I said, I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married.— Here comes Beatrice : By this day, she's a fair lady : I do spy some marks of love in her.
Page 39 - Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love : Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues ; Let every eye negotiate for itself, And trust no agent : for beauty is a witch, Against whose charms faith melteth into blood.
Page 86 - Why then, take no note of him, but let him go ; and presently call the rest of the watch together, and thank God you are rid of a knave.