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Page vii
... so soon withdrawn . The reasons hitherto advanced mostly reflect on the integrity of some person or persons concerned - the printers , or the Lord vii Chamberlain's men , to whom the plays belonged , or INTRODUCTION MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.
... so soon withdrawn . The reasons hitherto advanced mostly reflect on the integrity of some person or persons concerned - the printers , or the Lord vii Chamberlain's men , to whom the plays belonged , or INTRODUCTION MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.
Page viii
... reason their fears at this time were well grounded — they would be more on their guard against loss by piracy . " They therefore themselves , on August 4 , ' stayed ' As You Like It , Henry V. , and Much Ado About Nothing , only to find ...
... reason their fears at this time were well grounded — they would be more on their guard against loss by piracy . " They therefore themselves , on August 4 , ' stayed ' As You Like It , Henry V. , and Much Ado About Nothing , only to find ...
Page ix
... reason to congratulate themselves on the excellence of the Quarto ver- sion which was their only authority . That the manuscript originally sold by the Chamberlain's men to Messrs . Aspley and Wise was their theatrical prompt copy may ...
... reason to congratulate themselves on the excellence of the Quarto ver- sion which was their only authority . That the manuscript originally sold by the Chamberlain's men to Messrs . Aspley and Wise was their theatrical prompt copy may ...
Page xii
... reason nor wit , " His shamefull drift ( though open ) to perceive . " The eyes of both Ariodante and his brother , Lucarnio , were deceived , and the former , convinced of Genevra's unfaithfulness , retired broken - hearted . News came ...
... reason nor wit , " His shamefull drift ( though open ) to perceive . " The eyes of both Ariodante and his brother , Lucarnio , were deceived , and the former , convinced of Genevra's unfaithfulness , retired broken - hearted . News came ...
Page xxii
... reason for hatred . Once more we see the shaping sensitive fingers at work . In this instance Shakespeare changes the mainspring of the action so as to provide the villain with an adequate motive for his villainy ( that is adequate to ...
... reason for hatred . Once more we see the shaping sensitive fingers at work . In this instance Shakespeare changes the mainspring of the action so as to provide the villain with an adequate motive for his villainy ( that is adequate to ...
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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.