The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 16C. and A. Conrad, 1809 |
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... copy , which by succeeding editors has been altered into- And- Think what a chance thou chancest on ; - Think what a change thou chancest on ; - but unnecessarily . The meaning is : " Think with what a fair prospect of mending your ...
... copy , which by succeeding editors has been altered into- And- Think what a chance thou chancest on ; - Think what a change thou chancest on ; - but unnecessarily . The meaning is : " Think with what a fair prospect of mending your ...
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... copy - your trust . LEONATUS . ] Were Leonatus writing to his Steward , this style might be proper ; but it is so strange a con- clusion of a letter to a princess , and a beloved wife , that it can- not be right . I have no doubt ...
... copy - your trust . LEONATUS . ] Were Leonatus writing to his Steward , this style might be proper ; but it is so strange a con- clusion of a letter to a princess , and a beloved wife , that it can- not be right . I have no doubt ...
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... copy - account . Steevens . 2 timely knowing , ] Rather - timely known . Johnson . I believe Shakspeare wrote - known , and that the transcriber's ear deceived him here as in many other places . Malone . 3 The remedy then born , ] We ...
... copy - account . Steevens . 2 timely knowing , ] Rather - timely known . Johnson . I believe Shakspeare wrote - known , and that the transcriber's ear deceived him here as in many other places . Malone . 3 The remedy then born , ] We ...
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... copy has - Fiering . The correc- tion was made in the second folio . Malone . 7 -as common as the stairs That mount the Capitol ; ] Shakspeare has bestowed some or- nament on the proverbial phrase " as common as the highway . " 8 I read ...
... copy has - Fiering . The correc- tion was made in the second folio . Malone . 7 -as common as the stairs That mount the Capitol ; ] Shakspeare has bestowed some or- nament on the proverbial phrase " as common as the highway . " 8 I read ...
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... copy - illustrious . Corrected by Mr. Rowe . That illustrious was not used by our author in the sense of inlustrous or unlustrous , is proved by a passage in the old comedy of Patient Grissell , 1603 : " the buttons were illustri- ous ...
... copy - illustrious . Corrected by Mr. Rowe . That illustrious was not used by our author in the sense of inlustrous or unlustrous , is proved by a passage in the old comedy of Patient Grissell , 1603 : " the buttons were illustri- ous ...
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Page 414 - Behold, I have a weapon ; A better never did itself sustain Upon a soldier's thigh : I have seen the day, That, with this little arm and this good sword, I have made my way through more impediments Than twenty times your stop : but, O vain boast ! Who can control his fate ? 'tis not so now.
Page 190 - Fidele's grassy tomb Soft maids and village hinds shall bring Each opening sweet of earliest bloom, And rifle all the breathing spring. No wailing ghost shall dare appear To vex with shrieks this quiet grove: But shepherd lads assemble here, And melting virgins own their love. No withered witch shall here be seen, No goblins lead their nightly crew; The female fays shall haunt the green, And dress thy grave with pearly dew! The red-breast oft at evening hours Shall kindly lend his little aid : With...
Page 237 - When remedies are past, the griefs are ended By seeing the worst, which late on hopes depended. To mourn a mischief that is past and gone Is the next way to draw new mischief on.
Page 291 - O thou invisible spirit of wine ! if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.
Page 397 - It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul — Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars ! — It is the cause.
Page 310 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands ; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him And makes me poor indeed.
Page 316 - Tis not to make me jealous, To say my wife is fair, feeds well, loves company, Is free of speech, sings, plays, and dances well ; Where virtue is, these are more virtuous : Nor from mine own weak merits will I draw The smallest fear or doubt of her revolt ; For she had eyes, and chose me.
Page 291 - I remember a mass of things, but nothing distinctly ; a quarrel, but nothing wherefore. — O that men should put an enemy in their mouths, to steal away their brains ! that we should, with joy, revel, pleasure, and applause, transform ourselves into beasts ! lago.
Page 229 - Their dearest action in the tented field, And little of this great world can I speak, More than pertains to feats of broil and battle, And therefore little shall I grace my cause In speaking for myself. Yet, by your gracious patience, I will a round...
Page 416 - Which, as I think, you know not: Here is a letter, Found in the pocket of the slain...