The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added NotesT. Longman, 1793 |
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Page 77
... first " The lamb , longs after for the garbage . " STEEVENS . mine orchard , ] Orchard for garden . So , in Romeo and " The orchard walls are high , and hard to climb . ” STEEVENS . With juice of cursed hebenon in a vial , ] The word ...
... first " The lamb , longs after for the garbage . " STEEVENS . mine orchard , ] Orchard for garden . So , in Romeo and " The orchard walls are high , and hard to climb . ” STEEVENS . With juice of cursed hebenon in a vial , ] The word ...
Page 79
... first and third of these explanations . I adminifter the bark only , not fuppofing any reader will be found who is defirous to swal- low the whole tree . In the Textus Roffenfis we meet with two of thefe words- " The monks offering ...
... first and third of these explanations . I adminifter the bark only , not fuppofing any reader will be found who is defirous to swal- low the whole tree . In the Textus Roffenfis we meet with two of thefe words- " The monks offering ...
Page 86
... first act of The Merry Wives of Windfor , the oath taken by a master of defence when his degree was conferred on him , is preferved , and runs as follows : " Firft you fhall fweare ( fo help you God and halidome , and by all the chrif ...
... first act of The Merry Wives of Windfor , the oath taken by a master of defence when his degree was conferred on him , is preferved , and runs as follows : " Firft you fhall fweare ( fo help you God and halidome , and by all the chrif ...
Page 100
... first admittance to the embassadors ; My news fhall be the fruit ' to that great feast . KING . Thyfelf do grace to them , and bring them in . [ Exit POLONIUS . He tells me , my dear Gertrude , he hath found The head and fource of all ...
... first admittance to the embassadors ; My news fhall be the fruit ' to that great feast . KING . Thyfelf do grace to them , and bring them in . [ Exit POLONIUS . He tells me , my dear Gertrude , he hath found The head and fource of all ...
Page 101
... first obtained in the edition put out by the players . But all the old quartos ( from 1605 , downwards , ) read threefcore . THEOBALD . The metre is deftroyed by the alteration ; and threescore thousand crowns , in the days of Hamlet ...
... first obtained in the edition put out by the players . But all the old quartos ( from 1605 , downwards , ) read threefcore . THEOBALD . The metre is deftroyed by the alteration ; and threescore thousand crowns , in the days of Hamlet ...
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Page 74 - Remember thee? Yea, from the table of my memory I'll wipe away all trivial fond records, All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past, That youth and observation copied there, And thy commandment all alone shall live Within the book and volume of my brain, Unmix'd with baser matter: yes, by heaven!
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Page 191 - Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world : now could I drink hot blood, And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on.
Page 153 - Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue : but if you mouth it, as many of your players do, I had as lief the town-crier spoke my lines.
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Page 197 - I'll look up;] My fault is past. But, O, what form of prayer Can serve my turn? 'Forgive me my foul murder'?