The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the corrected copies left by G. Steevens and E. Malone, with a selection of notes from the most eminent commentors by A. Chalmers, Band 1 |
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... lord mayor in that of Henry VII . queathed to his elder brother's son his manor of Clop- ton , & c . , and his house by the name of the Great House in Stratford . 4 A good part of the estate was in pos- session of Edward Clopton , Esq ...
... lord mayor in that of Henry VII . queathed to his elder brother's son his manor of Clop- ton , & c . , and his house by the name of the Great House in Stratford . 4 A good part of the estate was in pos- session of Edward Clopton , Esq ...
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... Lord Shaftesbury complains of his " rude unpolished style , and his antiquated phrase " and wit . " It is certain that , for nearly a hundred years after his death , partly owing to the immediate revolu- tion and rebellion , and partly ...
... Lord Shaftesbury complains of his " rude unpolished style , and his antiquated phrase " and wit . " It is certain that , for nearly a hundred years after his death , partly owing to the immediate revolu- tion and rebellion , and partly ...
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... lord's table , or lady's toilette : and conse- quently were entirely deprived of those advantages they now enjoy in the familiar conversation of our nobility , and an intimacy ( not to say dearness ) with people of the first condition ...
... lord's table , or lady's toilette : and conse- quently were entirely deprived of those advantages they now enjoy in the familiar conversation of our nobility , and an intimacy ( not to say dearness ) with people of the first condition ...
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... lord of the manor : a mistake which ( one may also observe ) it was not for the interest of the house to remove . Yet the players themselves , Heminge and Condell , afterwards did Shakspeare the justice to reject those eight plays in ...
... lord of the manor : a mistake which ( one may also observe ) it was not for the interest of the house to remove . Yet the players themselves , Heminge and Condell , afterwards did Shakspeare the justice to reject those eight plays in ...
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... lord to be dubbed a knight , that he might be properly qualified to go on the adventure of killing the mothers of the chil- dren of Bethlehem . This tragical business is treated with the most ridiculous levity . The good women of ...
... lord to be dubbed a knight , that he might be properly qualified to go on the adventure of killing the mothers of the chil- dren of Bethlehem . This tragical business is treated with the most ridiculous levity . The good women of ...
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Seite 84 - Is to make midnight mushrooms, that rejoice To hear the solemn curfew; by whose aid, Weak masters though ye be, I have bedimm'd The noontide sun, call'd forth the mutinous winds, And 'twixt the green sea and the azur'd vault Set roaring war; to the dread rattling thunder Have I given fire, and rifted Jove's stout oak With his own bolt...
Seite 91 - What is this maid, with whom thou wast at play? Your eld'st acquaintance cannot be three hours : Is she the goddess that hath sever'd us, And brought us thus together?
Seite 47 - Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.
Seite 38 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things: For no kind of traffic Would I admit; no name of magistrate; Letters should not be known ; riches, poverty, And use of service, none; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none; No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil; No occupation; all men idle, all, And women too, but innocent and pure : No sovereignty— Seb.
Seite 62 - Be not afeard ; the isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears, and sometimes voices That, if I then had waked after long sleep, Will make me sleep again : and then, in dreaming, The clouds methought would open and show riches Ready to drop upon me, that, when I waked, I cried to dream again.
Seite 83 - gainst my fury Do I take part : the rarer action is In virtue than in vengeance : they being penitent, The sole drift of my purpose doth extend Not a frown further : Go, release them, Ariel ; My charms I'll break, their senses I'll restore, And they shall be themselves.
Seite 22 - His persons act and speak by the influence of those general passions and principles by which all minds are agitated, and the whole system of life is continued in motion.
Seite 32 - A quibble is to Shakespeare, what luminous vapours are to the traveller ; he follows it at all adventures ; it is sure to lead him out of his way, and sure to engulf him in the mire.
Seite 117 - O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day ; Which now shows all the beauty of the sun, And by and by a cloud takes all away ! Re-enter PANTHINO.
Seite 23 - Other dramatists can only gain attention by hyperbolical or aggravated characters, by fabulous and unexampled excellence or depravity, as the writers of barbarous romances invigorated the reader by a giant and a dwarf; and he that should form his expectations of human affairs from the play, or from the tale, would be equally deceived.