The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 9R. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... explanation of the passage ; and might have found a further confirmation of it in Troilus and Cres- sida , where , speaking of himself , Troilus says : 66 ne'er did young man fancy " With so eternal , and so fix'd a soul . " To do a ...
... explanation of the passage ; and might have found a further confirmation of it in Troilus and Cres- sida , where , speaking of himself , Troilus says : 66 ne'er did young man fancy " With so eternal , and so fix'd a soul . " To do a ...
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... explanation . HENLEY . 2 And mercy then will breathe within your lips Like man NEW MADE . ] This is a fine thought , and finely ex- pressed . The meaning is , that " mercy will add such a grace to your person , that you will appear as ...
... explanation . HENLEY . 2 And mercy then will breathe within your lips Like man NEW MADE . ] This is a fine thought , and finely ex- pressed . The meaning is , that " mercy will add such a grace to your person , that you will appear as ...
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... explanation of this passage , and Steevens's refutation of it , prove the necessity of Hanmer's amendment , which removes every difficulty , and can scarcely be considered as an alteration , the trace of the letters in the words law and ...
... explanation of this passage , and Steevens's refutation of it , prove the necessity of Hanmer's amendment , which removes every difficulty , and can scarcely be considered as an alteration , the trace of the letters in the words law and ...
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... explanation : “ O place , how dost thou impose upon the world by false appearances ! " so much , that if we " write good angel on the devil's horn , ' tis not taken any longer to be the devil's crest . " this sense- " Blood , thou art ...
... explanation : “ O place , how dost thou impose upon the world by false appearances ! " so much , that if we " write good angel on the devil's horn , ' tis not taken any longer to be the devil's crest . " this sense- " Blood , thou art ...
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... explanation of these words is confirmed by a passage in Lyly's Midas , quoted by Steevens , in his remarks on King John : " Melancholy ! is melancholy a word for a barber's mouth ? Thou shouldst say , heavy , dull , and doltish ...
... explanation of these words is confirmed by a passage in Lyly's Midas , quoted by Steevens , in his remarks on King John : " Melancholy ! is melancholy a word for a barber's mouth ? Thou shouldst say , heavy , dull , and doltish ...
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Page 480 - tis a lost fear; Man but a rush against Othello's breast, And he retires; — Where should Othello go? — Now, how dost thou look now ? O ill-starr'd wench ! Pale as thy smock ! when we shall meet at compt, This look of thine will hurl my soul from heaven, And fiends will snatch at it.
Page 198 - I'll lend you all my life to do you service. Duke. Against all sense you do importune her: Should she kneel down in mercy of this fact, Her brother's ghost his paved bed would break, And take her hence in horror.
Page 256 - And, till she come, as truly as to heaven I do confess the vices of my blood, So justly to your grave ears I'll present How I did thrive in this fair lady's love, And she in mine.
Page 39 - Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt.
Page 374 - Look, where he comes ! Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'dst yesterday.
Page 102 - And the poor beetle that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great As when a giant dies.
Page 261 - My story being done, She gave me for my pains a world of sighs : She swore, in faith, 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange ; 'Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful : She wish'd she had not heard it, yet she wish'd That heaven had made her such a man...
Page 354 - 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 92 - Be absolute for death; either death, or life, Shall thereby be the sweeter. Reason thus with life,— If I do lose thee, I do lose a thing That none but fools would keep...
Page 459 - It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul, — Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars ! — It is the cause. — Yet I'll not shed her blood ; Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow, And smooth as monumental alabaster.