The Plays of William Shakspeare. In Fifteen Volumes: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added, Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens..H. Baldwin, 1793 - English drama |
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... doth enlarge his rifing with the blood Of fair king Richard , fcrap'd from Pomfret ftones : Derives from heaven his quarrel , and his caufe ; Tells them , he doth beftride a bleeding land , ' Gafping for life under great Bolingbroke ...
... doth enlarge his rifing with the blood Of fair king Richard , fcrap'd from Pomfret ftones : Derives from heaven his quarrel , and his caufe ; Tells them , he doth beftride a bleeding land , ' Gafping for life under great Bolingbroke ...
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... doth know ) " The horne of great aboundance ftill doth blow . " STEEVENS . the lightnefs of his wife shines through it and yet cannot be fee , though he have his own lantern to light him , ] This joke feems evidently to have been taken ...
... doth know ) " The horne of great aboundance ftill doth blow . " STEEVENS . the lightnefs of his wife shines through it and yet cannot be fee , though he have his own lantern to light him , ] This joke feems evidently to have been taken ...
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... Doth not the king lack fubjects ? do not the rebels need foldiers ? Though it be a fhame to be on any fide but one , it is worse shame to beg than to be on the worst fide , were it worse than the name of rebellion can tell how to make ...
... Doth not the king lack fubjects ? do not the rebels need foldiers ? Though it be a fhame to be on any fide but one , it is worse shame to beg than to be on the worst fide , were it worse than the name of rebellion can tell how to make ...
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... doth , if his weapon be out : he will foin like any devil ; he will spare neither woman , man , nor child . FANG . If I can clofe with him , I care not for his thrust . Hosr . No , nor I neither ; I'll be at your elbow . 6 Where is your ...
... doth , if his weapon be out : he will foin like any devil ; he will spare neither woman , man , nor child . FANG . If I can clofe with him , I care not for his thrust . Hosr . No , nor I neither ; I'll be at your elbow . 6 Where is your ...
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... Doth this become your place , your time , and busi- nefs ? You should have been well on your way to York.- Stand from him , fellow ; Wherefore hang'ft thou on him ? HOST . O my moft worshipful lord , an't please your grace , I am a poor ...
... Doth this become your place , your time , and busi- nefs ? You should have been well on your way to York.- Stand from him , fellow ; Wherefore hang'ft thou on him ? HOST . O my moft worshipful lord , an't please your grace , I am a poor ...
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againſt alfo ancient anſwer BARD Bardolph becauſe blood called caufe Dauphin death defire doth duke duke of Burgundy earl English Enter Exeunt expreffion faid Falſtaff fame father fays fcene fecond feems fenfe ferve fhall fhould fhow fignifies fince firft firſt foldiers folio fome foul fpeak fpeech fpirit France French ftand ftill fuch fuppofe fword Glofter grace Harfleur hath Henry IV himſelf Holinfhed honour JOHNSON King Henry King Henry VI knight laft loft lord mafter majefty MALONE means moft moſt muft muſt obferved old copy perfon phrafe PIST Piſtol play pleaſe Pope prefent prifoners prince quarto reafon Reignier Richard Plantagenet ſay ſcene Shakspeare SHAL ſhall Sir Dagonet Sir John Sir John Oldcastle Sir Thomas Hanmer ſpeak STEEVENS Talbot thee thefe themſelves THEOBALD theſe thofe thoſe thou ufed unto uſed WARBURTON whofe Whoſe word
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Page 243 - I know thee not, old man: Fall to thy prayers ; How ill white hairs become a fool, and jester!
Page 118 - There is a history in all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceased ; The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, which in their seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasured.
Page 287 - Where some, like magistrates, correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad, Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds, Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent-royal of their ( emperor...
Page 110 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Page 136 - I'll ne'er bear a base mind; — an't be my destiny, so ; an't be not, so. No man's too good to serve his prince ; and, let it go which way it will, he that dies this year is quit for the next.
Page 113 - With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly," death itself awakes ? Can'st thou, O partial sleep ! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude ; And in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Page 424 - Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered, — We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he today that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition: And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.
Page 111 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge, And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafening clamour in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes...