The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 13R. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... old and fond of issue , ) took such sorrow , That he quit being ; and his gentle lady , Big of this gentleman , our ... copy - Posthumus Leonatus . REED . Could make him the receiver of ; which he took SC . I. 9 CYMBELINE .
... old and fond of issue , ) took such sorrow , That he quit being ; and his gentle lady , Big of this gentleman , our ... copy - Posthumus Leonatus . REED . Could make him the receiver of ; which he took SC . I. 9 CYMBELINE .
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... [ Old copy - his eye , & c . ] But how could Posthumus make himself distinguished by his ear to Pisanio ? By his tongue he might to the other's ear , and this was certainly Shakspeare's intention . We must therefore read : " As he could ...
... [ Old copy - his eye , & c . ] But how could Posthumus make himself distinguished by his ear to Pisanio ? By his tongue he might to the other's ear , and this was certainly Shakspeare's intention . We must therefore read : " As he could ...
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... old copy ; but Mynheer , and the Don , are mute characters . Shakspeare , however , derived this circumstance from whatever translation of the original novel he made use of . Thus , in the an- cient one described in our Prolegomena to ...
... old copy ; but Mynheer , and the Don , are mute characters . Shakspeare , however , derived this circumstance from whatever translation of the original novel he made use of . Thus , in the an- cient one described in our Prolegomena to ...
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... old copy reads- " I could not believe she excell'd many ; but it is on all hands allowed that the rea- soning of lachimo , as it stands there , is inconclusive . On this account , Dr. Warburton reads , omitting the word - not , " I ...
... old copy reads- " I could not believe she excell'd many ; but it is on all hands allowed that the rea- soning of lachimo , as it stands there , is inconclusive . On this account , Dr. Warburton reads , omitting the word - not , " I ...
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... Old copy - or if - for the purchases , & c . the compositor having inadvertently repeated the word - or , which has just occurred . The correction was made by Mr. Rowe . MALONE . 9 - to CONVINCE the honour of my distress ; ) Convince ...
... Old copy - or if - for the purchases , & c . the compositor having inadvertently repeated the word - or , which has just occurred . The correction was made by Mr. Rowe . MALONE . 9 - to CONVINCE the honour of my distress ; ) Convince ...
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ALCIB Alcibiades Antony and Cleopatra APEM Apemantus Athens Belarius believe better blood BOSWELL Cæsar called Cloten Cymbeline death dost doth edition editors emendation Enter Exeunt Exit eyes false fear FLAV fool fortune gentleman give gods gold GUIDERIUS Hamlet hast hath heart heaven honest honour IACH Iachimo Imogen jewel JOHNSON Julius Cæsar King Henry King Lear lady Leonatus look lord Lucius Lucullus Macbeth MALONE MASON master means metre mistress nature noble old copy old reading passage Perhaps Pisanio play poet Posr Posthumus pr'ythee pray Queen Rape of Lucrece RITSON Roman says SCENE second folio sense SERV servant Shakspeare Shakspeare's Sir Thomas Hanmer speak speech stand STEEVENS suppose thee Theobald thief thine thing thou art thought Timon Timon of Athens Troilus and Cressida true TYRWHITT villain WARBURTON word Імо
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Page 165 - Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave: Thou shalt not lack The flower, that's like thy face, pale primrose; nor The azur'd hare-bell, like thy veins; no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweeten'd not thy breath...
Page 111 - What should we speak of When we are old as you ? when we shall hear The rain and wind beat dark December, how, In this our pinching cave, shall we discourse The freezing hours away ? We have seen nothing...
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Page 243 - No wither'd 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 hoary moss, and gather'd flowers, To deck the ground where thou art laid.
Page 167 - Call for the robin redbreast and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men. Call unto his funeral dole The ant, the field-mouse, and the mole, To rear him hillocks that shall keep him warm, And (when gay tombs are robbed) sustain no harm : But keep the wolf far thence, that's foe to men, For with his nails he'll dig them up again.
Page 91 - O! why did God, Creator wise, that peopled highest heaven With spirits masculine, create at last This novelty on earth, this fair defect Of nature, and not fill the world at once With men, as angels, without feminine; Or find some other way to generate Mankind?
Page 333 - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels trumpet-tongued against The deep damnation of his taking-ofF...