The Beauties of Shakespear: Regularly Selected from Each Play. With a General Index, Digesting Them Under Proper Heads. Illustrated with Explanatory Notes, and Similar Passages, from Ancient and Modern Authors. By William Dodd, ... In Three VolumesJ. Macgowan, 1780 |
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... fire - ey'd maid of fmoaky war , All hot , and bleeding , will we offer them .. The mailed Mars fhall on his altar fit Up to the ears in blood . I am on fire , To hear this rich reprifal is fo nigh , And yet not ours . Come , let me ...
... fire - ey'd maid of fmoaky war , All hot , and bleeding , will we offer them .. The mailed Mars fhall on his altar fit Up to the ears in blood . I am on fire , To hear this rich reprifal is fo nigh , And yet not ours . Come , let me ...
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... fire Out of his keeper's arms ; ev'n fo my limbs , Weaken'd with grief , being now enrag'd with grief , Are thrice themfelves . Hence , therefore , thou nice crutch , A fcaly gauntlet now with joints of steel Muft glove this hand : and ...
... fire Out of his keeper's arms ; ev'n fo my limbs , Weaken'd with grief , being now enrag'd with grief , Are thrice themfelves . Hence , therefore , thou nice crutch , A fcaly gauntlet now with joints of steel Muft glove this hand : and ...
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... fire or any approaching danger . He had a cafe or box to shelter him from the weather , but at his utmost peril he was not to fleep whilst he was upon duty . Thefe ala- rum - bells are mentioned in feveral other places of Shakespear ...
... fire or any approaching danger . He had a cafe or box to shelter him from the weather , but at his utmost peril he was not to fleep whilst he was upon duty . Thefe ala- rum - bells are mentioned in feveral other places of Shakespear ...
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... fire , that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a ftage , princes to act , And monarchs to behold the fwelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry , like himself , Affume the port of Mars ; and at his heels ...
... fire , that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a ftage , princes to act , And monarchs to behold the fwelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry , like himself , Affume the port of Mars ; and at his heels ...
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... fires With curious architecture build their cells ; And guard their towns , and fortify their combs : But late at night the youth fatigu'd return , Their legs , with thyme full - laden , & c . It is worth remarking how much Shakespear ...
... fires With curious architecture build their cells ; And guard their towns , and fortify their combs : But late at night the youth fatigu'd return , Their legs , with thyme full - laden , & c . It is worth remarking how much Shakespear ...
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Page 85 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell...
Page 167 - 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...
Page 225 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Page 85 - This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride At length broke under me, and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream that must for ever hide me.
Page 251 - True, I talk of dreams ; Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy, Which is as thin of substance as the air, And more inconstant than the wind, who wooes Even now the frozen bosom of the north, And, being anger'd, puffs away from thence, Turning his face to the dew-dropping south.
Page 238 - With that, methought, a legion of foul fiends Environ'd me, and howled in mine ears Such hideous cries, that, with the very noise, I trembling wak'd, and, for a season after, Could not believe but that I was in hell, Such terrible impression made my dream.
Page 168 - Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as to sight? or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?
Page 125 - As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him; but, as he was ambitious, I slew him.
Page 254 - Thou know'st the mask of night is on my face, Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek For that which thou hast heard me speak to-night. Fain would I dwell on form, fain, fain deny What I have spoke: but farewell compliment! Dost thou love me? I know thou wilt say 'Ay,' And I will take thy word: yet, if thou swear'st, Thou mayst prove false; at lovers' perjuries, They say, Jove laughs.
Page 73 - Content!' to that which grieves my heart, And wet my cheeks with artificial tears, And frame my face to all occasions.