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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... these two plays improperly called The First and Second Parts of Henry the Fourth . The firft play ends , he says , with the peaceful fettlement of Henry in the kingdom by the defeat of the rebels . This is hardly true ; for the rebels ...
... these two plays improperly called The First and Second Parts of Henry the Fourth . The firft play ends , he says , with the peaceful fettlement of Henry in the kingdom by the defeat of the rebels . This is hardly true ; for the rebels ...
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... these , [ the interregnum , ] for the principal gentry , lords , courtiers , and men of all profeffions , not merely mechanicks , to meet in St. Paul's church by eleven , and walk in the middle ifle till twelve , and after dinner from ...
... these , [ the interregnum , ] for the principal gentry , lords , courtiers , and men of all profeffions , not merely mechanicks , to meet in St. Paul's church by eleven , and walk in the middle ifle till twelve , and after dinner from ...
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... these initial traces of the original name . THEOBALD . I am unconvinced by Mr. Theobald's remark . Old . might have been the beginning of fome actor's name . Thus we have Kempe and Cowley , inftead of Dogberry and Verges , in the 4to ...
... these initial traces of the original name . THEOBALD . I am unconvinced by Mr. Theobald's remark . Old . might have been the beginning of fome actor's name . Thus we have Kempe and Cowley , inftead of Dogberry and Verges , in the 4to ...
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... these plays " prefixed to the firft folio , there is no actor whofe name begins with this fyllable ; and we may be sure that the part of Falstaff was performed by a principal actor . MALONE . Principal actors , as at present , might ...
... these plays " prefixed to the firft folio , there is no actor whofe name begins with this fyllable ; and we may be sure that the part of Falstaff was performed by a principal actor . MALONE . Principal actors , as at present , might ...
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... These lines , which were evidently printed from an interlined copy not under- ftood , are properly regulated in the next edition , and are here only mentioned to show what errors may be fufpected to remain . JOHNSON . I believe the ...
... These lines , which were evidently printed from an interlined copy not under- ftood , are properly regulated in the next edition , and are here only mentioned to show what errors may be fufpected to remain . JOHNSON . I believe the ...
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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...