The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added NotesT. Longman, 1793 |
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... whofe fwift wrath beat down The never - daunted Percy to the earth , From whence with life he never more fprung up . In few , his death ( whose spirit lent a fire Even to the dulleft peafant in his camp , ) Being bruited once , took ...
... whofe fwift wrath beat down The never - daunted Percy to the earth , From whence with life he never more fprung up . In few , his death ( whose spirit lent a fire Even to the dulleft peafant in his camp , ) Being bruited once , took ...
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... whofe fever - weaken'd joints , Like strengthless hinges , buckle under life , Impatient of his fit , breaks like a fire Out of his keeper's arms ; even fo my limbs , Weaken'd with grief , being now enrag'd with grief , Are thrice ...
... whofe fever - weaken'd joints , Like strengthless hinges , buckle under life , Impatient of his fit , breaks like a fire Out of his keeper's arms ; even fo my limbs , Weaken'd with grief , being now enrag'd with grief , Are thrice ...
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... whofe crowne " Fortune her bleffings moft did tumble downe ; " And in whofe eares ( as all the world doth know ) " The horne of great aboundance ftill doth blow . " STEEVENS , the lightness of his wife fhines through it : and yet cannot ...
... whofe crowne " Fortune her bleffings moft did tumble downe ; " And in whofe eares ( as all the world doth know ) " The horne of great aboundance ftill doth blow . " STEEVENS , the lightness of his wife fhines through it : and yet cannot ...
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... whofe misfor- tune is , that his merriment is unfashionable . His allufions are to forgotten facts ; his illuftrations are drawn from notions obfcured by time ; his wit is therefore fingle , fuch as none has any part in but himself ...
... whofe misfor- tune is , that his merriment is unfashionable . His allufions are to forgotten facts ; his illuftrations are drawn from notions obfcured by time ; his wit is therefore fingle , fuch as none has any part in but himself ...
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... whofe thoughts were conftantly employed about the ferious bufinefs of life , fhould con- fider fuch an improvident , diffipated old man , as fingle - witted , or half - witted , as we should now term it . So in the next act , the Chief ...
... whofe thoughts were conftantly employed about the ferious bufinefs of life , fhould con- fider fuch an improvident , diffipated old man , as fingle - witted , or half - witted , as we should now term it . So in the next act , the Chief ...
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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 245 - I know thee not, old man: Fall to thy prayers ; How ill white hairs become a fool, and jester!
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 273 - I must have liberty Withal, as large a charter as the wind, To blow on whom I please...
Page 352 - Whose limbs were made in England, show us here The mettle of your pasture; let us swear That you are worth your breeding— which I doubt not; For there is none of you so mean and base That hath not noble lustre in your eyes. I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. The game's afoot: Follow your spirit; and upon this charge Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!
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 293 - 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 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...
Page 432 - This story shall the good man teach his son; And Crispin 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...