The plays of Shakespeare, from the text of S. Johnson, with the prefaces, notes &c. of Rowe, Pope and many other critics. 6 vols. [in 12 pt. Followed by] Shakespeare's poems, Volume 6 |
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Page 289
... friends , Be ready , as your lives fhall answer it , At Coventry upon Saint Lambert's day . There shall your fwords and lances arbitrate The fwelling diff'rence of your settled hate . Since we cannot atone you , you shall see Justice ...
... friends , Be ready , as your lives fhall answer it , At Coventry upon Saint Lambert's day . There shall your fwords and lances arbitrate The fwelling diff'rence of your settled hate . Since we cannot atone you , you shall see Justice ...
Page 294
... friends . MAR . Th ' appellant in all duty greets your highness , [ To K. Rich . And craves to kifs your hand , and take his leave . K. RICH . We will defcend and fold him in our arms . Coufin of Hereford , as thy cause is right , So be ...
... friends . MAR . Th ' appellant in all duty greets your highness , [ To K. Rich . And craves to kifs your hand , and take his leave . K. RICH . We will defcend and fold him in our arms . Coufin of Hereford , as thy cause is right , So be ...
Page 300
... , That thou return'ft no greeting to thy friends ? BOL . I have too few to take my leave of you , When the tongue's office fhould be prodigal , To breathe th'abundant dolour of the heart . ✓ GAUNT 300 KING RICHARD II .
... , That thou return'ft no greeting to thy friends ? BOL . I have too few to take my leave of you , When the tongue's office fhould be prodigal , To breathe th'abundant dolour of the heart . ✓ GAUNT 300 KING RICHARD II .
Page 303
... friends . Our self , and Bufhy , Bagot here , and Green , Obferv'd his courtship to the common people : How he did feem to dive into their hearts , With humble and familiar courtefie ? What reverence he did throw away on flaves , Wooing ...
... friends . Our self , and Bufhy , Bagot here , and Green , Obferv'd his courtship to the common people : How he did feem to dive into their hearts , With humble and familiar courtefie ? What reverence he did throw away on flaves , Wooing ...
Page 311
... friends ; his noble hand Did win what he did spend ; and spent not that , Which his triumphant father's hand had won . His hands were guilty of no kindred's blood , But bloody with the enemies of his kin . Oh , Richard ! York is too far ...
... friends ; his noble hand Did win what he did spend ; and spent not that , Which his triumphant father's hand had won . His hands were guilty of no kindred's blood , But bloody with the enemies of his kin . Oh , Richard ! York is too far ...
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Page 529 - 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. Such things become the hatch and brood of time...
Page 302 - 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 418 - Should I turn upon the true prince ? Why, thou knowest, I am as valiant as Hercules: but beware instinct; the lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter ; I was a coward on instinct.
Page 390 - He was perfumed like a milliner, And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box, which ever and anon He gave his nose and took't away again; Who therewith angry, when it next came there, Took it in snuff...
Page 527 - With deaf'ning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst 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 306 - This land of such dear souls, this dear dear land, Dear for her reputation through the world, Is now leas'd out, I die pronouncing it, Like to a tenement or pelting farm...
Page 390 - But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly...
Page 462 - tis no matter ; Honour pricks me on. Yea, but how if Honour prick me off when I come on ? how then ? Can Honour set to a leg ? No. Or an arm ? No. Or take away the grief of a wound ? No. Honour hath no skill in surgery then ? No. What is Honour ? A word. What is that word, Honour ? Air. A trim reckoning! — Who hath it? He that died o
Page 329 - All murder'd: for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...
Page 305 - York Vex not yourself, nor strive not with your breath; For all in vain comes counsel to his ear. Gaunt O but they say the tongues of dying men Enforce attention like deep harmony: Where words are scarce, they are seldom spent in vain. For they breathe truth that breathe their words in pain.