The Beauties of Shakespeare; Selected from His Plays and Poems |
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... fuch a compilation would be very generally useful ; and was convinced that , in the whole circle of English literature , no author afforded fo many , and fuch various obfervations on life and manners - fo much , and fuch ufeful ...
... fuch a compilation would be very generally useful ; and was convinced that , in the whole circle of English literature , no author afforded fo many , and fuch various obfervations on life and manners - fo much , and fuch ufeful ...
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... fuch tranflations as were then extant , and eafy of access : and it is more than pro- bable , that his want of acquaintance with the originals might rather be of fervice to him , than the contrary : For , though the knowledge of ' em ...
... fuch tranflations as were then extant , and eafy of access : and it is more than pro- bable , that his want of acquaintance with the originals might rather be of fervice to him , than the contrary : For , though the knowledge of ' em ...
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... fuch like , which were ridiculous . But he re- deemed his vices with his virtues . There was lever more in him to be praised , than to be pardoned . " As an author , his character has been fo often drawn by the most eminent writers of ...
... fuch like , which were ridiculous . But he re- deemed his vices with his virtues . There was lever more in him to be praised , than to be pardoned . " As an author , his character has been fo often drawn by the most eminent writers of ...
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... the popular throngs , and puff To win a vulgar ftation : our veil'd dames ' Commit the war of white and damafk in Their nicely gawded cheeks , to the wanton spoil B Of 1 Of Phœbus ' burning kiffes : fuch a pother Thievery Time.
... the popular throngs , and puff To win a vulgar ftation : our veil'd dames ' Commit the war of white and damafk in Their nicely gawded cheeks , to the wanton spoil B Of 1 Of Phœbus ' burning kiffes : fuch a pother Thievery Time.
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William Shakespeare. 1 Of Phœbus ' burning kiffes : fuch a pother , As if that whatfoever God who leads him Were flily crept into his human powers , And gave him graceful pofture . Coriolanus , A. 2. Sc . t . ADVERSITY . Sweet are the ...
William Shakespeare. 1 Of Phœbus ' burning kiffes : fuch a pother , As if that whatfoever God who leads him Were flily crept into his human powers , And gave him graceful pofture . Coriolanus , A. 2. Sc . t . ADVERSITY . Sweet are the ...
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Antony and Cleopatra bafe beft blood bofom breath Brutus cheek Coriolanus Cymbeline death deed doft doth dream ears earth elfe eyes falfe fear feem feen fenfe fhall fhame fhew fhould figh fing fleep fome forrow foul fpeak fpirit friends ftand ftate ftill ftrange fuch fweet fword Gentlemen of Verona Hamlet hath hear heart heaven Henry IV Henry V. A. Henry VIII himſelf honour i'th Ibid itſelf Julius Cæfar King Henry King Henry VI King John King Lear King Richard King Richard III loft Lord Love's Macbeth Meafure Merchant of Venice moft moſt mufic muft myſelf nature night noble o'er Othello paffion pleaſure reafon ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſweet tears tempeft thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou art thouſand Timon of Athens tongue Troilus and Creffida virtue weep whofe wind Winter's Tale youth