The complete works of William Shakspeare, with notes by the most emiinent commentators, pr. from the ed. of A. Chalmers, with illustr, Volume 2 |
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... scene , helped by the distraction of the drawer , and grimaces of the prince , may entertain upon the stage , but affords not much delight to the reader . The author has judiciously made it short . JOHNSON . Id . 1. 14. Look down into ...
... scene , helped by the distraction of the drawer , and grimaces of the prince , may entertain upon the stage , but affords not much delight to the reader . The author has judiciously made it short . JOHNSON . Id . 1. 14. Look down into ...
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... SCENE II . 66 some private conference : " - MA- Id . 1 30. Yet such extenuation let me bey , & c . ] The construction is somewhat obscure . Let me beg so much extenuation , that , upon con- futation of many false charges , I may be ...
... SCENE II . 66 some private conference : " - MA- Id . 1 30. Yet such extenuation let me bey , & c . ] The construction is somewhat obscure . Let me beg so much extenuation , that , upon con- futation of many false charges , I may be ...
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... SCENE I. Id . c . 2. l . 32. I defy - To defy means here to disdain . Id . 1. 28. But I will beard him . To beard is to oppose face to face in a hostile or daring man- ner . Id . 1. 66. On any soul remov'd . ] On any less near to ...
... SCENE I. Id . c . 2. l . 32. I defy - To defy means here to disdain . Id . 1. 28. But I will beard him . To beard is to oppose face to face in a hostile or daring man- ner . Id . 1. 66. On any soul remov'd . ] On any less near to ...
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... SCENE II . 1.1.62.Suspicion all our lives shall be stuck full of eyes " -MALONE . Id . c . 2. 1. 6 . Deliver up My lord of Westmoreland . ] He was " im- pawned as a surety for the safe return " of Worcester . Id.1.43 . He made a ...
... SCENE II . 1.1.62.Suspicion all our lives shall be stuck full of eyes " -MALONE . Id . c . 2. 1. 6 . Deliver up My lord of Westmoreland . ] He was " im- pawned as a surety for the safe return " of Worcester . Id.1.43 . He made a ...
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... SCENE I - A Room in the Palace . Eater King HENRY in his night - gown , with a Page , K. Hen . Go , call the earls of Surrey and of Warwick ; Bat . ere they come , bid them o'er - read these letters , And well consider of them : Make ...
... SCENE I - A Room in the Palace . Eater King HENRY in his night - gown , with a Page , K. Hen . Go , call the earls of Surrey and of Warwick ; Bat . ere they come , bid them o'er - read these letters , And well consider of them : Make ...
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Page 151 - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school: and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used, and, contrary to the king, his crown and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill. It will be proved to thy face that thou hast men about thee that usually talk of a noun and a verb, and such abominable words as no Christian ear can endure to hear.
Page 173 - To kings, that fear their subjects' treachery? O, yes it doth ; a thousand-fold it doth. And to conclude, — the shepherd's homely curds. His cold thin drink out of his leather bottle, His wonted sleep under a fresh tree's shade, All which secure and sweetly he enjoys, Is far beyond a prince's...
Page 369 - Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream : The Genius, and the mortal instruments, Are then in council ; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.
Page 378 - ... of all this world, But for supporting robbers, shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes, And sell the mighty space of our large honours...
Page 73 - 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; Who, busied in his majesty, surveys The singing masons building roofs of gold, The civil citizens kneading...