The works of Shakespear, with a glossary, pr. from the Oxford ed. in quarto, 1744 [by Sir T.Hanmer]. |
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... hath in all former Edi tions been printed Bohemia an inland kingdom fituated nearly in the center of Europe , whereas many of the great incid nts of the Play turn upon its being a maritime country of which Polxenes was the King . This ...
... hath in all former Edi tions been printed Bohemia an inland kingdom fituated nearly in the center of Europe , whereas many of the great incid nts of the Play turn upon its being a maritime country of which Polxenes was the King . This ...
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... hath on him fuch a countenance , As he had loft fome province , and a region Lov'd , as he loves himself : even now I met him With cuftomary compliment , when he Wafting his eyes to th ' contrary , and falling A lip of much contempt ...
... hath on him fuch a countenance , As he had loft fome province , and a region Lov'd , as he loves himself : even now I met him With cuftomary compliment , when he Wafting his eyes to th ' contrary , and falling A lip of much contempt ...
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... hath discover'd my defign , and I Remain a pinch'd thing ; yea , a very trick For them to play at will : how came the pufterns So early open ? Lord . By his great authority , Which hath prevailed oftentimes na lefs Than fo on your ...
... hath discover'd my defign , and I Remain a pinch'd thing ; yea , a very trick For them to play at will : how came the pufterns So early open ? Lord . By his great authority , Which hath prevailed oftentimes na lefs Than fo on your ...
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... hath been printed fables , ard it may perhaps be objected that nother fy lable a led fpoils the fmoothmefs of the verfe . But b pronouncing table fhort the meature will very well bear it accord ing to the libe ty allowed in this kind of ...
... hath been printed fables , ard it may perhaps be objected that nother fy lable a led fpoils the fmoothmefs of the verfe . But b pronouncing table fhort the meature will very well bear it accord ing to the libe ty allowed in this kind of ...
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... hath barn greater , She is , fomething before her time , deliver'd . Pau . A boy ? Emil . A daughter and a goodly babe , Lufty , and like to live : the Queen receives Much comfort in't ; fays , my poor prifoner , I'm innocent as you ...
... hath barn greater , She is , fomething before her time , deliver'd . Pau . A boy ? Emil . A daughter and a goodly babe , Lufty , and like to live : the Queen receives Much comfort in't ; fays , my poor prifoner , I'm innocent as you ...
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Page 165 - What, art mad ? A man may see how this world goes with no eyes. Look with thine ears : see how yond justice rails upon yond simple thief. Hark, in thine ear: change places; and, handy-dandy, which is the justice, which is the thief?
Page 170 - Methinks I should know you, and know this man; Yet I am doubtful; for I am mainly ignorant What place this is; and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me; For (as I am a man) I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
Page 302 - I'll give my jewels for a set of beads, My gorgeous palace for a hermitage, My gay apparel for an alms-man's gown, My...
Page 276 - Renowned for their deeds as far from home, For Christian service and true chivalry, As is the sepulchre in stubborn Jewry...
Page 165 - Thou must be patient; we came crying hither. Thou know'st, the first time that we smell the air, We wawl, and cry: — I will preach to thee; mark me. Glo. Alack, alack the day ! Lear. When we are born, we cry, that we are come To this great stage of fools...
Page 136 - You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age ; wretched in both ! If it be you that stir these daughters...
Page 136 - O, reason not the need ! Our basest beggars Are in the poorest thing superfluous. Allow" not nature more than nature needs, Man's life is cheap as beast's.
Page 276 - Of watery Neptune, is now bound in with shame, With inky blots and rotten parchment bonds : That England, that was wont to conquer others, Hath made a shameful conquest of itself.
Page 276 - This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, Fear'd by their breed, and famous by their birth, Renowned for their deeds as far from home, For Christian service and true chivalry...
Page 182 - Edg. Look up, my lord. Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.