Shakespeare and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet; Criticism on His Genius and Writings; a New Chronology of His Plays; a Disquisition on the Object of His Sonnets; and a History of the Manners, Customs, Amusement, Superstitions, Poetry, and Elegant Literature of His Age, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1817 |
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... necessary to entertain his future fellow- traveller ; and , on this occasion , Southampton had recourse to his favourite amusement , the drama ; for it is recorded that they " severally feasted Mr. Secretary , before his departure ; and ...
... necessary to entertain his future fellow- traveller ; and , on this occasion , Southampton had recourse to his favourite amusement , the drama ; for it is recorded that they " severally feasted Mr. Secretary , before his departure ; and ...
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... necessary to his character to break off his military engagements , which had conferred upon him the reputation of great bravery and professional skill , and had received the marked approval of the Lord Deputy , to satiate the resentment ...
... necessary to his character to break off his military engagements , which had conferred upon him the reputation of great bravery and professional skill , and had received the marked approval of the Lord Deputy , to satiate the resentment ...
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... necessary to withstand the unconstitutional views of ministers , he immediately felt the arm of power . He had introduced with success a motion against illegal patents ; and during the sitting of the 14th of March , so sharp an ...
... necessary to withstand the unconstitutional views of ministers , he immediately felt the arm of power . He had introduced with success a motion against illegal patents ; and during the sitting of the 14th of March , so sharp an ...
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... necessary , however , where so much discrepancy of opinion has existed , to substantiate the first of these assertions , by the production of specimens which shall speak for themselves ; and as the conduct and moral of the piece have ...
... necessary , however , where so much discrepancy of opinion has existed , to substantiate the first of these assertions , by the production of specimens which shall speak for themselves ; and as the conduct and moral of the piece have ...
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... necessary to protect from such a fate any work which bears the mighty name of Shakspeare . Indeed , whether we consider this extract in relation to its diction , its metre , its sentiment , or the sublimity of its close , it is alike ...
... necessary to protect from such a fate any work which bears the mighty name of Shakspeare . Indeed , whether we consider this extract in relation to its diction , its metre , its sentiment , or the sublimity of its close , it is alike ...
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Page 151 - A strange fish! Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.
Page 515 - Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell Burthen Ding-dong Hark!
Page 447 - Claudio ; and I quake, Lest thou a feverous life shouldst entertain, And six or seven winters more respect Than a perpetual honour. Dar'st thou die ? The sense of death is most in apprehension; And the poor beetle, that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great As when a giant dies.
Page 369 - Cover your heads, and mock not flesh and blood With solemn reverence : throw away respect, Tradition, form, and ceremonious duty, For you have but mistook me all this while: I live with bread like you, feel want, Taste grief, need friends: subjected thus, How can you say to me I am a king?
Page 27 - Lo, here the gentle lark, weary of rest, From his moist cabinet mounts up on high, And wakes the morning, from whose silver breast The sun ariseth in his majesty; Who doth the world so gloriously behold, That cedar-tops and hills seem burnish'd gold.
Page 79 - Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove: O, no ! it is an ever-fixed mark, That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Page 405 - Angels and ministers of grace defend us! — Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damn'd, Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape That I will speak to thee...
Page 79 - The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem For that sweet odour, which doth in it live. The canker blooms have full as deep a dye As the perfumed tincture of the roses.
Page 84 - gainst his glory fight, And Time that gave doth now his gift confound. Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth And delves the parallels in beauty's brow, Feeds on the rarities of nature's truth, And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow; And yet to times in hope my verse shall stand, Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand.
Page 492 - Even here undone ! I was not much afeard ; for once or twice I was about to speak and tell him plainly, The selfsame sun that shines upon his court Hides not his visage from our cottage but Looks on alike.