The Works of William Shakespeare: King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV ; Henry VWhittaker & Company, 1842 |
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... omit " he , " which is necessary to the sense . Basilisco - like . ] Basilisco is a cowardly braggart in the old play of " Soliman and Perseda , " 1599 , who claims to be a knight . The piece must have been popular , and has been ...
... omit " he , " which is necessary to the sense . Basilisco - like . ] Basilisco is a cowardly braggart in the old play of " Soliman and Perseda , " 1599 , who claims to be a knight . The piece must have been popular , and has been ...
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... omit “ an , ” probably under the notion that they had a right to correct Shakespeare's metre . 7 who CLIPFETH thee about , ] i . e . who embraceth thee . To clip , from the Saxon clippan , is of perpetual occurrence in our old writers ...
... omit “ an , ” probably under the notion that they had a right to correct Shakespeare's metre . 7 who CLIPFETH thee about , ] i . e . who embraceth thee . To clip , from the Saxon clippan , is of perpetual occurrence in our old writers ...
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... omitting any notice of “ new additions , " though containing the whole of them ' . The name of our great dramatist first appears in connection with this historical play in 1598 , as if Simmes the printer , and Wise the stationer , when ...
... omitting any notice of “ new additions , " though containing the whole of them ' . The name of our great dramatist first appears in connection with this historical play in 1598 , as if Simmes the printer , and Wise the stationer , when ...
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... omits passages inserted in the quartos , in one instance to the destruction of the continuity of the sense , and in most to the detriment of the play . Hence not only the expediency , but the absolute necessity of referring to the ...
... omits passages inserted in the quartos , in one instance to the destruction of the continuity of the sense , and in most to the detriment of the play . Hence not only the expediency , but the absolute necessity of referring to the ...
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... omits the herald , a deficiency supplied by the folio . 9 Marshal , ASK yonder knight in arms , ] Why not as before , asks Ritson , " Marshal , demand of yonder knight in arms ? " Precisely , because Shakespeare might wish to vary the ...
... omits the herald , a deficiency supplied by the folio . 9 Marshal , ASK yonder knight in arms , ] Why not as before , asks Ritson , " Marshal , demand of yonder knight in arms ? " Precisely , because Shakespeare might wish to vary the ...
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Page 167 - 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, Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchize, be fear'd, and kill with looks, Infusing him with self and vain conceit, As if this flesh which walls about our life Were brass impregnable; and humour'd thus Comes at the last, and with a little pin Bores through his castle wall, and — farewell king!
Page 320 - 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 in that word, honour ? What is that honour ? Air. A trim reckoning ! — Who hath it ? He that died o
Page 560 - Like to the senators of th' antique Rome, With the plebeians swarming at their heels, Go forth, and fetch their conquering Caesar in : As, by a lower but by loving likelihood, Were now the general of our gracious empress (As in good time he may) from Ireland coming, Bringing rebellion broached on his sword, How many would the peaceful city quit, To welcome him ! much more, and much more cause, Did they this Harry.
Page 236 - I'll sup. Farewell. Poins. Farewell, my lord. [Exit POINS. P. Hen, I know you all, and will a while uphold The unyok'd humour of your idleness : Yet herein will I imitate the sun, Who doth permit the base contagious clouds To smother up his beauty from the world, That when he please again to be himself, Being wanted, he may be more wonder'd at, By breaking through the foul and ugly mists Of vapours, that did seem to strangle him.
Page 540 - Be in their flowing cups freshly remember'd. This story shall the good man teach his son ; And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered...
Page 501 - Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead ! In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility : But when the blast of war...