The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 21F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... called Kyng Appolyn of Thyre , translated from the French by Robert Copland , and printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1510. In 1576 William Howe had a li- cence for printing The most excellent , pleasant , and variable His- torie of the ...
... called Kyng Appolyn of Thyre , translated from the French by Robert Copland , and printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1510. In 1576 William Howe had a li- cence for printing The most excellent , pleasant , and variable His- torie of the ...
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... called " the much admired " play of Pericles , Prince of Tyre ; and it is mentioned by many ancient writers as a very popular per- formance ; particularly , by the author of a metrical pamphlet , en- titled Pymlico , or Run Redcap , in ...
... called " the much admired " play of Pericles , Prince of Tyre ; and it is mentioned by many ancient writers as a very popular per- formance ; particularly , by the author of a metrical pamphlet , en- titled Pymlico , or Run Redcap , in ...
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... called- " Prince of Tyrus . " It is singular enough that this fable should have been re - published in 1607 , the play entered on the books of the Sta- tioners ' Company in 1608 , and printed in 1609 . I must still add a few words ...
... called- " Prince of Tyrus . " It is singular enough that this fable should have been re - published in 1607 , the play entered on the books of the Sta- tioners ' Company in 1608 , and printed in 1609 . I must still add a few words ...
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... called Æneas , nor a Duke of Florence Mithridates ; for such peculiar appellations would unseasonably remind us of their great original possessors . The playright who indulges himself in these wanton and injudi- cious vagaries , will ...
... called Æneas , nor a Duke of Florence Mithridates ; for such peculiar appellations would unseasonably remind us of their great original possessors . The playright who indulges himself in these wanton and injudi- cious vagaries , will ...
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... called Pyrocles , not Pericles * , however ignorance or accident might have shuffled the latter ( a name of almost similar sound ) into the place of the former . The true name , when once cor- rupted or changed in the theatre , was ...
... called Pyrocles , not Pericles * , however ignorance or accident might have shuffled the latter ( a name of almost similar sound ) into the place of the former . The true name , when once cor- rupted or changed in the theatre , was ...
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Page 268 - Wilt thou draw near the nature of the gods ? Draw near them then in being merciful : Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge, Thrice-noble Titus, spare my first-born son.
Page 170 - And brass eternal slave to mortal rage ; When I have seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of the shore, And the firm soil win of the watery main, Increasing store with loss and loss with store; When I have seen such interchange of state, Or state itself confounded to decay ; Ruin hath taught me thus to ruminate, That Time will come and take my love away.
Page 102 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: The waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Page 51 - Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm, How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides, Your loop'd and window'd raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these ? O, I have ta'en Too little care of this ! Take physic, pomp ; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them, And show the heavens more just.
Page 136 - I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.
Page 198 - Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety : other women cloy The appetites they feed : but she makes hungry Where most she satisfies : for vilest things Become themselves in her; that the holy priests Bless her when she is riggish.
Page 139 - Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave: Thou shalt not lack The flower, that's like thy face, pale primrose; nor The azur'd hare-bell, like thy veins; no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweeten'd not thy breath...