The life of Shakspeare; enquiries into the originality of his dramatic plots and characters; and essays on the ancient theatres and theatrical usages |
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Pagina 83
... passage through the press . It may be a matter of amusement to some readers , perhaps , to wit- ness a specimen of the titles under which such of Shakspeare's plays as appeared in quarto were recommended to the public for purchase ...
... passage through the press . It may be a matter of amusement to some readers , perhaps , to wit- ness a specimen of the titles under which such of Shakspeare's plays as appeared in quarto were recommended to the public for purchase ...
Pagina 92
... passage through the press in 1803 . In the course of his Shakspearean labours , Steevens received many valuable communications from Malone ; who , in 1780 , added to Steevens ' second edition two supplementary volumes , con- taining ...
... passage through the press in 1803 . In the course of his Shakspearean labours , Steevens received many valuable communications from Malone ; who , in 1780 , added to Steevens ' second edition two supplementary volumes , con- taining ...
Pagina 94
... passage through the dreary paths of black letter quotation . But discretion did not always guide him in the exercise of his wit , and his love of minutia was not always harmless . He often wrote notes as traps to en- tangle his fellow ...
... passage through the dreary paths of black letter quotation . But discretion did not always guide him in the exercise of his wit , and his love of minutia was not always harmless . He often wrote notes as traps to en- tangle his fellow ...
Pagina 110
... passage quoted from Blackstone might have engendered a suspicion , even in the mind . of Malone , that the practice was no novelty many years ago . " It is not every field or common which a gentle- man chooses to surround with a wall or ...
... passage quoted from Blackstone might have engendered a suspicion , even in the mind . of Malone , that the practice was no novelty many years ago . " It is not every field or common which a gentle- man chooses to surround with a wall or ...
Pagina 116
... passage of six feet wide behind the galleries , added to their width , would make a deduction of eighteen feet and a half from each side of the theatre , and leave a space between the front of one gallery to the front of the other of ...
... passage of six feet wide behind the galleries , added to their width , would make a deduction of eighteen feet and a half from each side of the theatre , and leave a space between the front of one gallery to the front of the other of ...
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The Life of Shakespeare: Enquiries Into the Originality of His ..., Volumul 1 Augustine Skottowe Vizualizare completă - 1824 |
The Life of Shakespeare: Enquiries Into the Originality of His ..., Volumul 1 Augustine Skottowe Vizualizare completă - 1824 |
The Life of Shakespeare: Enquiries Into the Originality of His ..., Volumul 1 Augustine Skottowe Vizualizare completă - 1824 |
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Pagina 193 - Till thou applaud the deed. Come, seeling night', Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day, And with thy bloody and invisible hand, Cancel, and tear to pieces, that great bond Which keeps me pale ! — Light thickens ; and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood : Good things of day begin to droop and drowse, Whiles night's black agents to their preys do rouse.
Pagina 159 - tis strange : And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths : Win -us with honest trifles, to betray us In deepest consequence.
Pagina 65 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was indeed honest, and of an. open and free nature ; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions...
Pagina 234 - In her days, every man shall eat in safety Under his own vine what he plants ; and sing The merry songs of peace to all his neighbours.
Pagina 260 - With purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries ; The honey bags steal from the humble-bees, And, for night-tapers, crop their waxen thighs, And light them at the fiery glowworm's eyes...
Pagina 269 - Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west, And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
Pagina 254 - He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.
Pagina 156 - The night has been unruly : where we lay, Our chimneys were blown down ; and, as they say, Lamentings heard i...
Pagina 73 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war. Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Pagina 153 - 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...