The Works of William Shakespeare: The Plays Ed. from the Folio of MDCXXIII, with Various Readings from All the Editions and All the Commentators, Notes, Introductory Remarks, a Historical Sketch of the Text, an Account of the Rise and Progress of the English Drama, a Memoir of the Poet, and an Essay Upon the Genius, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1871 |
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... reader as nearly as possible in the position of those for whom these plays were written , and to give all accessible information concerning their origin , and the circum- stances under which , and the manner in which , they were ...
... reader as nearly as possible in the position of those for whom these plays were written , and to give all accessible information concerning their origin , and the circum- stances under which , and the manner in which , they were ...
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... reader which is not required for the full comprehension of the poet's meaning is always an offence . At best , an editor , like a physician or a lawyer , is a necessary evil . Had Shakespeare superin- tended the publication of his own ...
... reader which is not required for the full comprehension of the poet's meaning is always an offence . At best , an editor , like a physician or a lawyer , is a necessary evil . Had Shakespeare superin- tended the publication of his own ...
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... reader , could only have been made by persons entirely ignorant of its real condition . In very many passages it is absolutely unintelligible ; and , beside , it lacks some of the finest passages of Shakespeare's poetry . But corruption ...
... reader , could only have been made by persons entirely ignorant of its real condition . In very many passages it is absolutely unintelligible ; and , beside , it lacks some of the finest passages of Shakespeare's poetry . But corruption ...
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... reader of Shakespeare in support of a reading taken from some one of those texts : as if the age of a sur- reptitiously printed edition could supply its lack of authenticity ! But in many cases , at least , " the oldest . authority ...
... reader of Shakespeare in support of a reading taken from some one of those texts : as if the age of a sur- reptitiously printed edition could supply its lack of authenticity ! But in many cases , at least , " the oldest . authority ...
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... reader will reply , that , of course , he wishes the corrupted passages of the folio and the quartos , and such as that just quoted from Malone's Variorum , to be restored ; and it will be found that when men talk apprehensively about ...
... reader will reply , that , of course , he wishes the corrupted passages of the folio and the quartos , and such as that just quoted from Malone's Variorum , to be restored ; and it will be found that when men talk apprehensively about ...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: The Plays Edited from the Folio ..., Volume 1 William Shakespeare Visualização integral - 1868 |
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Adonis appears beauty Ben Jonson blood called character Collatine Collier comedy critics death dost doth dramatic dramatist edition editor Elizabethan era English eyes fair father fear folio foul genius give Gorboduc Hamlet hand hast hath heart honour John Shakespeare King Henry King Lear kiss labors lines lips live London look Lord love's Lucrece mind miracle-plays never night Note old copies Othello passage Passionate Pilgrim personages plays poem poet poor praise printed published quarto quoth reader Robert Arden Romeo and Juliet seems Shake shame shew sonnets sorrow soul speak speare speare's stage Stratford style sweet Tarquin tears tell theatre thee thine thing Thomas Thomas Lucy thou art thought thyself tion Titus Andronicus tongue Tragedy traits Troilus and Cressida true truth unto Venus and Adonis verse Warwickshire William Shakespeare words writing written youth
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Página 186 - And maiden virtue rudely strumpeted, And right perfection wrongfully disgraced, And strength by limping sway disabled, And art made tongue-tied by authority...
Página 180 - O, how much more doth beauty beauteous seem By that sweet ornament which truth doth give! 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, Hang on such thorns and play as wantonly When summer's breath their masked buds discloses; But, for their virtue only is their show, They live unwoo'd and unrespected fade, Die to themselves. Sweet roses do not so; Of their sweet deaths are sweetest...
Página ccii - Save base authority from others' books. • These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights, That give a name to every fixed star, Have no more profit of their shining nights, Than those that walk, and wot not what they are.
Página 169 - O! then vouchsafe me but this loving thought: 'Had my friend's Muse grown with this growing age, A dearer birth than this his love had brought, To march in ranks of better equipage: But since he died and poets better prove, Theirs for their style I'll read, his for his love'.
Página 217 - Past reason hated, as a swallow'd bait, On purpose laid to make the taker mad : Mad in pursuit, and in possession so ; Had, having...
Página 162 - Shall I compare thee to a summer's day ? Thou art more lovely and more temperate : Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date...
Página xciii - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one (from whence they came) Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
Página 218 - Coral is far more red than her lips' red: If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound...
Página lxii - Sweet Swan of Avon! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James!
Página ccxxii - But, look, the morn in russet mantle clad, Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastern hill.