The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 3C. and A. Conrad, 1805 |
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Page 45
... Hanmer's note , King Lear , Act V , sc . iii . Steevens . Mrs. Quickly scarcely ever pronounces a hard word rightly . Good - jer and Good - year were in our author's time common corrup- tions of goujere ; and in the books of that age ...
... Hanmer's note , King Lear , Act V , sc . iii . Steevens . Mrs. Quickly scarcely ever pronounces a hard word rightly . Good - jer and Good - year were in our author's time common corrup- tions of goujere ; and in the books of that age ...
Page 50
... Hanmer says , to hack , means to turn hackney ; or prosti- tute . I suppose he means - These knights will degrade themselves , so that she will acquire no honour by being connected with them . It is not , however , impossible that ...
... Hanmer says , to hack , means to turn hackney ; or prosti- tute . I suppose he means - These knights will degrade themselves , so that she will acquire no honour by being connected with them . It is not , however , impossible that ...
Page 59
... Hanmer reads - Mynheers . Steevens . There can be no doubt that this passage is corrupt . Perhaps we should read - Will you go and hear us ? So , in the next page— “ I had rather hear them scold than fight . " Malone . 5 words : in his ...
... Hanmer reads - Mynheers . Steevens . There can be no doubt that this passage is corrupt . Perhaps we should read - Will you go and hear us ? So , in the next page— “ I had rather hear them scold than fight . " Malone . 5 words : in his ...
Page 63
... Hanmer says , that this was " a noted harbour for thieves and pickpockets , " who certainly were proper companions for a man of Pistol's profession . But Falstaff here more immediately means to ridicule another of his friend's vices ...
... Hanmer says , that this was " a noted harbour for thieves and pickpockets , " who certainly were proper companions for a man of Pistol's profession . But Falstaff here more immediately means to ridicule another of his friend's vices ...
Page 76
... Hanmer reads - Cardalian , as used corruptedly for Caur de Lion . Johnson . Castilian and Ethiopian , like time to have been cant terms . Cataian , appear in our author's I have met with them in more Caius . I pray you , bear vitness ...
... Hanmer reads - Cardalian , as used corruptedly for Caur de Lion . Johnson . Castilian and Ethiopian , like time to have been cant terms . Cataian , appear in our author's I have met with them in more Caius . I pray you , bear vitness ...
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ancient Angelo Anne bawd believe brother Caius called Claudio Clown comedy Cymbeline death devil doth Duke edit editors emendation Enter Escal Exeunt Exit Falstaff fault fool friar gentleman give Hanmer hath hear heart heaven honour Host humour Illyria Isab Johnson King Henry King Lear knight lady letter lord Lucio Macbeth maid Malone Malvolio marry Mason master Brook master doctor means Measure for Measure merry Midsummer Night's Dream old copy Othello passage phrase play Pompey pray Prov Provost quarto Quick Ritson scene second folio seems sense Shakspeare Shakspeare's Shal signifies Sir Andrew Sir ANDREW AGUE-CHEEK Sir Hugh sir John Sir Thomas Hanmer Sir Toby Slen Slender soul speak speech Steevens suppose sweet tell thee Theobald thou art true Twelfth Night Tyrwhitt Warburton Windsor woman word
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Page 327 - Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt.
Page 162 - O spirit of love ! how quick and fresh art thou, That, notwithstanding thy capacity Receiveth as the sea...
Page 377 - I humbly thank you. To sue to live, I find, I seek to die : And. seeking death, find life : Let it come on.
Page 220 - A blank, my lord. She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek: she pined in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy She sat like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
Page 79 - The rest complains of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning yields. A honey tongue, a heart of gall Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall.
Page 304 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely...
Page 327 - We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror.
Page 343 - Well believe this, No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, The marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe, Become them with one half so good a grace, As mercy does.
Page 215 - What years i' faith? VIOLA About your years my Lord. DUKE Too old by heaven: let still the woman take An elder than herself, so wears she to him; So sways she level in her husband's heart: For boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are.
Page 202 - O mistress mine, where are you roaming ? O, stay and hear; your true love's coming, That can sing both high and low: Trip no further, pretty sweeting; Journeys end in lovers meeting, Every wise man's son doth know.