Shakespeare in Germany in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: An Account of Englisch Actors in Germany and the Netherlands and of the Plays Performed by Them During the Same Period : with Two Plates of Facsimiles

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Asher, 1865 - 422 pages
 

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Page 343 - O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon, That monthly changes in her circled orb, Lest that thy love prove likewise variable. ROMEO. What shall I swear by? JULIET. Do not swear at all; Or, if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self, Which is the god of my idolatry, And I'll believe thee.
Page 1 - Jeronimo" or "Andronicus" are the best plays yet, shall pass unexcepted at here, as a man whose judgment shows it is constant, and hath stood still these five and twenty or thirty years. Though it be an ignorance, it is a virtuous and staid ignorance; and next to truth, a confirmed error does well; such a one the author knows where to find him.
Page 281 - ... promote your recovery. We will give you some of our own attendants, who shall accompany you, and serve you faithfully. HAMLET. Ay ay, King, send me off to Portugal, that I may never come back again, that is the best plan. KING. No, not to Portugal but to England, and those two shall accompany you on the journey.
Page 259 - ... hath found them. SCENE III. OPHELIA. OPHELIA. Alas! my father protect me. CORAMB. How now Ophelia, what aileth thee? OPHELIA. Alas! my father, Prince Hamlet doth plague me; I can have no peace for him. CORAMB. Never mind it, my dear daughter. But tell me, he hath not done anything else to you? O! now I know why Prince Hamlet is mad : he is certainly in love with my daughter. KING. Hath love then so much potency that it depriveth a man of his wits. CORAMB. My gracious master and king, most assuredly...

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