The Works of Shakespeare: Collated with the Oldest Copies, and Corrected, Volume 1C. Bathurst, 1773 |
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Page xi
... thefe may light , Which , when it founds at beft , but echoes right ; Or blind affection , which doth ne'er advance The truth , but gropes , and urgeth all by chance ; Or crafty malice might pretend this praise , And think to ruin ...
... thefe may light , Which , when it founds at beft , but echoes right ; Or blind affection , which doth ne'er advance The truth , but gropes , and urgeth all by chance ; Or crafty malice might pretend this praise , And think to ruin ...
Page xxix
... thefe ends . His Twelfth Night , particularly , begins with a fine re- flection that admirablymarks its foothingproperties .. That strain again ; -It had a dying fall . Oh , it came o'er ny ear like the fweet south , 2 3 That That ...
... thefe ends . His Twelfth Night , particularly , begins with a fine re- flection that admirablymarks its foothingproperties .. That strain again ; -It had a dying fall . Oh , it came o'er ny ear like the fweet south , 2 3 That That ...
Page xxxi
... thefe different effects in mufick ; fo Milton has brought it into each poem as the exciter of each affection : and left we fhould mistake him , as meaning that different airs had this different power , ( which every fidler is proud to ...
... thefe different effects in mufick ; fo Milton has brought it into each poem as the exciter of each affection : and left we fhould mistake him , as meaning that different airs had this different power , ( which every fidler is proud to ...
Page xxxv
... thefe his latent beauties , when I have made a fhort com- ment upon a remarkable paffage from Julius Cafar , which is inexpreffibly fine in itself , and greatly difcovers our Author's knowledge and researches into nature . Between the ...
... thefe his latent beauties , when I have made a fhort com- ment upon a remarkable paffage from Julius Cafar , which is inexpreffibly fine in itself , and greatly difcovers our Author's knowledge and researches into nature . Between the ...
Page xxxviii
... thefe more latter informations , than went back to those fountains , for which he might entertain a fincere veneration , but to which he could not have fo ready a recoùrfe . In touching on another part of his learning as it related to ...
... thefe more latter informations , than went back to those fountains , for which he might entertain a fincere veneration , but to which he could not have fo ready a recoùrfe . In touching on another part of his learning as it related to ...
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Page 35 - Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.
Page 63 - Though with their high wrongs I am struck to the quick, Yet, with my nobler reason, 'gainst my fury Do I take part : the rarer action is In virtue than in vengeance...
Page 309 - 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.
Page 199 - Love doth to her eyes repair, To help him of his blindness ; And, being help'd, inhabits there. Then to Silvia let us sing, That Silvia is excelling ; She excels each mortal thing Upon the dull earth dwelling ; To her let us garlands bring.
Page 319 - Stands at a guard with envy ; scarce confesses That his blood flows, or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone : hence shall we see, If power change purpose, what our seemers be.
Page 132 - The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report what my dream was.
Page lxi - I commend my soul into the hands of God my Creator, hoping, and assuredly believing, through the only merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour, to be made partaker of life everlasting ; and my body to the earth whereof it is made.
Page 69 - O ! wonder ! How many goodly creatures are there here ! How beauteous mankind is ! O brave new world, That has such people in't ! Pro.
Page 42 - Hence, bashful cunning ! And prompt me, plain and holy innocence ! I am your wife, if you will marry me ; If not, I'll die your maid : to be your fellow You may deny me ; but I'll be your servant, Whether you will or no.
Page xii - Shakespeare, must enjoy a part. For though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion; and, that he Who casts to write a living line, must sweat (Such as thine are) and strike the second heat Upon the Muses...