Shakspere: Some Notes on His Character and WritingsEdmonston and Douglas, 1867 - 119 pages |
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... accepted as the true and proper one . The question is thus narrowed to the smallest compass . It becomes those who have taken on themselves to change the orthography , to give some better authority than mere use and wont ,
... accepted as the true and proper one . The question is thus narrowed to the smallest compass . It becomes those who have taken on themselves to change the orthography , to give some better authority than mere use and wont ,
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Ebenezer Forsyth. give some better authority than mere use and wont , which can only be looked on as the senseless perpetuation of an error . Mr Staunton says that it is now too late to change the old and familiar form of Shakespeare ...
Ebenezer Forsyth. give some better authority than mere use and wont , which can only be looked on as the senseless perpetuation of an error . Mr Staunton says that it is now too late to change the old and familiar form of Shakespeare ...
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... better days , If ever been where bells have knoll'd to church , If ever sat at any good man's feast , If ever from your eyelids wiped a tear , And know what ' tis to pity and be pitied , Let gentleness my strong enforcement be- In the ...
... better days , If ever been where bells have knoll'd to church , If ever sat at any good man's feast , If ever from your eyelids wiped a tear , And know what ' tis to pity and be pitied , Let gentleness my strong enforcement be- In the ...
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... better . Use every man after his desert , and who shall ' scape whipping ? Use them after your own honour and dignity . The less they deserve , the more merit is in your bounty . * Shakspere's warmth and geniality of heart may be ...
... better . Use every man after his desert , and who shall ' scape whipping ? Use them after your own honour and dignity . The less they deserve , the more merit is in your bounty . * Shakspere's warmth and geniality of heart may be ...
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... better times to come . The sketch of this character stands alone even in Shakspere , and is worth looking at again as a picture of unmitigated sottishness , yet in its features as true to nature as Corio- lanus or the noblest Roman of ...
... better times to come . The sketch of this character stands alone even in Shakspere , and is worth looking at again as a picture of unmitigated sottishness , yet in its features as true to nature as Corio- lanus or the noblest Roman of ...
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Page 98 - I have of late — but wherefore I know not — lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition...
Page 69 - And this is in the night: — Most glorious night! Thou wert not sent for slumber! let me be A sharer in thy fierce and far delight, — A portion of the tempest and of thee! How the lit lake shines, a phosphoric sea, And the big rain comes dancing to the earth! And now again 'tis black, — and now, the glee Of the loud hills shakes with its mountain-mirth, As if they did rejoice o'er a young earthquake's birth.
Page 4 - But whate'er you are> That in this desert inaccessible, Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time ; If ever you have look'd on better days "} If ever been where bells have knoll'd to church ; If ever sat at any good man's feast ; If ever from your eye-lids wip'da tear, And know what 'tis to pity, and be pitied ; Let gentleness my strong enforcement be : In the which hope, I blush, and hide my sword.
Page 36 - Her own shall bless her: Her foes shake like a field of beaten corn, And hang their heads with sorrow. Good grows with her; 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.
Page 63 - To-day, my lord of Amiens and myself Did steal behind him, as he lay along Under an oak, whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood...
Page 13 - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school : and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used, and, contrary to the king, his crown and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill.
Page 112 - Love thyself last ; cherish those hearts that hate thee: Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not : Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's and truth's...
Page 67 - tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life to lead, From joy to joy; for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith that all which we behold Is full of blessings.
Page 63 - Under an oak whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood : To the which place a poor...
Page 21 - The warrant I have of your honourable disposition, not the worth of my untutored lines, makes it assured of acceptance. What I have done is yours, what I have to do is yours ; being part in all I have devoted yours.