Illustrations of Shakespeare, and of Ancient Manners: With Dissertations on the Clowns and Fools of Shakespeare; on the Collection of Popular Tales Entitled Gesta Romanorum; and on the English Morris Dance, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807 |
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Pagina 85
... allusion to a triumphal arch , as Dr. Warbur- ton supposed , or even of a fabric standing on pillars , according to Dr. Johnson . The wide arch may refer to the vast concave of the Roman world , its wide domains covered by the arch of ...
... allusion to a triumphal arch , as Dr. Warbur- ton supposed , or even of a fabric standing on pillars , according to Dr. Johnson . The wide arch may refer to the vast concave of the Roman world , its wide domains covered by the arch of ...
Pagina 96
... allusion is intended . This is to the old card game of trump , which bore a very strong resemblance to our modern whist . It was played by two against two , and sometimes by three against three . It is thus mentioned in Gammer Gurton's ...
... allusion is intended . This is to the old card game of trump , which bore a very strong resemblance to our modern whist . It was played by two against two , and sometimes by three against three . It is thus mentioned in Gammer Gurton's ...
Pagina 116
... author is here indebted to Virgil's " Flectere si nequeo superos , Acheronta movebo . " This may be added to the list of classical allusions at the end of the play . ACT V. Scene 1. Page 351 . AAR . An 116 TITUS ANDRONICUS .
... author is here indebted to Virgil's " Flectere si nequeo superos , Acheronta movebo . " This may be added to the list of classical allusions at the end of the play . ACT V. Scene 1. Page 351 . AAR . An 116 TITUS ANDRONICUS .
Pagina 129
... vain attempts of a fool to escape the jaws of his adversary form the whole of the subject ? The allusion there- fore is to some such print as Mr. Steevens happily VOL . II . K 1 remembered to have seen , in which death plun PERICLES . 129.
... vain attempts of a fool to escape the jaws of his adversary form the whole of the subject ? The allusion there- fore is to some such print as Mr. Steevens happily VOL . II . K 1 remembered to have seen , in which death plun PERICLES . 129.
Pagina 131
... allusion to the lues venerea , though the words French crowns in their literal acceptation were certainly also in Boult's thoughts . " Mr. Mason sees no allusion whatever to the above disease . That a French crown did signify the ...
... allusion to the lues venerea , though the words French crowns in their literal acceptation were certainly also in Boult's thoughts . " Mr. Mason sees no allusion whatever to the above disease . That a French crown did signify the ...
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Illustrations of Shakespeare, and of Ancient Manners: With ..., Volume 2 Francis Douce Volledige weergave - 1807 |
Illustrations of Shakspeare, and of Ancient Manners:: With ..., Volume 2 Francis Douce Volledige weergave - 1807 |
Illustrations of Shakespeare, and of Ancient Manners: With ..., Volume 2 Francis Douce Volledige weergave - 1807 |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 200 - And then it started, like a guilty thing Upon a fearful summons. I have heard The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn, Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat Awake the god of day; and at his warning. Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air, The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine; and of the truth herein This present object made probation.
Pagina 185 - O, mickle is the powerful grace that lies In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities: For nought so vile that on the earth doth live But to the earth some special good doth give...
Pagina 107 - Those rich-left heirs that let their fathers lie Without a monument !) bring thee all this ; Yea, and furr'd moss besides, when flowers are none, To winter-ground thy corse.
Pagina 95 - That which is now a horse, even with a thought The rack dislimns, and makes it indistinct, As water is in water. EROS. It does, my lord. ANT. My good knave Eros, now thy captain is Even such a body. Here I am Antony; Yet cannot hold this visible shape, my knave.
Pagina 245 - That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger To sound what stop she please. Give me that man That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart, As I do thee.
Pagina 86 - I'll leave you, lady. Cleo. Courteous lord, one word. Sir, you and I must part, — but that's not it: Sir, you and I have lov'd, — but there's not it; That you know well : Something it is I would, — O, my oblivion is a very Antony, And I am all forgotten.
Pagina 180 - Of healths five fathom deep ; and then anon Drums in his ear, at which he starts, and wakes ; And, being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again. This is that very Mab, That plats the manes of horses in the night; And bakes the elf-locks in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes.
Pagina 250 - ... would seem to know my stops; you would pluck out the heart of my mystery; you would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass; and there is much music, excellent voice, in this little organ, yet cannot you make it speak. 'Sblood, do you think I am easier to be played on than a pipe? Call me what instrument you will, though you can fret me, you cannot play upon me.
Pagina 162 - Thou art the thing itself; unaccommodated man is no more but such a poor, bare, forked animal as thou art.
Pagina 225 - With juice of cursed hebenon in a vial, And in the porches of mine ears did pour The leperous distilment; whose effect Holds such an enmity with blood of man, That, swift as quicksilver, it courses through The natural gates and alleys of the body ; And, with a sudden vigour, it doth posset And curd, like eager droppings into milk, The thin and wholesome blood...