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Pagina 33
Ophelia . Pray , what ' s the play , my Lord ? Hamlet . I ' ve ne ' er a bill ; I cannot
tell ; — but that rum jockey will . THE CURTAIN RISES . Enter 2d Actor as
Prologue . For us , and for our pantomime , We beg you ' ll give us grace and time
( h ) .
Ophelia . Pray , what ' s the play , my Lord ? Hamlet . I ' ve ne ' er a bill ; I cannot
tell ; — but that rum jockey will . THE CURTAIN RISES . Enter 2d Actor as
Prologue . For us , and for our pantomime , We beg you ' ll give us grace and time
( h ) .
Pagina 34
THE PANTOMIME ( ) . SCENE - A garden . Enter Duke and Duchess - They
embrace — Vow eternal love and constancy - Duke suddenly taken ill —
Duchess alarmed - Shrieks - Enter a Page - Exit — and return with a bottle and
glass ...
THE PANTOMIME ( ) . SCENE - A garden . Enter Duke and Duchess - They
embrace — Vow eternal love and constancy - Duke suddenly taken ill —
Duchess alarmed - Shrieks - Enter a Page - Exit — and return with a bottle and
glass ...
Pagina 59
When depriv ' d of our breath , By that harlequin , Death , His pantomime -
changes fast follow : First his magic displaces Eyes and nose from our faces ,
And like this leaves them ghastly and hollow . ' Tis to him the same thing ,
Whether beggar ...
When depriv ' d of our breath , By that harlequin , Death , His pantomime -
changes fast follow : First his magic displaces Eyes and nose from our faces ,
And like this leaves them ghastly and hollow . ' Tis to him the same thing ,
Whether beggar ...
Pagina 91
For us , grace , or indulgence ; for our pantomime , the time requisite for its
performance . This exquisite prologue stands unrivalled . Unlike similar
compositions of our own times , it neither fatigues by a dull and formal prolixity ,
nor disgusts by ...
For us , grace , or indulgence ; for our pantomime , the time requisite for its
performance . This exquisite prologue stands unrivalled . Unlike similar
compositions of our own times , it neither fatigues by a dull and formal prolixity ,
nor disgusts by ...
Pagina 92
( 0 ) — THE PANTOMIME . Some of the later editions have it , “ The MeloDrama ;
" but it is evidently an alteration of some modern editor , emanating from
incogitancy . The melodrama , which was neither tragedy , nor comedy , nor
opera , nor ...
( 0 ) — THE PANTOMIME . Some of the later editions have it , “ The MeloDrama ;
" but it is evidently an alteration of some modern editor , emanating from
incogitancy . The melodrama , which was neither tragedy , nor comedy , nor
opera , nor ...
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actors ANNOTATIONS bear beauty better bring called Cheer Commentators consider critic dead dear death Denmark Derry dirty doubt drink Drums Edition Enter Enter Hamlet Exeunt Exit face father fear follow GENTLEMEN Ghost give grace grave Gravedigger Guild GUILDENSTERN Hamlet hand he's head hold hope I'll intended is't JOHNSON keep kill King LADIES Laertes leave look Lord maid Marcellus meaning meet mind minute mother nature never night nose once Ophelia Osrick Palace pantomime passage play poet Polonius poor POPE Pray present Queen randy dandy reason Ri tol tiddy Rosen ROSENCRANTZ says Horatio SCENE sense Sings sitting soon STEEVENS suppose sure tell thee there's thing thou Tol de rol travesty true trumpet Tune WARBURTON watch what's whilst young
Populaire passages
Pagina 86 - Shakespeare was godfather to one of Ben Jonson's children, and, after the christening, being in a deep study, Jonson came to cheer him up, and asked him why he was so melancholy. ' No faith, Ben,' says he, ' not I, but I have been considering a great while what should be the fittest gift for me to bestow upon my godchild, and I have resolved at last.' ' I prythee, what ? ' says he. ' I' faith, Ben, I'll e'en give him a dozen good Latin (latten) spoons, and thou shalt translate them.
Pagina 53 - And will he not come again? And will he not come again? No, no, he is dead; Go to thy death-bed, He never will come again. His beard was as white as snow All flaxen was his poll, He is gone, he is gone, And we cast away moan: God ha
Pagina 71 - How science dwindles, and how volumes swell. How commentators each dark passage shun, And hold their farthing candle to the Sun.
Pagina 36 - And it's oh! dear! what can the matter be? Dear! dear! what can the matter be?
Pagina 104 - Hawkins is of opinion that tan-ta-ra-ra is not exactly imitative of the note of the trumpet, which is tan-ia-ra-ra-ra ; but Dr. Burney assures me that it was not until about the middle of the seventeenth century that this innovation in trumpetology was known, when it was introduced by one Hans Von Puffenblowenschwartz, trumpeter to the gallant Prince Rupert.
Pagina 23 - O, I wish it were my turn to-morrow! But, perchance, in that sleep we may dream, For we dream in our beds very often — Now, however capricious 't may seem, I've no relish for dreams in a coffin.
Pagina 3 - I'd give if a sure way I knew, How to thaw and resolve my stout flesh into dew ! How happy were I if no sin was self-slaughter ! For I'd then throw myself and my cares in the water. , Derry down, down, down, derry down. How weary, how profitless, — stale, and how flat, Seem to me all life's uses, its joys, and all that : This world is a garden unweeded...
Pagina 107 - ... goes on in a train of philosophical reasoning that leaves the reader in astonishment Johnson, with true piety, adopts the fanciful hypothesis, declaring it to be a noble emendation, which almost sets the critic on a level with the author.