Hamlet Travestie: in Three Acts: With Burlesque Annotations, After the Manner of Dr. Johnson and Geo. Steevens, and the Various CommentatorsJ. Miller, 1814 - 109 pagina's |
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Pagina v
... POET is in some danger of being received with displea- sure , the following production is submitted to the public with that diffidence which the delicacy of its subject must , naturally , excite . In order , however , to remove such ...
... POET is in some danger of being received with displea- sure , the following production is submitted to the public with that diffidence which the delicacy of its subject must , naturally , excite . In order , however , to remove such ...
Pagina vi
... remains undiminished : and it would be an insult to the high character of OUR POET , were it supposed that the wreath is so loosely twined around his brows as to be endangered by so mere a trifle as that which gives rise vi PREFACE .
... remains undiminished : and it would be an insult to the high character of OUR POET , were it supposed that the wreath is so loosely twined around his brows as to be endangered by so mere a trifle as that which gives rise vi PREFACE .
Pagina vii
... poet , it is presumed that nei- ther will be required for the freedom that is used in the treatment of his annotators : for no real admirer of SHAKSPEARE but must feel indignant at finding his sense per- verted , and his meaning ...
... poet , it is presumed that nei- ther will be required for the freedom that is used in the treatment of his annotators : for no real admirer of SHAKSPEARE but must feel indignant at finding his sense per- verted , and his meaning ...
Pagina viii
... poets of the present day have wisely provided against injuries of this nature ; for , with the assistance of an abundance of notes , they have so clearly explained their own meanings ( which , it must be confessed , would , otherwise ...
... poets of the present day have wisely provided against injuries of this nature ; for , with the assistance of an abundance of notes , they have so clearly explained their own meanings ( which , it must be confessed , would , otherwise ...
Pagina 77
... poet . As a mere illustration of the passage , it may be sufficient to remark , " that sit- ting upon pins and needles " is to this day used , in the more elegant and the graver sort of compositions , as an expression of impatience ...
... poet . As a mere illustration of the passage , it may be sufficient to remark , " that sit- ting upon pins and needles " is to this day used , in the more elegant and the graver sort of compositions , as an expression of impatience ...
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actors ANNOTATIONS BERNARDO burlesque Cheer d'ye dear Denmark wore Derry die game dish'd doubt drink Edition Enter HAMLET Enter HORATIO Enter KING Exeunt Exit Queen expose That dirty father fellow gallopping randy dandy gammon GENTLEMEN Gertrude Ghost give grave Gravedigger Guild GUILDENSTERN HAMLET and HORATIO HAMLET TRAVESTIE Hamlet's the lad hath Heigho Hey randy dandy hungry mouser is't Jack Frost JOHNSON LADIES Laertes latten MAJESTY Marcellus meaning Merry Andrew mother mutton never night nose Ophelia Ophelia's the maid Osrick Palace pantomime passage pickled play poet poison'd Polonius POPE Pray prologue quarto Queen of Denmark Ri tol tiddy Rosen ROSENCRANTZ says Horatio SCENE SONG.-HAMLET soon STEEVENS swear tell a dray-horse thee THEOBALD there's thou Tol de rol tomb-stone trumpet's tantarara Trumpets and Drums Tune twas twill WARBURTON what's whilst Zounds
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Pagina 2 - Hamlet. You're out, my Lord : I'm too much in the sun Queen. Come, Hamlet, leave off crying ; 'tis in vain, Since crying will not bring him back again. Besides, 'tis common : all that live must dieSo blow your nose, my dear, and do not cry.
Pagina 107 - 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.
Pagina 25 - twas easy to perceive That I didn't care a fig for you, as now you will believe. In future trust to none of us ; we're arrant knaves at best ; And I (as soon you'll find) am no better than the rest. Won't you, won't you, &c. If you marry (just to comfort you) this...