Much ado about nothing. The marchant of Venice. Love's labour lost. As you like it. Taming the shrewJ. and P. Knapton, S. Birt, T. Longman and T. Shewell, H. Lintott, C. Hitch, J. Brindley, J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, R. Wellington, E. New, and B. Dod., 1747 |
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... prizing what they look on ; and her wit Values itself fo highly , that to her All matter else feems weak ; fhe cannot love , 1 Wild hawks . Mr. Pope . Nor Nor take no fhape nor project of affection , She 40 MUCH ADO about NOTHING .
... prizing what they look on ; and her wit Values itself fo highly , that to her All matter else feems weak ; fhe cannot love , 1 Wild hawks . Mr. Pope . Nor Nor take no fhape nor project of affection , She 40 MUCH ADO about NOTHING .
Page 51
... feems as maffie as his club . Conr . All this I fee , and fee , that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man ... feems to have a sense of reli- gion , and to be under its influence . What Pedro fays of Benedick , in this comedy ...
... feems as maffie as his club . Conr . All this I fee , and fee , that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man ... feems to have a sense of reli- gion , and to be under its influence . What Pedro fays of Benedick , in this comedy ...
Page 117
... feems to imitate that of Syrus to Demea in the Brothers of Terence ubi eas præterieris , Ad finiftram bac rectâ plateâ : ubi ad Dianæ veneris , Ito ad dextram : prius quam ad portam venias , & C . I 3 Laun . Laun . Do you not know me ...
... feems to imitate that of Syrus to Demea in the Brothers of Terence ubi eas præterieris , Ad finiftram bac rectâ plateâ : ubi ad Dianæ veneris , Ito ad dextram : prius quam ad portam venias , & C . I 3 Laun . Laun . Do you not know me ...
Page 120
... feems to have taken its rife from the accident of a loft line in tranfcribing the play for the prefs ; fo that the paffage , for the future , fhould be printed thus , Well , if any man in Italy have a fairer table , which doth ...
... feems to have taken its rife from the accident of a loft line in tranfcribing the play for the prefs ; fo that the paffage , for the future , fhould be printed thus , Well , if any man in Italy have a fairer table , which doth ...
Page 152
... course of law ; For 9 The Duke cannot deny , & c- ] As the reafon here given feems a little perplexed , it may be proper to explain it . If , fays he , the For the commodity that strangers have With us in Venice 152 The Merchant of VENICE .
... course of law ; For 9 The Duke cannot deny , & c- ] As the reafon here given feems a little perplexed , it may be proper to explain it . If , fays he , the For the commodity that strangers have With us in Venice 152 The Merchant of VENICE .
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Page 324 - Tis but an hour ago since it was nine, And after one hour more 'twill be eleven ; And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot ; And thereby hangs a tale.
Page 109 - I hate him for he is a Christian ; But more for that in low simplicity He lends out money gratis, and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice. If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
Page 476 - Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance commits his body To painful labour both by sea and land...
Page 65 - Of every hearer; for it so falls out, That what we have we prize not to the worth, Whiles we enjoy it; but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value; then we find The virtue, that possession would not show us, Whiles it was ours...
Page 246 - But love, first learned in a lady's eyes, Lives not alone immured in the brain; But with the motion of all elements, Courses as swift as thought in every power; And gives to every power a double power, Above their functions and their offices.
Page 318 - Ay, now am I in Arden ; the more fool I : when I was at home, I was in a better place : but travellers must be content.
Page 312 - The seasons' difference; as, the icy fang, And churlish chiding of the winter's wind; Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile, and say,— This is no flattery: these are counsellors That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Page 207 - Biron they call him; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his wit; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest...
Page 285 - A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it...
Page 167 - I will be bound to pay it ten times o'er, On forfeit of my hands, my head, my heart: If this will not suffice, it must appear That malice bears down truth. And I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority: To do a great right, do a little wrong, And curb this cruel devil of his will.