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... mind of a much loftier poet . Of the manner in which Barnfield , in fact though not in words , repudiated them , I was not aware when I formerly adverted to that part of the subject ' . 1 See this Vol . p . 154 , and Vol . iii . p . 214 ...
... mind of a much loftier poet . Of the manner in which Barnfield , in fact though not in words , repudiated them , I was not aware when I formerly adverted to that part of the subject ' . 1 See this Vol . p . 154 , and Vol . iii . p . 214 ...
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... mind how little had been done , in this respect , by all the commentators during the last 150 years , the principle I laid down to myself , in my former edition , was that of adhering to the words and letters of the old copies in 4to ...
... mind how little had been done , in this respect , by all the commentators during the last 150 years , the principle I laid down to myself , in my former edition , was that of adhering to the words and letters of the old copies in 4to ...
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... be so good as to observe , that for the sake of brevity I have invariably designated it in this form - corr . fo . 1632. It is necessary to bear this in mind throughout my notes . the same vicinity . The Spenser , I am The X PREFACE.
... be so good as to observe , that for the sake of brevity I have invariably designated it in this form - corr . fo . 1632. It is necessary to bear this in mind throughout my notes . the same vicinity . The Spenser , I am The X PREFACE.
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... mind , wherever these two words occur , that Mr. Dyce means by " specious " that the emendation ought to be adopted ; and by " suspicious " that the old text ought to be rejected . In the first case he wants candour to admit an ...
... mind , wherever these two words occur , that Mr. Dyce means by " specious " that the emendation ought to be adopted ; and by " suspicious " that the old text ought to be rejected . In the first case he wants candour to admit an ...
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... mind ; and what the careless and thoughtless compositor did was to misprint the poet's words " nor other " murther . The emendation " nor other , " for murther , must inevitably be adopted by every editor who allows impartiality to ...
... mind ; and what the careless and thoughtless compositor did was to misprint the poet's words " nor other " murther . The emendation " nor other , " for murther , must inevitably be adopted by every editor who allows impartiality to ...
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Page 58 - Be not afeard ; the isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears, and sometimes voices That, if I then had waked after long sleep, Will make me sleep again : and then, in dreaming, The clouds methought would open and show riches Ready to drop upon me, that, when I waked, I cried to dream again.
Page 306 - tis too horrible ! The weariest and most loathed worldly life, That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.
Page 76 - Where the bee sucks, there suck I; In a cowslip's bell I lie: There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat's back I do fly, After summer, merrily : Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
Page 306 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods...
Page 227 - Many were the wit-combats betwixt him and Ben Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war ; Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakespeare...
Page 84 - tis true, I must be here confin'd by you, Or sent to Naples : Let me not, Since I have my dukedom got, And pardon'd the deceiver, dwell In this bare island, by your spell ; But release me from my bands, With the help of your good hands ', Gentle breath of yours my sails Must fill, or else my project fails, Which was to please : Now I want Spirits to enforce, art to enchant ; And my ending is despair, Unless I be reliev'd by prayer ; Which pierces so, that it assaults Mercy itself, and frees all faults....
Page 62 - O, it is monstrous! monstrous! Methought, the billows spoke, and told me of it; The winds did sing it to me; and the thunder, That deep and dreadful organ-pipe, pronounc'd The name of Prosper; it did bass my trespass. Therefore my son i" the ooze is bedded ; and I'll seek him deeper than e'er plummet sounded, And with him there lie mudded.
Page 266 - That to the observer doth thy history Fully unfold. Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd But to fine issues, nor Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But, like a thrifty goddess, she determines Herself the glory of a creditor,...
Page 74 - gainst my fury Do I take part : the rarer action is In virtue than in vengeance : they being penitent, The sole drift of my purpose doth extend Not a frown further : Go, release them, Ariel ; My charms I'll break, their senses I'll restore, And they shall be themselves.
Page 254 - My Shakespeare rise! I will not lodge thee by Chaucer, or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lie A little further, to make thee a room: Thou art a monument without a tomb, And art alive still while thy book doth live And we have wits to read, and praise to give.