The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the corrected copies left by G. Steevens and E. Malone, with a selection of notes from the most eminent commentors by A. Chalmers, المجلد 1 |
من داخل الكتاب
الصفحة 21
... of general nature . Particular manners can be known to few , and therefore few only can judge how nearly they are copied . The irregular combin- ations of fanciful invention may delight awhile , by that novelty of which the common ...
... of general nature . Particular manners can be known to few , and therefore few only can judge how nearly they are copied . The irregular combin- ations of fanciful invention may delight awhile , by that novelty of which the common ...
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
acted ancient Anne appears believe Caius called characters common copies daughter death drama Duke edition English Enter Exeunt exhibited Exit eyes fair father follow Ford give given hand hath hear heart heaven Henry Host I'll Italy John kind King lady language Laun learning leave letter living look lord Malone marry master means mind mistress nature never observed original Page passage performed perhaps persons piece play poet pray present printed probably Proteus queen Quick reason represented scenes seems servant Shakspeare Shakspeare's Shal Silvia sometimes speak Speed spirit stage stand STEEVENS suppose tell term theatre thee thing thou thought true Valentine viii wife woman writer written
مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 84 - Is to make midnight mushrooms, that rejoice To hear the solemn curfew; by whose aid, Weak masters though ye be, I have bedimm'd The noontide sun, call'd forth the mutinous winds, And 'twixt the green sea and the azur'd vault Set roaring war; to the dread rattling thunder Have I given fire, and rifted Jove's stout oak With his own bolt...
الصفحة 91 - What is this maid, with whom thou wast at play? Your eld'st acquaintance cannot be three hours : Is she the goddess that hath sever'd us, And brought us thus together?
الصفحة 47 - Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.
الصفحة 38 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things: For no kind of traffic Would I admit; no name of magistrate; Letters should not be known ; riches, poverty, And use of service, none; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none; No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil; No occupation; all men idle, all, And women too, but innocent and pure : No sovereignty— Seb.
الصفحة 62 - 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.
الصفحة 83 - 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.
الصفحة 22 - His persons act and speak by the influence of those general passions and principles by which all minds are agitated, and the whole system of life is continued in motion.
الصفحة 32 - A quibble is to Shakespeare, what luminous vapours are to the traveller ; he follows it at all adventures ; it is sure to lead him out of his way, and sure to engulf him in the mire.
الصفحة 117 - O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day ; Which now shows all the beauty of the sun, And by and by a cloud takes all away ! Re-enter PANTHINO.
الصفحة 23 - Other dramatists can only gain attention by hyperbolical or aggravated characters, by fabulous and unexampled excellence or depravity, as the writers of barbarous romances invigorated the reader by a giant and a dwarf; and he that should form his expectations of human affairs from the play, or from the tale, would be equally deceived.