The Plays of William Shakespeare,: Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George Steevens, Esq. : with Glossarial Notes, and a Sketch of the Life of Shakspeare. : In Eight Volumes. ...Stereotyped by J. Howe--N. York. Philadelphia: Published by H.C. Carey, and I. Lea, and M'Carty & Davis, 1823 |
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He retired some years before his death to a house in Stratford , of which it has been thought important to give the history . It was built by Sir Hugh Clopton , a younger brother of an ancient family in that neighbourhood .
He retired some years before his death to a house in Stratford , of which it has been thought important to give the history . It was built by Sir Hugh Clopton , a younger brother of an ancient family in that neighbourhood .
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Read , if thou canst , whom envious death has plac'd Within this monument : Shakspeare , with whom Quick nature died ; whose name doth deck the tomb Far more than cost : since all that he hath writ Leaves living art but page to serve ...
Read , if thou canst , whom envious death has plac'd Within this monument : Shakspeare , with whom Quick nature died ; whose name doth deck the tomb Far more than cost : since all that he hath writ Leaves living art but page to serve ...
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Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground ; long heath , brown furze , any thing : the wills above be done ! but I would fain die a dry death . [ Exit . SCENE II . The island : before the cell of Prospero ...
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground ; long heath , brown furze , any thing : the wills above be done ! but I would fain die a dry death . [ Exit . SCENE II . The island : before the cell of Prospero ...
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... twixt which regions There is some space . Ant . A space whose every cubit Seems to cry out , How shall that Claribel Measure us back to Naples ? -Keep in Tunis , 1 And let Sebastian wake ! -Say , this were death 40 Act II .
... twixt which regions There is some space . Ant . A space whose every cubit Seems to cry out , How shall that Claribel Measure us back to Naples ? -Keep in Tunis , 1 And let Sebastian wake ! -Say , this were death 40 Act II .
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-Say , this were death That now hath seiz'd them ; why , they were no worse Than now they are : there be , that can rule Naples , As well as he that sleeps ; lords , that can prate As amply , and unnecessarily , As this Gonzalo ...
-Say , this were death That now hath seiz'd them ; why , they were no worse Than now they are : there be , that can rule Naples , As well as he that sleeps ; lords , that can prate As amply , and unnecessarily , As this Gonzalo ...
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| Title | The Plays of William Shakespeare,: Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George Steevens, Esq. : with Glossarial Notes, and a Sketch of the Life of Shakspeare. : In Eight Volumes. ... The Plays of William Shakespeare,: Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George Steevens, Esq. : with Glossarial Notes, and a Sketch of the Life of Shakspeare. : In Eight Volumes, William Shakespeare Volume 1 of The Plays of William Shakspeare, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | George Steevens |
| Publisher | Stereotyped by J. Howe--N. York. Philadelphia: Published by H.C. Carey, and I. Lea, and M'Carty & Davis, 1823 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 19 Jun 2008 |
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