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... Rome , A little ere the mightiest Julius fell , : 131 The graves stood tenantless , and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets ; Stars shone with trains of fire ; dews of blood fell ; Disasters veil'd the sun ; and ...
... Rome , A little ere the mightiest Julius fell , : 131 The graves stood tenantless , and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets ; Stars shone with trains of fire ; dews of blood fell ; Disasters veil'd the sun ; and ...
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... Rome , Pol . The actors are come hither , my lord . Ham . Buz , buz ! Pol . Upon mine honour , - Ham . Then came each aftor on his ass , - 540 Pol . The best actors in the world , either for tra- gedy , comedy , history , pastoral ...
... Rome , Pol . The actors are come hither , my lord . Ham . Buz , buz ! Pol . Upon mine honour , - Ham . Then came each aftor on his ass , - 540 Pol . The best actors in the world , either for tra- gedy , comedy , history , pastoral ...
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... Rome , Palmy for victorious ; in the other editions , flourishing . POPE . 130. Stars shone with trains of fire ; dews of blood fell , & c . ] Thus Mr. Rowe altered these lines , which have no immediate connection with the preceding The ...
... Rome , Palmy for victorious ; in the other editions , flourishing . POPE . 130. Stars shone with trains of fire ; dews of blood fell , & c . ] Thus Mr. Rowe altered these lines , which have no immediate connection with the preceding The ...
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... Rome , but the elements have shewn our countrymen like forerunners and foretokens of violent JOHNSON . -events . -precurse of fierce events , - ) Fierce , for terrible . WARBURTON . I rather believe that fierce signifies conspicuous ...
... Rome , but the elements have shewn our countrymen like forerunners and foretokens of violent JOHNSON . -events . -precurse of fierce events , - ) Fierce , for terrible . WARBURTON . I rather believe that fierce signifies conspicuous ...
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... Rome , of Brutus Crassus . " STEEVENS . 84. To groan and sweat- ] All the old copies have , to grunt and sweat . It is undoubtedly the true read- ing , but can scarcely be borne by modern ears . JOHNSON . The change made by the editors ...
... Rome , of Brutus Crassus . " STEEVENS . 84. To groan and sweat- ] All the old copies have , to grunt and sweat . It is undoubtedly the true read- ing , but can scarcely be borne by modern ears . JOHNSON . The change made by the editors ...
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Page 56 - tis none to you; for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. To me it is a prison.
Page 113 - Makes mouths at the invisible event, Exposing what is mortal and unsure To all that fortune, death and danger dare, Even for an egg-shell. Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw, When honour's at the stake.
Page 98 - See, what a grace was seated on this brow ! Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury, New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill ; A combination, and a form, indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man.
Page 32 - What may this mean, That thou, dead corse, again, in complete steel Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon, Making night hideous, and we fools of nature, So horridly to shake our disposition, With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls ? Say, why is this ? wherefore ? what should we do ? [Ghost beckons HAMLET.
Page 152 - Hamlet wrong'd Laertes ? Never, Hamlet : If Hamlet from himself be ta'en away, And, when he's not himself, does wrong Laertes, Then Hamlet does it not, Hamlet denies it. Who does it then ? His madness : Ift be so, Hamlet is of the faction that is wrong'd ; His madness is poor Hamlet's enemy.
Page 17 - Seems, madam ! Nay, it is ; I know not " seems." 'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother, Nor customary suits of solemn black, Nor windy suspiration of...
Page 68 - For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ. I'll have these players Play something like the murder of my father Before mine uncle: I'll observe his looks; I'll tent him to the quick: if he but blench, I know my course.
Page 113 - Now, whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple Of thinking too precisely on the event, — A thought, which, quarter'd, hath but one part wisdom, And, ever, three parts coward, — I do not know Why yet I live to say, This thing's to do ; Sith I have cause, and will, and strength, and means, To do't.
Page 20 - I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on ; and yet, within a month — Let me not think on't.
Page 102 - Ecstasy! My pulse, as yours, doth temperately keep time, And makes as healthful music. It is not madness That I have utter'd : bring me to the test, And I the matter will re-word, which madness Would gambol from.