Illustrations of Shakespeare, and of Ancient Manners: With Dissertations on the Clowns and Fools of Shakespeare; on the Collection of Popular Tales Entitled Gesta Romanorum; and on the English Morris Dance, Svazek 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807 |
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... all their affecta- tion , are probably the least learned , but will undoubtedly remain so ; and it may be justly remarked on this occasion , in the language of the writer who has best illustrated the principles of taste , vi PREFACE .
... all their affecta- tion , are probably the least learned , but will undoubtedly remain so ; and it may be justly remarked on this occasion , in the language of the writer who has best illustrated the principles of taste , vi PREFACE .
Strana x
... learned and ac- complished commentator that he had himself con- descended to examine a multitude of volumes of the above class , and even to use them with ad- vantage to his readers in the course of his notes . With respect to what is ...
... learned and ac- complished commentator that he had himself con- descended to examine a multitude of volumes of the above class , and even to use them with ad- vantage to his readers in the course of his notes . With respect to what is ...
Strana xi
... importance , seem to forget that comments and illustrations are designed for the more ignorant class of readers , who are always the most numerous ; and that very few possess the happiness and advantage of being wise or learned PREFACE .
... importance , seem to forget that comments and illustrations are designed for the more ignorant class of readers , who are always the most numerous ; and that very few possess the happiness and advantage of being wise or learned PREFACE .
Strana xii
... learned . It might be thought that in the following pages exemplifications of the senses of words have been sometimes unnecessarily introduced where others had already been given ; but this has only been done where the new ones were ...
... learned . It might be thought that in the following pages exemplifications of the senses of words have been sometimes unnecessarily introduced where others had already been given ; but this has only been done where the new ones were ...
Strana 17
... learned and intelligent French gentleman recently arrived from Ceylon , who adds that the Cingalese would often request of him to permit them to look for the hare through his telescope , and exclaim in raptures , that they saw it . It ...
... learned and intelligent French gentleman recently arrived from Ceylon , who adds that the Cingalese would often request of him to permit them to look for the hare through his telescope , and exclaim in raptures , that they saw it . It ...
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Strana 14 - A strange fish! 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.
Strana 300 - I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano ; A stage, where every man must play a part, And mine a sad one.
Strana 396 - Howe'er you come to know it, answer me: Though you untie the winds and let them fight Against the churches; though the yesty waves Confound and swallow navigation up; Though bladed corn be lodged and trees blown down; Though castles topple on their warders...
Strana 429 - I cannot blame him : at my nativity The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, Of burning cressets ; and at my birth The frame and huge foundation of the earth Shak'd like a coward.
Strana 3 - I'd divide, And burn in many places ; on the topmast, The yards and bowsprit, would I flame distinctly, Then meet, and join. Jove's lightnings, the precursors O...
Strana 410 - All murder'd: for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...
Strana 198 - That the graves, all gaping wide, Every one lets forth his sprite, In the church-way paths to glide : And we fairies, that do run By the triple Hecate's team...
Strana 478 - On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object : can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France ? or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt...
Strana 356 - But nature makes that mean: so, o'er that art, Which you say adds to nature, is an art That nature makes. You see, sweet maid, we marry A gentler...
Strana 409 - And prithee, lead me in : There take an inventory of all I have, To the last penny; 'tis the king's : my robe, And my integrity to heaven, is all I dare now call mine own.