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Common terms and phrasesAngelo Anne Ariel art thou Bawd Ben Johnson better brother Caius Caliban Claudio Clown daughter death Demetrius dost doth Duke Enter Escal Exeunt Exit eyes fair Fairies Falstaff fame father fault fear fense Ford Friar gentle gentleman give grace hath hear heart heav'n Hermia hither honour Host humour Isab King lady Laun look lord Lucio Lysander Madam maid Marry master Brook Mira mistress Ford Naples never night Oxford Editor Philostrate play Poet Pompey pray Prospero Protheus Prov Provost Puck Pyramus Quarto Queen Quic Sbal SCENE Servants Shakespear shew Silvia Sir John Sir John Falstaff Slen speak Speed spirit sweet Sycorax tell thee there's Theseus thing thou art thou hast Thurio Trin Trinculo true Valentine Vulg wife William Shakespeare woman word Popular passagesPage 353 - 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. Page 41 - 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. Page 293 - A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten: In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and... Page 49 - Hence, bashful cunning; And prompt me, plain and holy innocence ! I am your wife, if you will marry me ; If not, I'll die your maid : to be your fellow You may deny me ; but I'll be your servant Whether you will or no. Page 153 - The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report what my dream was. Page 167 - And we fairies, that do run By the triple Hecate's team, From the presence of the sun, Following darkness like a dream, Now are frolic : not a mouse Shall disturb this hallow'd house : I am sent with broom before, To sweep the dust behind the door. Page 94 - But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd Than that which, withering on the virgin thorn, Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness. Page 33 - All things in common, nature should produce Without sweat or endeavour : treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine, Would I not have ; but nature should bring forth, Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance, To feed my innocent people. Page 32 - ... 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. Page 169 - If we shadows have offended. Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumber'd here, While these visions did appear. And this weak and idle theme, No more yielding but a dream, Gentles, do not reprehend: If you pardon, we will mend. References from web pagesInternet Archive: Details: The works of Shakespear: in eight volumes Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet: the blog: Sir Thomas Hanmer Sources only Preface WU Libraries, Special Collections, Online Exhibitions: Art to ... The First Quarto of Romeo and Juliet - Cambridge University Press Montagu, Introduction to An Essay on Shakespear Title Shakespeare « Eighteenth-Century Reading Room Shakespeare's Editors - Alexander Pope Bibliographic information |