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, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807 - Gesta Romanorum |
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... thy othe , Hast cruelly her brother done to death . " In Cinthio Giraldi's novel , it is " Vous avez commis deux crimes fort grans , l'un d'avoir diffamé cette jeune femme , par telle tromperie que l'on 150 MEASURE FOR MEASURE .
... thy othe , Hast cruelly her brother done to death . " In Cinthio Giraldi's novel , it is " Vous avez commis deux crimes fort grans , l'un d'avoir diffamé cette jeune femme , par telle tromperie que l'on 150 MEASURE FOR MEASURE .
Page 153
... novel 5. decad . 8. in Cinthio Giraldi . It is proba- ble that the general outline of the story is founded on fact , as it is related , with some variety of cir- cumstance , by several writers , and appears to have been very popular ...
... novel 5. decad . 8. in Cinthio Giraldi . It is proba- ble that the general outline of the story is founded on fact , as it is related , with some variety of cir- cumstance , by several writers , and appears to have been very popular ...
Page 154
... novels , there are three additional of his own invention . The first of these relates to a captain , who , having seduced the wife of one of his soldiers under a promise to save the life of her husband , exhibited him soon afterwards ...
... novels , there are three additional of his own invention . The first of these relates to a captain , who , having seduced the wife of one of his soldiers under a promise to save the life of her husband , exhibited him soon afterwards ...
Page 155
... novel . In volume i . of Goulart's Thrésor d'histoires admirables , above cited , there are two stories on this subject . The first , in p . 300 , is of a citizen of Como in Italy , who in 1547 was detained prisoner by a Spanish captain ...
... novel . In volume i . of Goulart's Thrésor d'histoires admirables , above cited , there are two stories on this subject . The first , in p . 300 , is of a citizen of Como in Italy , who in 1547 was detained prisoner by a Spanish captain ...
Page 157
... novel , and even for adhering to it in sparing Angelo ' . It might however be contended , that , if our author really used this novel , he has , with some ex- 1 Dr. Johnson in his dedication to the above lady's work , speaking of ...
... novel , and even for adhering to it in sparing Angelo ' . It might however be contended , that , if our author really used this novel , he has , with some ex- 1 Dr. Johnson in his dedication to the above lady's work , speaking of ...
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Page 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.
Page 300 - I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano ; A stage, where every man must play a part, And mine a sad one.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.