The comedies of The Merchant of Venice, and As you like it, with the notes and illustr. of various commentators and remarks by the editor [A. Eccles] in two volumes |
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... former of these from being favoured with such a degree of general notice as , under more auspicious circumstances , he ventures to flatter himself , they might , possibly , have obtained ; of these it would , at the present moment , be ...
... former of these from being favoured with such a degree of general notice as , under more auspicious circumstances , he ventures to flatter himself , they might , possibly , have obtained ; of these it would , at the present moment , be ...
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... former occasion , were , in some instances , perhaps , a little too much swelled out , he has upon this , endeavoured to retrench their number and their length , and where he was appre- hensive of their appearing tedious in company with ...
... former occasion , were , in some instances , perhaps , a little too much swelled out , he has upon this , endeavoured to retrench their number and their length , and where he was appre- hensive of their appearing tedious in company with ...
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... former , and is certainly much more agreeable in its consequences . E. 4 Now , by two - headed Janus , ] By two - headed Janus is meant those antique bifrontine heads , which generally represent a young and smiling face , toge ther with ...
... former , and is certainly much more agreeable in its consequences . E. 4 Now , by two - headed Janus , ] By two - headed Janus is meant those antique bifrontine heads , which generally represent a young and smiling face , toge ther with ...
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... former fault , or his present designs . JOHNSON . 3 That which I owe , is lost : ] i . e . " That which , " like a wilful youth , I owe , is lost . " Though the inversion may , perhaps , appear somewhat harsh , no other construction of ...
... former fault , or his present designs . JOHNSON . 3 That which I owe , is lost : ] i . e . " That which , " like a wilful youth , I owe , is lost . " Though the inversion may , perhaps , appear somewhat harsh , no other construction of ...
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... and land thieves , ] It seems that these ought to change places , for the purpose of connecting the former with what follows , viz . " I mean pirates , " & c . E. conjured the devil into : 3 I will buy wit MERCHANT OF VENICE . 31.
... and land thieves , ] It seems that these ought to change places , for the purpose of connecting the former with what follows , viz . " I mean pirates , " & c . E. conjured the devil into : 3 I will buy wit MERCHANT OF VENICE . 31.
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Page 14 - Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff : you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search.
Page 32 - How like a fawning publican he looks ! I hate him for he is a Christian ; But more for that in low simplicity He lends out money gratis, and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice. If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
Page 10 - Let me play the fool : With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come ; And let my liver rather heat with wine Than my heart cool with mortifying groans. Why should a man whose blood is warm within Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster...
Page 230 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines...
Page 235 - Which is the hot condition of their blood; If they but hear perchance a trumpet sound, Or any air of music touch their ears, You shall perceive them make a mutual stand, Their savage eyes turn'd to a modest gaze, By the sweet power of music : Therefore, the poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods ; Since nought so stockish, hard, and full of rage, But music for the time doth change his nature...
Page 144 - Happy in this, she is not yet so old But she may learn; happier than this, She is not bred so dull but she can learn ; Happiest of all is, that her gentle spirit Commits itself to yours to be directed, As from her lord, her governor, her king.
Page 204 - It must not be ; there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established : 'Twill be recorded for a precedent, And many an error, by the same example, Will rush into the state: it cannot be.
Page 238 - So doth the greater glory dim the less: A substitute shines brightly as a king. Until a king be by, and then his state Empties itself, as doth an inland brook Into the main of waters.
Page 32 - I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following; but I will not eat with you, drink with you, nor pray with you.
Page 225 - In such a night, Did Jessica steal from the wealthy Jew : And with an unthrift love did run from Venice, As far as Belmont. Jes. And in such a night...