The plays of Shakespeare, from the text of S. Johnson, with the prefaces, notes &c. of Rowe, Pope and many other critics. 6 vols. [in 12 pt. Followed by] Shakespeare's poems, Volume 2 |
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Afide againſt Anfaldo Angelo anſwer ANTH Anthonio Baffanio BASS bawd becauſe brother Claudio CLOWN defire doth ducats DUKE fen Enter ESCAL Exeunt Exit faid fame father feems fenfe fent fervant feven fhall fhew fhould fignifies fince firſt fome fool foreft foul fpeak fpirit Friar ftand fuch fure fwear fweet Giannetto give Hanmer hath heav'n himſelf honour houſe Ibid ISAB Jeffica JOHNS juſtice lady LAUN lefs lord LUCIO madam maſter Merchant of Venice miſtreſs moft moſt muft muſt myſelf ORLA Orlando paffage pleaſe Pompey pray prefent prifon Protheus PROV purpoſe reafon Rofalind ſay SCENE Shakeſpeare ſhall ſhe Shylock Silvia Solarino ſome ſpeak SPEED ſtand ſtay thee thefe THEOB theſe thing thoſe thou art thouſand Thurio uſe Valentine WARB whofe wife word yourſelf
Popular passages
Page 342 - 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 481 - But these are all lies : men have died from time to time and worms have eaten them, but not for love.
Page 344 - You say so; You, that did void your rheum upon my beard, And foot me, as you spurn a stranger cur Over your threshold: moneys is your suit. What should I say to you? Should I not say, Hath a dog money ? is it possible A cur can lend three thousand ducats?
Page 238 - 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 392 - The slaves are ours. So do I answer you : The pound of flesh, which I demand of him, Is dearly bought, 'tis mine, and I will have it : If you deny me, fie upon your law ! There is no force in the decrees of Venice. I stand for judgment : answer ; shall I have it ? Duke.
Page 342 - Yes, to smell pork ; to eat of the habitation which your prophet, the Nazarite, conjured the devil into. 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 405 - In such a night Stood Dido with a willow in her hand Upon the wild sea-banks, and waft her love To come again to Carthage.
Page 370 - I would my daughter were dead at my foot, and the jewels in her ear! would she were hearsed at my foot, and the ducats in her coffin!
Page 443 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Page 214 - The heaven such grace did lend her That she might admired be. Is she kind as she is fair ? for beauty lives with kindness : Love doth to her eyes repair, To help him of his blindness ; And, being help'd, inhabits there. Then to Silvia let us sing, That Silvia is excelling ; She excels each mortal thing Upon the dull earth dwelling ; To her let us garlands bring.