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... stand'st : For it appears , by manifest proceeding , That indirectly , and directly too , Thou hast contriv'd against the very life Of the defendant , and thou hast incurr'd The danger formerly by me rehears'd . Down , therefore , and ...
... stand'st : For it appears , by manifest proceeding , That indirectly , and directly too , Thou hast contriv'd against the very life Of the defendant , and thou hast incurr'd The danger formerly by me rehears'd . Down , therefore , and ...
Page 73
... Stand dumb , and speak not to him . O , all you host of heaven ! O earth ! what else ? And shall I couple hell ? —O fie ; -Hold , hold , my heart ; And you , my sinews , grow not instant old , But bear me stiffly up ! -Remember thee ...
... Stand dumb , and speak not to him . O , all you host of heaven ! O earth ! what else ? And shall I couple hell ? —O fie ; -Hold , hold , my heart ; And you , my sinews , grow not instant old , But bear me stiffly up ! -Remember thee ...
Page 176
... Stand , whilst I liv'd so long , that it might rot , That should fall down , but she be ne'er forgot . - 16 . These are in a perfectly good style of verse , without manner , answering to the corresponding style of Shake- speare . As ...
... Stand , whilst I liv'd so long , that it might rot , That should fall down , but she be ne'er forgot . - 16 . These are in a perfectly good style of verse , without manner , answering to the corresponding style of Shake- speare . As ...
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accented acted beautiful Ben Jonson blank verse blood break broken Cæsar cæsura called character Collier comedy Comedy of Errors comic conceits Coriolanus crown curious Cymbeline death delight doth double endings dramatic dull effect enumerative eyes Falstaff fancy Farewell father feeling Fletcher flowing fourth style friends gentle Hamlet hand hath hear heart heaven Henry IV Henry VI Henry VIII honour imitation instance Jonson Julius Cæsar kind King lines long speeches look lord Love's Labour's Lost Macbeth Malone Marlow means merely Merry Wives metre mind nature never night observed old play Oldcastle Othello passage perhaps poems poet poetical poetry poor praise printed prose remarkable rhyme Richard Richard II Romeo scene seems Shake Shakespeare soliloquy sometimes Sonnets soul speak spirit sweet syllable taste tell thee thine thou art thou hast thought tongue Tybalt unbroken unto versification weak endings words writer written