Shaksperian Anthology; Comprising the Choicest Passages and Entire Scenes, Selected from the Most Correct Editons, with a Biographical Sketch baixar o livro de graça

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1830 Excerpt: ...Sir Proteus, for thafs his name, Made use and fair advantage of his days; His years but young, but his experience old; His head unmellow'd, but his judgment ripe; And, in a word, (for far behind his worth Come all the praises that I now bestow, ) He is complete in feature, and in mind, With all good grace to grace a gentleman. TWO GENT. OF vEK. act ii. Sc. 4. O thou goddess, Thou divine Nature, how thyself thou blazon'st In these two princely boys! They are as gentle As zephyrs, blowing below the violet, Not wagging his sweet head; and yet as rough, Their royal blood enchaf'd, as the rud'st wind, That by the top doth take the mountain pine, And make him stoop to the vale. 'Tis wonderful, 193 K;; That an invisible instinct should frame them To royalty unlearn'd; honour untaught; Civility not seen from other; valour, That wildly grows in them, but yields a crop As it it had been sow'd! Cymb. act iv. sc. 3, INTERESTING SCENES. I. THE TEMPEST. ACT III. SCENE I.--Before Prospero's Cell. Enter Ferdinand, bearing a log. Fer. There be some sports are painful; but their labour Delight in them sets off: some kinds of baseness Are nobly undergone; and most poor matters Point to rich ends. This my mean task would be As heavy to me, as 'tis odious; but The mistress, which I serve, quickens what's dead, And makes my labours pleasures: O, she is Ten times more gentle than her father's crabbed; And he's composed of harshness. I must remove Some thousands of these logs, and pile them up, Upon a sore injunction: My sweet mistress Weeps when she sees me work; and says, auch baseness Had ne'er like executor; I forget: But these sweet thoughts do even refresh my labours; Most busy-less, when I do it. Enter Miranda; and Prospero, at a distance. Mira. Alas, now! pray you, Work not..