The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: Comprehending a Life of the Poet, and an Enlarged History of the Stage, Volume 6 |
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When we come to consider , that there is some power else besides balmy air , that brings forth , and makes the tender buds spread themselves , I do not think it improbable that the poet wrote : Or dedicate his beauty to the sun .
When we come to consider , that there is some power else besides balmy air , that brings forth , and makes the tender buds spread themselves , I do not think it improbable that the poet wrote : Or dedicate his beauty to the sun .
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... is rich in beauty ; only poor , That , when she dies , with beauty dies her store § ' . ' Tell me in SADNESS , ] That is , seriousness . JOHNSON . * Folio , that is . Folio , uncharmed . I 8 And , in strong proof , & c .
... is rich in beauty ; only poor , That , when she dies , with beauty dies her store § ' . ' Tell me in SADNESS , ] That is , seriousness . JOHNSON . * Folio , that is . Folio , uncharmed . I 8 And , in strong proof , & c .
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She hath , and in that sparing makes huge waste 2 ; For beauty , starv'd with her severity , Cuts beauty off from all posterity 3 . editors . I have replaced the old reading , because I think it at least as plausible as the correction .
She hath , and in that sparing makes huge waste 2 ; For beauty , starv'd with her severity , Cuts beauty off from all posterity 3 . editors . I have replaced the old reading , because I think it at least as plausible as the correction .
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There is in her too much sanctimonious wisdom united with beauty , which induces her to continue chaste with the hopes of attaining heavenly bliss . MALONE . None of the following speeches of this scene are in the first edition of 1597.
There is in her too much sanctimonious wisdom united with beauty , which induces her to continue chaste with the hopes of attaining heavenly bliss . MALONE . None of the following speeches of this scene are in the first edition of 1597.
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Being black , put us in mind they hide the fair ; He , that is strucken blind , cannot forget The precious treasure of his eyesight lost : Show me a mistress that is passing fair , What doth her beauty serve , but as a note Where I may ...
Being black , put us in mind they hide the fair ; He , that is strucken blind , cannot forget The precious treasure of his eyesight lost : Show me a mistress that is passing fair , What doth her beauty serve , but as a note Where I may ...
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