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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Two households , both alike in dignity , In fair Verona , where we lay our scene , From ancient grudge break to new mutiny , Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean . From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star ...
Two households , both alike in dignity , In fair Verona , where we lay our scene , From ancient grudge break to new mutiny , Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean . From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star ...
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SCENE during the greater Part of the Play , in Verona once in the fifth Act , at Mantua . 1 ROMEO AND JULIET . ACT I. SCENE I. A publick PERSONS REPRESENTED . ESCALUS, Prince of Verona. ...
SCENE during the greater Part of the Play , in Verona once in the fifth Act , at Mantua . 1 ROMEO AND JULIET . ACT I. SCENE I. A publick PERSONS REPRESENTED . ESCALUS, Prince of Verona. ...
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ACT I. SCENE I. A publick Place . Enter SAMPSON and GREGORY , armed with Swords and Bucklers . SAM . Gregory , o'my word , we'll not carry coals2 * . GRE . No , for then we should be colliers . * Quarto A , Ile carrie no coales ...
ACT I. SCENE I. A publick Place . Enter SAMPSON and GREGORY , armed with Swords and Bucklers . SAM . Gregory , o'my word , we'll not carry coals2 * . GRE . No , for then we should be colliers . * Quarto A , Ile carrie no coales ...
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Perhaps Ben Jonson ridicules this scene of Romeo and Juliet , in his New Inn : 66 66 Huff . How , spill it ? Spill it at me ? Tip . I reck not , but I spill it . " STEEVENS . This mode of quarrelling appears to have been common in our ...
Perhaps Ben Jonson ridicules this scene of Romeo and Juliet , in his New Inn : 66 66 Huff . How , spill it ? Spill it at me ? Tip . I reck not , but I spill it . " STEEVENS . This mode of quarrelling appears to have been common in our ...
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7 Enter Benvolio , ] Much of this scene is added since the first edition ; but probably by Shakspeare , since we find it in that of the year 1599. POPE . 8 C - here comes one of my MASTER's kinsmen . ] Some mistake has happened in this ...
7 Enter Benvolio , ] Much of this scene is added since the first edition ; but probably by Shakspeare , since we find it in that of the year 1599. POPE . 8 C - here comes one of my MASTER's kinsmen . ] Some mistake has happened in this ...
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