This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1903. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX A TABLE OF QUOTATIONS FROM THE PLAYS AND POEMS THE TEMPEST Gore. I'll warrant him for drowning; though the ship were no stronger than a nutshell. I. i. 48. Gore. Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground, long heath, brown furze, any thing. The wills above be done! but I would fain die a dry death. I. i. 70. That now he was The ivy which had hid my princely trunk, And suck'd my verdure out on't. I. ii. 85. She did confine thee, By help of her more potent ministers And in her most unmitigable rage, Into a cloven pine. ***** With hair up-staring,--then like reeds not hair. I. i. 213. Sea-water shalt thou drink; thy food shall be The fresh-brook muscles, wither'd roots, and husks Wherein the acorn cradled. Follow. I. ii. 462. When I arrived and heard thee, that made gape The pine, and let thee out. Pro. If thou more murmur'st, I will rend an oak And peg thee in his knotty entrails till Thou hast howl'd away twelve winters. I. ii. 294. Gon. How lush and lusty the grass looks! how green! Ant. The ground indeed is tawny. Seb. With an eye of green in't. II. i. 52. Seb. I think he will carry this island home in his pocket, and give it his son for an apple. Ant. And, sowing the kernels of it in the sea, bring forth more islands. II. i. 90. Gon. Had I plantation of this isle, my lord-- Ant. He'ld sow't with nettle-seed. Seb. Or docks, or mallows. Gon. And were the king on't, what would I do? Seb. 'Scape being drunk, for want of wine. Gon. I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things; for no kind of traffic Would I admit; no name of magistrate; Letters should not be known; riches, poverty, And use of service, none; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none; No use of metal, corn, or wi...
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