The Ornithology of Shakespeare: Critically Examined, Explained, and IllustratedGresham Books, Unwin, 1871 - 321 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 89
Page 3
... Henry VI . * Shakespeare , although a contemplative man , appears to have found but little " recreation " in fishing , and the most enthusiastic disciple of Izaak Walton would find it difficult to illustrate a work on angling with ...
... Henry VI . * Shakespeare , although a contemplative man , appears to have found but little " recreation " in fishing , and the most enthusiastic disciple of Izaak Walton would find it difficult to illustrate a work on angling with ...
Page 6
... Henry VI . Part III . Act iii . Sc . 1 , - " Under this thick - grown brake we ' ll shroud ourselves ; For through this laund anon the deer will come ; And in this covert will we make our ' stand , ' Culling the principal of all the ...
... Henry VI . Part III . Act iii . Sc . 1 , - " Under this thick - grown brake we ' ll shroud ourselves ; For through this laund anon the deer will come ; And in this covert will we make our ' stand , ' Culling the principal of all the ...
Page 11
... ( Henry VI . Part II . Act iii . Sc . 1 ) ; who , when he " hath once got in his nose , " will " soon find means to make the body follow " ( Henry VI . Part III . Act iv . Sc . 7 ) ; and— " Who ne'er so tame , so cherish'd and lock'd up ...
... ( Henry VI . Part II . Act iii . Sc . 1 ) ; who , when he " hath once got in his nose , " will " soon find means to make the body follow " ( Henry VI . Part III . Act iv . Sc . 7 ) ; and— " Who ne'er so tame , so cherish'd and lock'd up ...
Page 12
... ( Henry VI . Part III . Act i . Sc . 4. ) The Brock or Badger ( Twelfth Night , Act ii . Sc . 5 ) ; * " The coney is called the first year ' a rabbet , ' and afterwards ' an old coney . ' He is a beast of the warren , and not a beast of ...
... ( Henry VI . Part III . Act i . Sc . 4. ) The Brock or Badger ( Twelfth Night , Act ii . Sc . 5 ) ; * " The coney is called the first year ' a rabbet , ' and afterwards ' an old coney . ' He is a beast of the warren , and not a beast of ...
Page 13
... ( Henry VI . Part II . Act iii . Sc . 1 ) . It is difficult to say why the Adder is supposed to be deaf , unless ... Henry VI . Act iii . Sc . 2 , Queen Margaret asks the King , — " What , art thou , like the adder , waxen deaf ? " And in ...
... ( Henry VI . Part II . Act iii . Sc . 1 ) . It is difficult to say why the Adder is supposed to be deaf , unless ... Henry VI . Act iii . Sc . 2 , Queen Margaret asks the King , — " What , art thou , like the adder , waxen deaf ? " And in ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
alluded allusion amongst ancient animal appears BARNACLES beak bird blood breeds caliver called cock common food cormorants crop crow cuckoo curd curious cygnets Cymbeline daye paied domestic doth doves eagle eggs England fable falcon falconry Falstaff feathers feed female fish flight fowl frequently goose gull habits Hamlet hatched hath hawks head Henry VI heron Household Book iiij Intro killed King Lear kite lapwing lark Love's Labour's Lost Macbeth mentioned Midsummer Night's Dream naturalist nest nightingale observed Paphos partridge passage pece pelican pheasants pigeons poets prey quails raven referred remarks Romeo and Juliet Ruyter s'vñt says secretion Shakespeare Shakespeare's day sing snipe song sparrow species sport stick stoop substance Sultan swallow swan thee thou Titus Andronicus Troilus and Cressida turkey Twelfth Night viij vulture wild wild-fowl wind wings Winter's Tale woodcock word wren young
Popular passages
Page 3 - What have we here ? a man or a fish ? dead or alive ? A fish : he smells like a fish ; a very ancient and fish-like smell; a kind of not of the newest Poor-John.
Page 8 - My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flew"d, so sanded; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-kneed and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each. A cry more tuneable Was never holla'd to, nor cheer'd with horn, In Crete, in Sparta, nor in Thessaly : Judge when you hear.
Page 10 - To-day, my lord of Amiens and myself Did steal behind him, as he lay along Under an oak, whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood...
Page 93 - Leave to the nightingale her shady wood ; A privacy of glorious light is thine; Whence thou dost pour upon the world a flood Of harmony, with instinct more divine; Type of the wise who soar, but never roam; True to the kindred points of Heaven and Home...
Page 75 - Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. When all aloud the wind doth blow And coughing drowns the parson's saw And birds sit brooding in the snow And Marian's nose looks red and raw, When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whit; Tu-who...
Page 97 - The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren.
Page 107 - Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat Awake the god of day ; and at his warning, Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air, The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine : and of the truth herein This present object made probation.
Page 13 - Where some, like magistrates, correct at home ; Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad; Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds ; Which pillage they with merry march bring...
Page 91 - Hark, hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus 'gins arise, His steeds to water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies; And winking Mary-buds begin To ope their golden eyes: With every thing that pretty is, My lady sweet, arise: Arise, arise.
Page 102 - And cuckoo-buds, of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight ; The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he :Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo...