A Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations

Every human feeling, answered by Shakespeare: an 1892 dictionary that files the Bard's best lines under the passions they express — from Ambition to Woe.

The Book

6 subjects in this part of Shakespearian Quotations.

How to Use This Dictionary

Explanation OF THE ABBLEVIATED REFERENCE TO THE CONTEXT, APPENDED TO KACH EXTRACR QUOTATION.

How to Use This Dictionary: Henry

Henry Fourth, Part M. W.

How to Use This Dictionary: Shakespeare

THE matchless genius of Shakespeare has furnished occupation for authors, from the very age in which he wrote, down to the present day; so…

How to Use This Dictionary: Lofft

Now it is difficult to conceive how these different quotations relate to drunkenness, save only as they refer to the act of drinking…

Brief Criticisms

ON THE Works of Shakespeare.

Brief Criticisms: Shakespeare

Shakespeare was not only what Ben Jonson denominates him, the " soul of the age, The applause, delight, and wonder of the stage;" but is to…

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