The Works of Shakespeare : in Eight Volumes / C By Mr. Pope And Mr. Warburton V.2
The book The Works of Shakespeare : in Eight Volumes / C By Mr. Pope And Mr. Warburton V.2 was written by author Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Here you can read free online of The Works of Shakespeare : in Eight Volumes / C By Mr. Pope And Mr. Warburton V.2 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Works of Shakespeare : in Eight Volumes / C By Mr. Pope And Mr. Warburton V.2 a good or bad book?
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King. O paradox, ^ black is the badge of hell : The hue of dungeons, and the fcowl of night j ^ And beauty's Crete becomes the heavens well. Biron. Devils foonell tempt, refembling fpirits of light : 9 h ebony like her? word di'vine!'\ We Ihould read, wood di'vine. I l>/ack is the badge of hell : The biie of dungeons, and the school of tiight jj We fhould read, the scowl of night, i. e. the/rcww. 7. And beauty'' 5 crest becomes the heavens 'weIL'\ This is a con- tention between tv^o lovers abou...t the preference of a black or Kvhite beauty. But, in this reading, he who is contending for the 'zvhite^ takes for granted the thing in difpute j by faying, that ivhite is the cref of beauty. His adverfar}' had juft as much reafon to call black fo. The queftion debated between them being which was the creji of beauty, black or white. Shakefpear could never write fo abfurdly : Nor has the Oxfird Editor at all mended the matter by fubftituting drejs for creji^ We fhould read. And beauty'' i cTt.i:TZ becomes the hea'vens ivell.
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