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... Night , I , v . 212. starved ] SING . ( ed . 2 ) . All the old copies have sterv'd , which has been here and elsewhere changed to starv'd without reason . The poet has shown that he wrote sterve by making it rhyme to deserve in Cor . II ...
... Night , I , v . 212. starved ] SING . ( ed . 2 ) . All the old copies have sterv'd , which has been here and elsewhere changed to starv'd without reason . The poet has shown that he wrote sterve by making it rhyme to deserve in Cor . II ...
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... night Earth - treading stars that make dark heaven light : Such comfort as do lusty young men feel 23. One ] Once Rowe . most ] o ' th ' Han . makes ] make Capell conj . 25. make .... heaven light ] make .... 25 heaven's light Theob ...
... night Earth - treading stars that make dark heaven light : Such comfort as do lusty young men feel 23. One ] Once Rowe . most ] o ' th ' Han . makes ] make Capell conj . 25. make .... heaven light ] make .... 25 heaven's light Theob ...
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... night shall she be fourteen . Susan and she - God rest all Christian souls ! - Were of an age : well , Susan is with God ; She was too good for me : -but , as I said , On Lammas - eve at night shall she be fourteen ; That shall she ...
... night shall she be fourteen . Susan and she - God rest all Christian souls ! - Were of an age : well , Susan is with God ; She was too good for me : -but , as I said , On Lammas - eve at night shall she be fourteen ; That shall she ...
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... night ) was com- plete without torch - bearers . 15. soul ] DEL . See Jul . Cæs . I , i , 15 . " 19. enpierced ] S. WALKER ( ' Crit . ' vol . iii , p . 223 ) . This is merely an erratum of the folio ( and I suppose also of the other old ...
... night ) was com- plete without torch - bearers . 15. soul ] DEL . See Jul . Cæs . I , i , 15 . " 19. enpierced ] S. WALKER ( ' Crit . ' vol . iii , p . 223 ) . This is merely an erratum of the folio ( and I suppose also of the other old ...
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... Night - mare ; and that this arose from no confusion in Sh.'s mind is clear from the fact that Chaucer has shown us in ' The Wife of Bath's Tale ' that such connection belonged to the Folk - lore of his times . And the propriety of this ...
... Night - mare ; and that this arose from no confusion in Sh.'s mind is clear from the fact that Chaucer has shown us in ' The Wife of Bath's Tale ' that such connection belonged to the Folk - lore of his times . And the propriety of this ...
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Page 98 - Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself though, not a Montague. What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. O! be some other name: What's in a name ? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd, Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title.
Page 112 - O, mickle is the powerful grace that lies In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities: For nought so vile that on the earth doth live But to the earth some special good doth give...
Page 101 - Thou know'st the mask of night is on my face, Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek For that which thou hast heard me speak to-night. Fain would I dwell on form, fain, fain deny What I have spoke: but farewell compliment! Dost thou love me? I know thou wilt say 'Ay,' And I will take thy word: yet, if thou swear'st, Thou mayst prove false; at lovers' perjuries, They say, Jove laughs.
Page 158 - tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a churchdoor ; but 'tis enough, 'twill serve : ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man. I am peppered, I warrant, for this world. A plague o' both your houses ! 'Zounds, a dog, a rat, a mouse, a cat, to scratch a man to death ! a braggart, a rogue, a villain, that fights by the book of arithmetic ! Why the devil came you between us ? I was hurt under your arm.
Page 66 - a lies asleep, Then dreams he of another benefice. Sometime she driveth o'er a soldier's neck, And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths five fathom deep ; and then anon Drums in his ear, at which he starts, and wakes ; And, being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again.
Page 94 - tis not to me she speaks: Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven, Having some business, do entreat her eyes To twinkle in their spheres till they return.
Page 95 - Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven, Having some business, do entreat her eyes To twinkle in their spheres till they return. What if her eyes were there, they in her head ? The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars, As daylight doth a lamp ; her eyes in heaven Would through the airy region stream so bright, That birds would sing, and think it were not night...
Page 63 - She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners...
Page 102 - I'll frown and be perverse and say thee nay, So thou wilt woo; but else, not for the world. In truth, fair Montague, I am too fond, And therefore thou mayst think my haviour light: But trust me, gentleman, I'll prove more true Than those that have more cunning to be strange.
Page 168 - Romeo ; and, when he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine, That all the world will be in love with night, And pay no worship to the garish sun.