Midsummer night's dream. Merchant of Venice. As you like it. Taming the shrewC. Bathurst, 1773 |
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... poor fancy's followers ! Lyf . A good perfuafion ; -- therefore hear me , Hermia . I have a widow aunt , a dowager , Of great revenue , and the hath no child : 7 Brief as the lightning in the colli : d night , That , in a fpleen ...
... poor fancy's followers ! Lyf . A good perfuafion ; -- therefore hear me , Hermia . I have a widow aunt , a dowager , Of great revenue , and the hath no child : 7 Brief as the lightning in the colli : d night , That , in a fpleen ...
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... poor , and it is probable that the defign of this fcene was to ridicule their ignorance , and the odd expedients to which they might be driven by the want of proper decorations . Bottom was perhaps the head of a rival houfe , and is ...
... poor , and it is probable that the defign of this fcene was to ridicule their ignorance , and the odd expedients to which they might be driven by the want of proper decorations . Bottom was perhaps the head of a rival houfe , and is ...
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... poor bobgoblin's heels ; Alas , his brain was dizzy.- At length upon bis feet be gets , Hobgoblin fumes , Hobgoblin frets , And as again be forward fets , And through the bufbes fcrambles , A ftump doth trip him in bis pace , Down fill ...
... poor bobgoblin's heels ; Alas , his brain was dizzy.- At length upon bis feet be gets , Hobgoblin fumes , Hobgoblin frets , And as again be forward fets , And through the bufbes fcrambles , A ftump doth trip him in bis pace , Down fill ...
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... poor maid's eyes , With your derifion ! none of nobler fort , Would fo offend a virgin ; and extort9 A poor foul's patience , all to make you sport . Lyf . You are unkind , Demetrius ; be not fo , For you love Hermia ; this , you know ...
... poor maid's eyes , With your derifion ! none of nobler fort , Would fo offend a virgin ; and extort9 A poor foul's patience , all to make you sport . Lyf . You are unkind , Demetrius ; be not fo , For you love Hermia ; this , you know ...
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... poor friend ? It is not friendly , ' tis not maidenly : Our fex , as well as I , may chide you for it ; Though I alone do feel the injury . Her . I am amazed at your paffionate words : I fcorn you not ; it feems that you scorn me . Hel ...
... poor friend ? It is not friendly , ' tis not maidenly : Our fex , as well as I , may chide you for it ; Though I alone do feel the injury . Her . I am amazed at your paffionate words : I fcorn you not ; it feems that you scorn me . Hel ...
Common terms and phrases
Anfaldo anſwer Anth Anthonio Baff Baffanio Baptifta Becauſe Bianca Bion Biondello Cath Catharine chufe daughter defire Demetrius doth ducats Duke Enter Exeunt Exit eyes faid fair fairy fame father fatire feems fenfe feven fhall fhew fhould fignior firft fleep fome fool foul fpeak ftand fuch fuppofe fure fwear fweet Giannetto give Gremio hath Hermia himſelf Hortenfio houfe houſe huſband JOHNSON Kate lady Laun lord Lucentio Lyfander mafter marry miſtreſs moft moſt mufick muft muſt myſelf never obferved Orla Orlando Padua paffage Petruchio play pleaſe pray prefent Puck Pyramus quarto reafon reft Rofalind ſay Shakeſpeare ſhall ſhe Shylock Solarino ſpeak ſtay STEEVENS tell thee thefe THEOBALD theſe thing thofe thou thouſand Tranio ufed uſed Venice WARBURTON wife word worfe
Popular passages
Page 448 - Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign ; one that cares for thee And for thy maintenance : commits his body To painful labour, both by sea and land...
Page 85 - The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen ; man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report, what my dream was.
Page 250 - The seasons' difference; as, the icy fang, And churlish chiding of the winter's wind; Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile, and say,— This is no flattery: these are counsellors That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Page 104 - Now it is the time of night, That the graves, all gaping wide, Every one lets forth his sprite, In the church-way paths to glide.
Page 123 - I hate him for he is a Christian ; But more for that in low simplicity He lends out money gratis, and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice. If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
Page 191 - I will be bound to pay it ten times o'er, On forfeit of my hands, my head, my heart: If this will not suffice, it must appear That malice bears down truth. And I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority: To do a great right, do a little wrong, And curb this cruel devil of his will.
Page 200 - In such a night Stood Dido with a willow in her hand Upon the wild sea-banks, and waft her love To come again to Carthage.
Page 123 - Christian; But more for that in low simplicity He lends out money gratis, and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice. If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. He hates our sacred nation, and he rails, Even there where merchants most do congregate, On me, my bargains, and my well-won thrift, Which he calls interest.
Page 117 - ... palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions: I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching. The brain may devise laws for the blood, but a hot temper leaps o'er a cold decree: such a hare is madness the youth, to skip o'er the meshes of good counsel the cripple.
Page 186 - You may as well go stand upon the beach, And bid the main flood bate his usual height ; You may as well use question with the wolf, Why he hath made the ewe bleat for the lamb...