The Dramatic Works: Of Shakespeare, in Six Volumes; with Notes by Joseph Rann, ...at the Clarendon Press, M DCC LXXXVI. To be had of Mess. Rivington, London; Mess. Prince and Cooke and C. Selwin Rann, Oxford; and of Mess. Pearson and Rollason, Birmingham, 1787 |
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Page 244
Go to : -Will you , Orlando , have to wife this Rosalind ? ... Then you must say , —I
take thee Rosalind for wife . ... April when they woo , December when they wed :
maids are May when they are maids , but the sky changes when they are wives .
Go to : -Will you , Orlando , have to wife this Rosalind ? ... Then you must say , —I
take thee Rosalind for wife . ... April when they woo , December when they wed :
maids are May when they are maids , but the sky changes when they are wives .
Page 282
Where is my wife ? Lady . Here , noble lord ; What is thy will with her ? Sly . Are
you my wife , and will not call me - husband ? My men should call me - lord , I am
your good - man . Lady . My husband and my lord , my lord and husband ; I am ...
Where is my wife ? Lady . Here , noble lord ; What is thy will with her ? Sly . Are
you my wife , and will not call me - husband ? My men should call me - lord , I am
your good - man . Lady . My husband and my lord , my lord and husband ; I am ...
Page 360
Well , I say - no : and therefore , for assurance , Let's each one send unto his wife
; And he , whose wife is most obedient To come at first when he doth send for her
, Shall win the wager which we will propose . Hor . Content ; What's the wager ?
Well , I say - no : and therefore , for assurance , Let's each one send unto his wife
; And he , whose wife is most obedient To come at first when he doth send for her
, Shall win the wager which we will propose . Hor . Content ; What's the wager ?
Page 408
I'll send her straight away : To - morrow I'll to the wars , she to her single forrow . 0
kicksy - wickly ) -a nick name for a wife . p To the dark house , and the detefted
wife . ] - gloomy from discontentalluding to the " moaky kouse , and scolding wife .
I'll send her straight away : To - morrow I'll to the wars , she to her single forrow . 0
kicksy - wickly ) -a nick name for a wife . p To the dark house , and the detefted
wife . ] - gloomy from discontentalluding to the " moaky kouse , and scolding wife .
Page 422
Write , write , Rinaldo , To this unworthy husband of his wife ; Let every word
weigh heavy of her worth , That he does weigh too light : my greatest grief ,
Though little he do feel it , set down sharply . Dispatch the most convenient
messenger ...
Write , write , Rinaldo , To this unworthy husband of his wife ; Let every word
weigh heavy of her worth , That he does weigh too light : my greatest grief ,
Though little he do feel it , set down sharply . Dispatch the most convenient
messenger ...
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| Title | The Dramatic Works: Of Shakespeare, in Six Volumes; with Notes by Joseph Rann, ... The Dramatic Works: Of Shakespeare, in Six Volumes; with Notes by Joseph Rann, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Publisher | at the Clarendon Press, M DCC LXXXVI. To be had of Mess. Rivington, London; Mess. Prince and Cooke and C. Selwin Rann, Oxford; and of Mess. Pearson and Rollason, Birmingham, 1787 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 20 Sep 2007 |
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