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My wind , cooling my broth , Would blow me to an ague , when I thought What harm a wind too great might do at sea . I should not see the fandy hour - glass run , But I should think of shallows and of flats ; And see my wealthy Andrew ...
My wind , cooling my broth , Would blow me to an ague , when I thought What harm a wind too great might do at sea . I should not see the fandy hour - glass run , But I should think of shallows and of flats ; And see my wealthy Andrew ...
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The Author's Meaning is this ; That some people are thought wife , whilft they keep Silence ; who , when they open their mouths , are fuch stupid Praters , that their Hearers cannot help calling them Fools , and so incur the Judgment ...
The Author's Meaning is this ; That some people are thought wife , whilft they keep Silence ; who , when they open their mouths , are fuch stupid Praters , that their Hearers cannot help calling them Fools , and so incur the Judgment ...
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I dare not pretend , therefore , that our Author imitated this Sentiment ; for in moral Axioms , particularly , allowing an Equality of Genius , Writers of all Times and Countries may happen to ftrike out the fame Thought . a will of a ...
I dare not pretend , therefore , that our Author imitated this Sentiment ; for in moral Axioms , particularly , allowing an Equality of Genius , Writers of all Times and Countries may happen to ftrike out the fame Thought . a will of a ...
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But upon the Accession of King James the First , the Union taking Place , and the Court swarming with People of that Nation , the Players , thro ' a Fear of giving Disguit , thought fit to make this Change .
But upon the Accession of King James the First , the Union taking Place , and the Court swarming with People of that Nation , the Players , thro ' a Fear of giving Disguit , thought fit to make this Change .
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Whose own hard dealings teach them to suspect The thoughts of others ! pray you , tell me this , If he should break his day , what should I gain By the exaction of the forfeiture ? A pound of man's flesh , taken from a man , Is not so ...
Whose own hard dealings teach them to suspect The thoughts of others ! pray you , tell me this , If he should break his day , what should I gain By the exaction of the forfeiture ? A pound of man's flesh , taken from a man , Is not so ...
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Page 68 - 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 79 - For do but note a wild and wanton herd, Or race of youthful and unhandled colts, Fetching mad bounds, bellowing and neighing loud, Which is the hot condition of their blood ; If they but hear perchance a trumpet sound, Or any air of music touch their ears, You shall perceive them make a mutual stand, Their savage eyes...
Page 498 - element,' but the word is over-worn. \Exit. Vio. This fellow is wise enough to play the fool ; And to do that well craves a kind of wit : He must observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of persons, and the time, And, like the haggard, check at every feather That comes before his eye.
Page 16 - Shylock, we would have moneys : ' you say so ; You, that did void your rheum upon my beard And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur Over your threshold : moneys is your suit. What should I say to you ? Should I not say ' Hath a dog money ? is it possible A cur can lend three thousand ducats...
Page 144 - But love, first learned in a lady's eyes, Lives not alone immured in the brain; But with the motion of all elements, Courses as swift as thought in every power; And gives to every power a double power, Above their functions and their offices.
Page 180 - A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it...
Page 9 - ... palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions; I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done than to be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.
Page 64 - The slaves are ours. So do I answer you : The pound of flesh, which I demand of him, Is dearly bought, 'tis mine, and I will have it : If you deny me, fie upon your law ! There is no force in the decrees of Venice. I stand for judgment : answer ; shall I have it ? Duke.
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| Title | The Works of Shakespeare in Seven Volumes, Volume 2 The Works of Shakespeare in Seven Volumes, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | Mr. Theobald (Lewis) |
| Publisher | A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, 1733 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 13 Jul 2007 |
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