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Page 49
When we were boys , Who would believe , that there were mountaineers , Dew -
lapt like bulls , whose throats had hanging at ' em Wallets of flesh , or that there
were such inen , Whose heads stood in their breasts ? which now we find , Each
...
When we were boys , Who would believe , that there were mountaineers , Dew -
lapt like bulls , whose throats had hanging at ' em Wallets of flesh , or that there
were such inen , Whose heads stood in their breasts ? which now we find , Each
...
Page 55
Being lass - lorn ; thy pole - chipt vineyard , And thy sea - marge sferil , and rocky
hard , Where thou thyself do'st air ; the Queen o'th ' sky , Whose wat'ry arch and
messenger am 1 , Bids thee leave these ; and with her foy'reign graces Here on ...
Being lass - lorn ; thy pole - chipt vineyard , And thy sea - marge sferil , and rocky
hard , Where thou thyself do'st air ; the Queen o'th ' sky , Whose wat'ry arch and
messenger am 1 , Bids thee leave these ; and with her foy'reign graces Here on ...
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... Whereof the ewe not bites ; and you , whose pastime Is to make midnight
mushrooms , that rejoice To hear the folemn curfew ; by whose aid ( Weak
masters tho ' ye be ) I have be - dimm'd The noon - tide sun , call'd forth the
mutinous winds ...
... Whereof the ewe not bites ; and you , whose pastime Is to make midnight
mushrooms , that rejoice To hear the folemn curfew ; by whose aid ( Weak
masters tho ' ye be ) I have be - dimm'd The noon - tide sun , call'd forth the
mutinous winds ...
Page 121
When they next wake , all this derision Shall seem a dream , and fruitless vision ;
And back to Athens thall the lovers wend With league , whose date ' till death
shall never end . : Whiles I in this affair do thee employ , I'd to my Queen , and
beg ...
When they next wake , all this derision Shall seem a dream , and fruitless vision ;
And back to Athens thall the lovers wend With league , whose date ' till death
shall never end . : Whiles I in this affair do thee employ , I'd to my Queen , and
beg ...
Page 335
Not with fond fhekels of the tested gold , Or ftones , whose rate are either rich , As
fancy values them ; but with true prayers , That shall be up at heav'n , and enter
there , Ere fun - rise : prayers from preseryd fouls , From fafting maids , whose ...
Not with fond fhekels of the tested gold , Or ftones , whose rate are either rich , As
fancy values them ; but with true prayers , That shall be up at heav'n , and enter
there , Ere fun - rise : prayers from preseryd fouls , From fafting maids , whose ...
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Page 28 - All things in common nature should produce Without sweat or endeavour : treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine, Would I not have; but nature should bring forth, .Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance, To feed my innocent people.
Page 86 - Things base and vile, holding no quantity, Love can transpose to form and dignity. Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind; And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.
Page 42 - Hence, bashful cunning; And prompt me, plain and holy innocence ! I am your wife, if you will marry me ; If not, I'll die your maid : to be your fellow You may deny me ; but I'll be your servant Whether you will or no.
Page 63 - And mine shall. Hast thou, which art but air, a touch, a feeling Of their afflictions, and shall not myself One of their kind, that relish all as sharply, Passion as they, be kindlier mov'd than thou art?
Page xxviii - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils ; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted.
Page 95 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Page 96 - Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell upon a little western flower, — Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound, — And maidens call it love-in-idleness.
Page 150 - If we shadows have offended. Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumber'd here, While these visions did appear. And this weak and idle theme, No more yielding but a dream, Gentles, do not reprehend: If you pardon, we will mend.
Page 35 - Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.
Page 64 - Some heavenly music, (which even now I do) To work mine end upon their senses, that This airy charm is for, I'll break my staff, Bury it certain fathoms in the earth, And, deeper than did ever plummet sound, I'll drown my book.
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| Title | The Works of Shakespeare: in Eight Volumes, Volume 1 The Works of Shakespeare: in Eight Volumes, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | Mr. Theobald (Lewis) |
| Publisher | H. Woodfall, 1767 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 3 Jan 2007 |
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