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Thou tell'st me , there is murder in mine eye : ' Tis pretty , sure , and very probable
, That eyes , —that are the frailst and softest things , Who shut their coward gates
on atomies , -- Should be call'd tyrants , butchers , murderers ! Now I do frown ...
Thou tell'st me , there is murder in mine eye : ' Tis pretty , sure , and very probable
, That eyes , —that are the frailst and softest things , Who shut their coward gates
on atomies , -- Should be call'd tyrants , butchers , murderers ! Now I do frown ...
Page 181
Tis the right waie to keep a woman honest : “ One friend is baracadoe to a
hundred , “ And keepes ' em owte ; nay more , a husband's sure “ To have his
children all of one man's gettinge ; “ And he that performes best , can have no
better : “ I'm ...
Tis the right waie to keep a woman honest : “ One friend is baracadoe to a
hundred , “ And keepes ' em owte ; nay more , a husband's sure “ To have his
children all of one man's gettinge ; “ And he that performes best , can have no
better : “ I'm ...
Page 217
There's one grape yet , _I am sure , thy father drank wine : -But if thou be'st not an
ass , I am a youth of fourteen ; I have known thee already . Hel . I dare not say , I
take you ; [ to BER . ] but I give Me , and my service , ever whilst I live , Into your ...
There's one grape yet , _I am sure , thy father drank wine : -But if thou be'st not an
ass , I am a youth of fourteen ; I have known thee already . Hel . I dare not say , I
take you ; [ to BER . ] but I give Me , and my service , ever whilst I live , Into your ...
Page 219
Where is an example of sire , used as a dissyllable , to be found ? Fire and hour
were anciently written fier and hower ; and conse3 our . sure . Than our fore -
goers : the mere word ' THAT ENDS WELL . 219 Not by the title. She is young,
wise.
Where is an example of sire , used as a dissyllable , to be found ? Fire and hour
were anciently written fier and hower ; and conse3 our . sure . Than our fore -
goers : the mere word ' THAT ENDS WELL . 219 Not by the title. She is young,
wise.
Page 285
But , sure , he is the prince of the world , let his nobility remain in his court . I am
for the house with the narrow gate , which I take to be too little for pomp to enter :
some , that humble themselves , may ; but the many will be too chill and tender ...
But , sure , he is the prince of the world , let his nobility remain in his court . I am
for the house with the narrow gate , which I take to be too little for pomp to enter :
some , that humble themselves , may ; but the many will be too chill and tender ...
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Page 33 - 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 60 - The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon, With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side ; His youthful hose well sav'd, a world too wide For his shrunk shank ; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes , And whistles in his sound.
Page 211 - They say miracles are past ; and we have our philosophical persons, to make modern and familiar, things supernatural and causeless. Hence is it that we make trifles of terrors ; ensconcing ourselves into seeming knowledge, when we should submit ourselves to an unknown fear.
Page 41 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Page 59 - With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and...
Page 66 - Truly, Shepherd, in respect of itself, it is a good life ; but in respect that it is a shepherd's life, it is naught. In respect that it is solitary, I like it very well ; but in respect that it is private, it is a very vild life. Now, in respect it is in the fields, it pleaseth me well ; but in respect it is not in the Court, it is tedious.
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| Title | Select Plays of William Shakespeare: In Six Volumes. With the Corrections & Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added, Notes, Volume 1 Select Plays of William Shakespeare: In Six Volumes. With the Corrections & Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added, Notes, William Shakespeare |
| Authors | William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens |
| Editors | Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, Isaac Reed |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | proprietors, 1820 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 29 Dec 2006 |
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