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We think as little of their persons as they do themselves , because we are let into the secrets of their hearts , which are more important . We are too much interested in their affairs to stop to look at their faces , except by stealth ...
We think as little of their persons as they do themselves , because we are let into the secrets of their hearts , which are more important . We are too much interested in their affairs to stop to look at their faces , except by stealth ...
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... she means to try its effect on 66 creatures not worth the hanging , " his answer conveys at once a tacit reproof of her hypocrisy and a useful lesson of humanity" Your Highness Shall from this practice but make hard your heart .
... she means to try its effect on 66 creatures not worth the hanging , " his answer conveys at once a tacit reproof of her hypocrisy and a useful lesson of humanity" Your Highness Shall from this practice but make hard your heart .
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He now " bends up each corporal instrument to the terrible feat ; " at other times his heart misgives him , and he is cowed and abashed by his success . " The deed , no less than the attempt , confounds him .
He now " bends up each corporal instrument to the terrible feat ; " at other times his heart misgives him , and he is cowed and abashed by his success . " The deed , no less than the attempt , confounds him .
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... commanding presence of mind and inexorable self - will , which do not suffer her to be diverted from a bad purpose , when once formed , by weak and womanly regrets , than by the hardness of her heart or want of natural affections .
... commanding presence of mind and inexorable self - will , which do not suffer her to be diverted from a bad purpose , when once formed , by weak and womanly regrets , than by the hardness of her heart or want of natural affections .
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... and that which should accompany old age , As honor , troops of friends , I must not look to have ; But in their stead , curses not loud but deep , Mouth - honor , breath , which the poor heart Would fain deny , and dare not .
... and that which should accompany old age , As honor , troops of friends , I must not look to have ; But in their stead , curses not loud but deep , Mouth - honor , breath , which the poor heart Would fain deny , and dare not .
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| Title | Characters of Shakespeare's Plays Wiley & Putnam's library of choice reading |
| Author | William Hazlitt |
| Publisher | Wiley and Putnam, 1845 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 5 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 229 pages |
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