The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, and Isaac Reed, Volume 5 |
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There she had not been long , but she became A joyful mother of two goodly sons ; And , which was strange , the one so like the other , As could not be distinguish'd but by names . That very hour , and in the selfsame inn , A poor mean ...
There she had not been long , but she became A joyful mother of two goodly sons ; And , which was strange , the one so like the other , As could not be distinguish'd but by names . That very hour , and in the selfsame inn , A poor mean ...
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Within this hour it will be dinner - time : Till that , I'll view the manners of the town , Peruse the traders , gaze upon the buildings , And then return , and sleep within mine inn ; For with long travel I am stiff and weary .
Within this hour it will be dinner - time : Till that , I'll view the manners of the town , Peruse the traders , gaze upon the buildings , And then return , and sleep within mine inn ; For with long travel I am stiff and weary .
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S. Sconce , call you it ? so you would leave battering , I had rather have it a head : an you use these blows long , I must get a sconce for my head , and insconce it too ; or else I shall seek my wit in my shoulders .
S. Sconce , call you it ? so you would leave battering , I had rather have it a head : an you use these blows long , I must get a sconce for my head , and insconce it too ; or else I shall seek my wit in my shoulders .
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S. ' Tis true ; she rides me , and I long for grass . " Tis SO , I am an ass ; else it could never be , But I should know her as well as she knows me . Adr . Come , come , no longer will I be a fool , To put the finger in the eye and ...
S. ' Tis true ; she rides me , and I long for grass . " Tis SO , I am an ass ; else it could never be , But I should know her as well as she knows me . Adr . Come , come , no longer will I be a fool , To put the finger in the eye and ...
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Once this , -Your long experience of her wisdom , Her sober virtue , years , and modesty , Plead on her part some cause to you unknown ; And doubt not , sir , but she will well excuse Why at this time the doors are made against you .
Once this , -Your long experience of her wisdom , Her sober virtue , years , and modesty , Plead on her part some cause to you unknown ; And doubt not , sir , but she will well excuse Why at this time the doors are made against you .
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Page 262 - When all aloud the wind doth blow And coughing drowns the parson's saw And birds sit brooding in the snow And Marian's nose looks red and raw, When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whit; Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
Page 260 - A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it...
Page 209 - Sir, he hath never fed of the dainties that are bred in a book ; he hath not eat paper, as it were ; he hath not drunk ink : his intellect is not replenished ; he is only an animal, only sensible in the duller parts...
Page 261 - When shepherds pipe on oaten straws And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men; for thus sings he, Cuckoo; Cuckoo, cuckoo: O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear!
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| Title | The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, and Isaac Reed, Volume 5 The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, and Isaac Reed, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Publisher | Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 27 Dec 2006 |
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