The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, and Isaac Reed, Volume 5 |
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Hopeless , and helpless , doth Ęgeon wend , But to procrastinate his lifeless end . [ Exeunt . SCENE II.- A publick Place . Enter AntiPholus and Dromio · 10 ACT I. COMEDY OF ERRORS .
Hopeless , and helpless , doth Ęgeon wend , But to procrastinate his lifeless end . [ Exeunt . SCENE II.- A publick Place . Enter AntiPholus and Dromio · 10 ACT I. COMEDY OF ERRORS .
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E. Your worships ' wife , my mistress at the Phenix ; She , that doth fast , till you come home to dinner , And prays , that you will hie you home to dinner . Ant . S. What , wilt thou flout me thus unto my face , Being forbid ?
E. Your worships ' wife , my mistress at the Phenix ; She , that doth fast , till you come home to dinner , And prays , that you will hie you home to dinner . Ant . S. What , wilt thou flout me thus unto my face , Being forbid ?
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E. I mean not cuckold - mad ; but , sure , he's stark - mad : When I desir'd him to come home to dinner , He ask'd me for a thousand marks in gold : ' Tis dinner time , quoth I ; My gold , quoth he : Your meat doth burn , quoth I ...
E. I mean not cuckold - mad ; but , sure , he's stark - mad : When I desir'd him to come home to dinner , He ask'd me for a thousand marks in gold : ' Tis dinner time , quoth I ; My gold , quoth he : Your meat doth burn , quoth I ...
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I know his eye doth homage otherwhere ; Or else , what lets it but he would be here ? Sister , you know , he promised me a chain ;Would that alone alone he would detain , So he would keep fair quarter with his bed !
I know his eye doth homage otherwhere ; Or else , what lets it but he would be here ? Sister , you know , he promised me a chain ;Would that alone alone he would detain , So he would keep fair quarter with his bed !
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Will lose his beauty ; and though gold ' bides still , That others touch , yet often touching will Wear gold ; and so no man , that hath a name , But falsehood and corruption doth it shame . Since that my beauty cannot please his eye ...
Will lose his beauty ; and though gold ' bides still , That others touch , yet often touching will Wear gold ; and so no man , that hath a name , But falsehood and corruption doth it shame . Since that my beauty cannot please his eye ...
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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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