The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, and Isaac Reed, Volume 5 |
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Adr . Back , slave , or I will break thy pate across . Dro . E. And he will bless that cross with other beating : Between you I shall have a holy head . Adr . Hence , prating peasant ; fetch thy master SCENE 1 . 17 COMEDY OF ERRORS .
Adr . Back , slave , or I will break thy pate across . Dro . E. And he will bless that cross with other beating : Between you I shall have a holy head . Adr . Hence , prating peasant ; fetch thy master SCENE 1 . 17 COMEDY OF ERRORS .
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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. No longer from head to foot , than from hip to hip : she is spherical , like a globe ; I could find out countries in her . Ant . S. In what part of her body stands Ireland ? 1 Dro . S. Marry , sir , in her 36 ACT 111 .
S. No longer from head to foot , than from hip to hip : she is spherical , like a globe ; I could find out countries in her . Ant . S. In what part of her body stands Ireland ? 1 Dro . S. Marry , sir , in her 36 ACT 111 .
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It seems , his sleeps were hinder'd by thy railing : And thereof comes it , that his head is light . Thou say'st , his meat was sauc'd with thy upbraidings : Unquiet meals make ill digestions , Thereof the raging fire SCENE I. 59 COMEDY ...
It seems , his sleeps were hinder'd by thy railing : And thereof comes it , that his head is light . Thou say'st , his meat was sauc'd with thy upbraidings : Unquiet meals make ill digestions , Thereof the raging fire SCENE I. 59 COMEDY ...
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Even as a flattering dream , or worthless fancy : Then take him up , and manage well the jest :Carry him gently to my fairest chamber , And hang it round with all my wanton pictures : Balm his foul head with warm distilled waters ...
Even as a flattering dream , or worthless fancy : Then take him up , and manage well the jest :Carry him gently to my fairest chamber , And hang it round with all my wanton pictures : Balm his foul head with warm distilled waters ...
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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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