The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, and Isaac Reed, Volume 5 |
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... from the rancorous outrage of your duke To merchants , our well - dealing countrymen ,Who , wanting gilders to redeem their lives , Have sealed his rigorous statutes with their bloods , Excludes all pity from our threat'ning looks .
... from the rancorous outrage of your duke To merchants , our well - dealing countrymen ,Who , wanting gilders to redeem their lives , Have sealed his rigorous statutes with their bloods , Excludes all pity from our threat'ning looks .
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Adr . Look , when I serve him so , he takes it ill . Luc . O , know , he is the bridle of your will . Adr . There's none , but asses , will be bridled so . Luc . Why , headstrong liberty is lash'd with woe .
Adr . Look , when I serve him so , he takes it ill . Luc . O , know , he is the bridle of your will . Adr . There's none , but asses , will be bridled so . Luc . Why , headstrong liberty is lash'd with woe .
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Adr . His company must do his minions grace , Whilst I at home starve for a merry look . Hath homely age the alluring beauty took From my poor cheek ? then he hath wasted it : Are my discourses dull ? barren my wit ?
Adr . His company must do his minions grace , Whilst I at home starve for a merry look . Hath homely age the alluring beauty took From my poor cheek ? then he hath wasted it : Are my discourses dull ? barren my wit ?
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... And make a common of my serious hours . When the sun shines , let foolish gnats make sport , But creep in crannies , when he hides his beams . If you will jest with me , know my aspect , And fashion your demeanour to my looks ...
... And make a common of my serious hours . When the sun shines , let foolish gnats make sport , But creep in crannies , when he hides his beams . If you will jest with me , know my aspect , And fashion your demeanour to my looks ...
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Adr . Ay , ay , Antipholus , look strange , and frown ; Some other mistress hath thy sweet aspects , I am not Adriana , nor thy wife . The time was once , when thou unurg'd would'st vow , That never words were musick to thine ear ...
Adr . Ay , ay , Antipholus , look strange , and frown ; Some other mistress hath thy sweet aspects , I am not Adriana , nor thy wife . The time was once , when thou unurg'd would'st vow , That never words were musick to thine ear ...
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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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