The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, and Isaac Reed, Volume 5Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807 |
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... Wife to EGEON , an Abbess at Ephesus . ADRIANA , Wife to ANTIPHOLUS of Ephesus . LUCIANA , her Sister . LUCE , her Servant . A Courtezan . Gaoler , Officers , and other Attendants . SCENE , Ephesus . COMEDY OF ERRORS . ACT I. SCENE I. - A.
... Wife to EGEON , an Abbess at Ephesus . ADRIANA , Wife to ANTIPHOLUS of Ephesus . LUCIANA , her Sister . LUCE , her Servant . A Courtezan . Gaoler , Officers , and other Attendants . SCENE , Ephesus . COMEDY OF ERRORS . ACT I. SCENE I. - A.
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... sister , stay for you . Ant . S. Now , as I am a christian , answer me , In what safe place you have bestow'd my money ; Or I shall break that merry sconce of yours , That stands on tricks when I am undispos'd : Where is the thousand ...
... sister , stay for you . Ant . S. Now , as I am a christian , answer me , In what safe place you have bestow'd my money ; Or I shall break that merry sconce of yours , That stands on tricks when I am undispos'd : Where is the thousand ...
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... sister , let us dine , and never fret : A man is master of his liberty : Time is their master ; and , when they see time , They'll go , or come : If so , be patient , sister . Adr . Why should their liberty than ours be more ? Luc ...
... sister , let us dine , and never fret : A man is master of his liberty : Time is their master ; and , when they see time , They'll go , or come : If so , be patient , sister . Adr . Why should their liberty than ours be more ? Luc ...
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... 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 see , the jewel , best enamelled , 2 Will lose his beauty ; and though gold ' bides 18 ACT II ...
... 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 see , the jewel , best enamelled , 2 Will lose his beauty ; and though gold ' bides 18 ACT II ...
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... sister thus ? She sent for you by Dromio home to dinner . Ant . S. By Dromio ? Dro . S. By me ? Adr . By thee ; and this thou didst return from him , - That he did buffet thee , and , in his blows , Denied my house for his , me for his ...
... sister thus ? She sent for you by Dromio home to dinner . Ant . S. By Dromio ? Dro . S. By me ? Adr . By thee ; and this thou didst return from him , - That he did buffet thee , and , in his blows , Denied my house for his , me for his ...
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ANTIPHOLUS Aquitain ARMADO Baptista Bian Bianca Bion BIONDELLO Biron Boyet chain comes Cost COSTARD Curt daughter dost thou doth Dromio ducats Duke Dull Dumain Enter Ephesus Exeunt Exit eyes face fair father fool forsworn gentle gentleman give grace Grumio hand hath hear heart hither horse Hortensio husband Kate Kath KATHARINA King knock l'envoy lady Long Longaville look lord Lucentio madam Marry master merry mistress Moth Nath Navarre ne'er never oath Padua Petruchio Pisa Pompey pray Prin princess quoth Rosaline SCENE Servant shrew signior Gremio Sirrah sister speak stay sweet Syracusan Syracuse tell thee There's thine thou art thou hast to-day tongue Tranio unto villain Vincentio wench What's wife wilt withal woman word
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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!
Page 160 - Such duty as the subject owes the prince, Even such a woman oweth to her husband...