Taming of the shrew. All's well that ends wellPrinted for, and under the direction of, John Bell, 1788 |
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... thou love pictures ? We will fetch thee straight " Adonis painted by a running brook ; " And Citherea all in sedges bid ; " Which seem to move and wanton with her breath , “ Ev'n as the waving sedges play with wind . Lord . We will shew ...
... thou love pictures ? We will fetch thee straight " Adonis painted by a running brook ; " And Citherea all in sedges bid ; " Which seem to move and wanton with her breath , “ Ev'n as the waving sedges play with wind . Lord . We will shew ...
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... thou not , boy , how Silver made it good At the hedge - corner , in the coldest fault ? I would not lose the dog for twenty pound . Hunt . Why , Belman is as good as he , my lord ; He cried upon it at the meerest loss , And twice to ...
... thou not , boy , how Silver made it good At the hedge - corner , in the coldest fault ? I would not lose the dog for twenty pound . Hunt . Why , Belman is as good as he , my lord ; He cried upon it at the meerest loss , And twice to ...
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... thou didst it excellent.— Well , you are come to me in happy time ; The rather for I have some sport in hand , Wherein your cunning can assist me much . There is a lord will hear you play to - night : But I am doubtful of your modesties ...
... thou didst it excellent.— Well , you are come to me in happy time ; The rather for I have some sport in hand , Wherein your cunning can assist me much . There is a lord will hear you play to - night : But I am doubtful of your modesties ...
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... thou canst ; 130 Anon I'll give thee more instructions . I know , the boy will well usurp [ Exit Servant . the grace , Voice , gait , and action of a gentlewoman ; I long to hear him call the drunkard , husband ; And how my men will ...
... thou canst ; 130 Anon I'll give thee more instructions . I know , the boy will well usurp [ Exit Servant . the grace , Voice , gait , and action of a gentlewoman ; I long to hear him call the drunkard , husband ; And how my men will ...
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... thou have musick ? hark ! Apollo plays , And twenty caged nightingales do sing : [ Musich Or wilt thou sleep ? we'll have thee to a couch , Softer and sweeter than the lustful bed On purpose trimm'd up for Semiramis . 180 Say , thou ...
... thou have musick ? hark ! Apollo plays , And twenty caged nightingales do sing : [ Musich Or wilt thou sleep ? we'll have thee to a couch , Softer and sweeter than the lustful bed On purpose trimm'd up for Semiramis . 180 Say , thou ...
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Page 77 - I will be master of what is mine own : She is my goods, my chattels ; she is my house, My household stuff, my field, my barn, My horse, my ox, my ass, my any thing...
Page 119 - Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper. Thy head, thy sovereign ; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance : commits his body To painful labour, both by sea and land; To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, While thou liest warm at home, secure and safe: And craves no other tribute at thy hands, But love, fair looks, and true obedience ; — Too little payment for so great a debt.
Page 98 - tis the mind that makes the body rich ; And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, So honour peereth in the meanest habit. What, is the jay more precious than the lark, Because his feathers are more beautiful ? Or is the adder better than the eel, Because his painted skin contents the eye ? O, no, good Kate ; neither art thou the worse For this poor furniture, and mean array.
Page 3 - I cannot reconcile my heart to Bertram — a man noble without generosity, and young without truth ; who marries Helen as a coward, and leaves her as a profligate ; when she is dead by his unkindness, sneaks home to a second marriage, is accused by a woman he has wronged, defends himself by falsehood, and is dismissed to happiness.
Page 38 - They say, miracles are past; and we -have our philosophical persons, to make modern and familiar things, supernatural and causeless. Hence is it, that we make trifles of terrors; ensconcing ourselves into seeming knowledge, when we should submit ourselves to an unknown fear.