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The blind mole casts Copp'd hills towards heaven , to tell , the earth is wrong'd By
man's oppression ; and the poor worm doth die for't . Kings are earth's gods : in
vice their law's their will ; And if Jove stray , who dares say , Jove doth ill ?
The blind mole casts Copp'd hills towards heaven , to tell , the earth is wrong'd By
man's oppression ; and the poor worm doth die for't . Kings are earth's gods : in
vice their law's their will ; And if Jove stray , who dares say , Jove doth ill ?
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One fin , I know , another doth provoke ; Murder's as near to lust , as flame to
smoke . Poison and treason are the hands of sin , Ay , and the targets , to put off
the shame : Then , lest my life be cropp'd to keep you clear , By flight I'll fhun the ...
One fin , I know , another doth provoke ; Murder's as near to lust , as flame to
smoke . Poison and treason are the hands of sin , Ay , and the targets , to put off
the shame : Then , lest my life be cropp'd to keep you clear , By flight I'll fhun the ...
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O , mickle is the powerful grace , that lies In herbs , plants , stones , and their true
qualities : For nought so vile that on the earth doth live , But to the earth some
special good doth give ; Nor aught so good , but , strain'd froni that fair use ,
Revolts ...
O , mickle is the powerful grace , that lies In herbs , plants , stones , and their true
qualities : For nought so vile that on the earth doth live , But to the earth some
special good doth give ; Nor aught so good , but , strain'd froni that fair use ,
Revolts ...
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Young son , it argues a distemper'd head , So soon to bid good morrow to thy bed
: Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye , And where care lodges , sleep
will never lie ; But where unbruised youth with unftuff'd brain Doth couch his ...
Young son , it argues a distemper'd head , So soon to bid good morrow to thy bed
: Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye , And where care lodges , sleep
will never lie ; But where unbruised youth with unftuff'd brain Doth couch his ...
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How much salt water thrown away in waste , To season love , that of it doth not
taste !. The sun not yet thy fighs from heaven clears , Thy old groans ring yet in
my ancient ears : Lo , here upon thy cheek the Itain doth sit Of an old tear that is
not ...
How much salt water thrown away in waste , To season love , that of it doth not
taste !. The sun not yet thy fighs from heaven clears , Thy old groans ring yet in
my ancient ears : Lo , here upon thy cheek the Itain doth sit Of an old tear that is
not ...
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Page 93 - Thou must be patient; we came crying hither. Thou know'st, the first time that we smell the air, We wawl, and cry: — I will preach to thee; mark me. Glo. Alack, alack the day ! Lear. When we are born, we cry, that we are come To this great stage of fools...
Page 18 - Prick'd from the lazy finger of a maid : Her chariot is an empty hazel-nut, Made by the joiner squirrel, or old grub, Time out of mind the fairies' coach-makers. And in this state she gallops night by night Through lovers...
Page 52 - O! reason not the need; our basest beggars Are in the poorest thing superfluous: Allow not nature more than nature needs, Man's life is cheap as beast's. Thou art a lady; If only to go warm were gorgeous, Why, nature needs not what thou gorgeous wear'st, Which scarcely keeps thee warm.
Page 97 - Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath. Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty: Thou art not conquer'd; beauty's ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks. And death's pale flag is not advanced there.
Page 116 - KENT. Vex not his ghost: O, let him pass! he hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Page 21 - O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! Her beauty hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear...
Page 114 - I'd use them so That heaven's vault should crack. — She's gone for ever ! — I know when one is dead, and when one lives ; She's dead as earth.
Page 46 - These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die; like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, consume...
Page 98 - tis fittest. Cor. How does my royal lord? How fares your majesty? Lear. You do me wrong, to take me out o' the grave. — Thou art a soul in bliss ; but I am bound Upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears Do scald like molten lead.
Page 66 - Wilt thou be gone ? it is not yet near day. It was the nightingale, and not the lark, That pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear; Nightly she sings on yon pomegranate tree. Believe me, love, it was the nightingale.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: Pericles. King Lear. Romeo and Juliet Volume 11 of The Plays of William Shakespeare, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Publisher | T. Bensley, 1800 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 30 Dec 2006 |
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