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If you , born in these latter times , When wit's more ripe , accept my rhymes , And
that to hear an old man sing , May to your wishes pleasure bring , I life would
wish , and that I might Waste it for you , like taper - light . This city then , Antioch
the ...
If you , born in these latter times , When wit's more ripe , accept my rhymes , And
that to hear an old man sing , May to your wishes pleasure bring , I life would
wish , and that I might Waste it for you , like taper - light . This city then , Antioch
the ...
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Hear , nature , hear ; Dear goddess , hear ! Suspend thy parpose , if Thou didst
intend to make this creature fruitful ! Into her womb convey fterility ! Dry up in her
the organs of increase ; And from her derogate body never spring A babę to ...
Hear , nature , hear ; Dear goddess , hear ! Suspend thy parpose , if Thou didst
intend to make this creature fruitful ! Into her womb convey fterility ! Dry up in her
the organs of increase ; And from her derogate body never spring A babę to ...
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If you do find him , pray you , give him this ; And when your mistress hears thus
much from you , I pray , desire her call her wisdom to her . So , fare you well . If
you do chance to hear of that blind traitor , Preferment falls on him that cuts him
off .
If you do find him , pray you , give him this ; And when your mistress hears thus
much from you , I pray , desire her call her wisdom to her . So , fare you well . If
you do chance to hear of that blind traitor , Preferment falls on him that cuts him
off .
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Did you ne'er hear fay— Two may keep counsel , putting one away ? Rom . I
warrant thee ; my man's as true as steel . Nurse . Well , fir ; my mistress is the
sweetest ladyLord , lord ! -when ' twas a little prating thing , -0 ,there's a
nobleman in ...
Did you ne'er hear fay— Two may keep counsel , putting one away ? Rom . I
warrant thee ; my man's as true as steel . Nurse . Well , fir ; my mistress is the
sweetest ladyLord , lord ! -when ' twas a little prating thing , -0 ,there's a
nobleman in ...
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Ah , Juliet , I already know thy grief ; It strains me past the compass of my wits : I
hear thou must , and nothing may prorogue it , On thursday next be married to
this county . Jul . Tell me not , friar , that thou hear'st of this , Unless thou tell me
how ...
Ah , Juliet , I already know thy grief ; It strains me past the compass of my wits : I
hear thou must , and nothing may prorogue it , On thursday next be married to
this county . Jul . Tell me not , friar , that thou hear'st of this , Unless thou tell me
how ...
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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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