The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 4R. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... speaking of . The titles of some of our poet's comedies , which appear to have been written by the booksellers for whom they were printed , may also be cited for the same purpose ; thus we have " A pleasant conceited comedy called ...
... speaking of . The titles of some of our poet's comedies , which appear to have been written by the booksellers for whom they were printed , may also be cited for the same purpose ; thus we have " A pleasant conceited comedy called ...
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... speak- ing of Gabriel Harvey's incontinence , says , " he would not stick to extoll rotten lac'd mutton . " So , in ... speaking of Cupid , says , he is the " Hero of hie - hoes , admiral of ay - mes , and monsieur of mutton lac'd ...
... speak- ing of Gabriel Harvey's incontinence , says , " he would not stick to extoll rotten lac'd mutton . " So , in ... speaking of Cupid , says , he is the " Hero of hie - hoes , admiral of ay - mes , and monsieur of mutton lac'd ...
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... speaking shows his love but small . Luc . Fire that's closest kept , burns most of all 3 . JUL . They do not love , that do not show their love . Luc . O , they love least , that let men know their love . JUL . I would , I knew his mind ...
... speaking shows his love but small . Luc . Fire that's closest kept , burns most of all 3 . JUL . They do not love , that do not show their love . Luc . O , they love least , that let men know their love . JUL . I would , I knew his mind ...
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... speaking of Poetical Lamentations , says , they were chiefly used " at the burials of the dead , also at month's minds , and longer times : " and in the churchwarden's accompts of St. Helen's in Abingdon , Berkshire , 1558 , these ...
... speaking of Poetical Lamentations , says , they were chiefly used " at the burials of the dead , also at month's minds , and longer times : " and in the churchwarden's accompts of St. Helen's in Abingdon , Berkshire , 1558 , these ...
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... speak puling , like a beggar at Hallowmas " . You 6 - TAKES DIET ; ] To take diet was the phrase for being under a regimen for a disease mentioned in Timon : 66 - bring down the rose cheek'd youth " To the tub - fast and the diet ...
... speak puling , like a beggar at Hallowmas " . You 6 - TAKES DIET ; ] To take diet was the phrase for being under a regimen for a disease mentioned in Timon : 66 - bring down the rose cheek'd youth " To the tub - fast and the diet ...
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Page 390 - From women's eyes this doctrine I derive : They sparkle still the right Promethean fire ; They are the books, the arts, the academes, That show, contain, and nourish all the world...
Page 20 - I have no other but a woman's reason : I think him so, because I think him so.
Page 53 - Not for the world : why, man, she is mine own ; And I as rich in having such a jewel As twenty seas, if all their sand were pearl, The water nectar, and the rocks pure gold.
Page 380 - You meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes More by your number than your light, You common people of the skies; What are you when the moon shall rise?
Page 100 - Who is Silvia ? what is she, That all our swains commend her ? Holy, fair, and wise is she ; The Heaven such grace did lend her, That she might admired be. Is she kind as she is fair, — For beauty lives with kindness ? Love doth to her eyes repair, To help him of his blindness ; And, being help'd, inhabits there. Then to Silvia let us sing, That Silvia is excelling; She excels each mortal thing Upon the dull earth dwelling...