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" Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them— Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace. Have no delight to pass away the time.... "
Histories - Page 241
by William Shakespeare - 1867
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 426 pages
...rudely stamp'd, and want love's majesty, To strut before a wanton ambling nymph ; I, that am eurtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling...Have no delight to pass, away the time ; Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity ; And therefore, — since I cannot prove...
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Public Characters, Volume 8

Biography - 1806 - 672 pages
...before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionably, That dogs bark at me as I halt by them : Why I, in...peace, Have no delight to pass away the time. Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on my own deformity." Z3 Nay, Nay, now dispatch ; 'twas I that...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 568 pages
...feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing wprld, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable,...peace, Have no delight to pass away the time; Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity: And therefore,—since I cannot prove...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 434 pages
...pleasing of a lute. But I, — that am not shap'd for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass; I, that am rudely stamp'd, and want...peace, Have no delight to pass away the time; Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity ; And therefore, — since I cannot prove...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 408 pages
...ambling nymph; I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature,5 Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this...peace, Have no delight to pass away the time; Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity ; And therefore, — since I cannot prove...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 510 pages
...pleasing of a lute. But I, — that am not shap'd for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass ; I, that am rudely stamp'd, and want...Have no delight to pass away the time ; Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity : And therefore, — since I cannot prove...
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Public characters [Formerly British public characters] of 1798-9 ..., Volume 8

1806 - 666 pages
...before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that go lamely and unfashionably, That dogs bark at me as I halt by them : Why I, in...peace, Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on my own deformity." Nay, now dispatch ; 'twas I that stabb'd...
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The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson ..., Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1807 - 472 pages
...lascivious pleasing of a lute. But I,—that am not shap'd for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass; I, that am rudely stamp'd, and want...peace, Have no delight to pass away the time; Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity; And therefore,—since I canuot prove...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr ..., Volume 11

William Shakespeare - 1808 - 380 pages
...like as like may be, " And in the other print no character " To challenge any mark of true descent!" Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this...peace, Have no delight to pass away the time; Unless to spy my shadow in' the sun, And descant on mine own deformity : 7 ' And therefore,—since I cannot...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 11

William Shakespeare - 1808 - 384 pages
...like as like may be, " And in the other print no character " To challenge any mark of true descent !" Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this...Have no delight to pass away the time ; Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity :7 And therefore, — since I cannot prove...
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