The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: King Lear. Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. OthelloHilliard, Gray,, 1839 |
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... dost evil . Lear . Hear me , recreant ! On thine allegiance , hear me ! - Since thou hast sought to make us break our vow , ( Which we durst never yet , ) and , with strained pride , To come betwixt our sentence and our power , ( Which ...
... dost evil . Lear . Hear me , recreant ! On thine allegiance , hear me ! - Since thou hast sought to make us break our vow , ( Which we durst never yet , ) and , with strained pride , To come betwixt our sentence and our power , ( Which ...
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... dost stand condemned , ( So may it come ! ) thy master , whom thou lov'st , Shall find thee full of labors . 1 This line and the four following are not in the folio . Theobald observes , that they are fine in themselves , and much in ...
... dost stand condemned , ( So may it come ! ) thy master , whom thou lov'st , Shall find thee full of labors . 1 This line and the four following are not in the folio . Theobald observes , that they are fine in themselves , and much in ...
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... dost thou profess ? What wouldst thou with us ? 1 Kent . I do profess to be no less than I seem ; to serve him truly , that will put me in trust ; to love him that is honest ; to converse with him that is wise , and says little ; to ...
... dost thou profess ? What wouldst thou with us ? 1 Kent . I do profess to be no less than I seem ; to serve him truly , that will put me in trust ; to love him that is honest ; to converse with him that is wise , and says little ; to ...
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... dost thou ? Fool . Sirrah , you were best take my coxcomb . Kent . Why , fool ? Fool . Why ? For taking one's part that is out of favor ; nay , an thou canst not smile as the wind sits , 1 A metaphor from tennis . " Come in and take ...
... dost thou ? Fool . Sirrah , you were best take my coxcomb . Kent . Why , fool ? Fool . Why ? For taking one's part that is out of favor ; nay , an thou canst not smile as the wind sits , 1 A metaphor from tennis . " Come in and take ...
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... Dost thou know the difference , my boy , between a bitter fool and a sweet fool ? Lear . [ No , lad ; teach me . Fool . That lord , that counselled thee To give away thy land , Come place him here by me , - Or do thou for him stand ...
... Dost thou know the difference , my boy , between a bitter fool and a sweet fool ? Lear . [ No , lad ; teach me . Fool . That lord , that counselled thee To give away thy land , Come place him here by me , - Or do thou for him stand ...
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Page 331 - In the corrupted currents of this world, Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law; but 'tis not so above; There is no shuffling, there the action lies In his true nature, and we ourselves compell'd, Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults To give in evidence.
Page 463 - O now, for ever, Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell ! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O, you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! lago.
Page 335 - The counterfeit presentment of two brothers. See what a grace was seated on this brow ; Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill ; A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal To give the world assurance of a man : This was your husband.
Page 349 - Of thinking too precisely on the event, A thought which quarter'd, hath but one part wisdom And ever three parts coward, I do not know Why yet I live to say ' This thing's to do;' Sith I have cause and will and strength and means To do't.
Page 13 - Why have my sisters husbands, if they say They love you all ? Haply, when I shall wed, That lord whose hand must take my plight shall carry Half my love with him, half my care and duty : Sure, I shall never marry like my sisters, To love my father all.
Page 197 - Romeo; and, when he shall die. Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine, That all the world will be in love with night, And pay no worship to the garish sun.
Page 133 - The weight of this sad time we must obey ; Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. The oldest hath borne most : we, that are young, Shall never see so much, nor live so long.
Page 169 - But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks! It is the east, and Juliet is the sun ! — Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief, That thou her maid art far more fair than she...
Page 278 - But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood...
Page 120 - I'll kneel down, And ask of thee forgiveness : so we'll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk of court news ; and we'll talk with them too, Who loses and who wins ; who's in, who's out ; And take...