The Dramatic Works of Shakspeare: In Six Volumes, Volume 2Clarendon Press, 1787 |
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... she . But what of that ? Demetrius thinks not fo ; He will not know what all but he do know . And as he errs , doting on Hermia's eyes , So I , admiring of his qualities . Things base and vile , holding no ' quantity , Love can ...
... she . But what of that ? Demetrius thinks not fo ; He will not know what all but he do know . And as he errs , doting on Hermia's eyes , So I , admiring of his qualities . Things base and vile , holding no ' quantity , Love can ...
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... she , as her attendant , hath A lovely boy , ftol'n from an Indian king , She never had fo fweet a ' changeling : And jealous Oberon would have the child Knight of his train , to trace the forefts wild : But fhe , per - force ...
... she , as her attendant , hath A lovely boy , ftol'n from an Indian king , She never had fo fweet a ' changeling : And jealous Oberon would have the child Knight of his train , to trace the forefts wild : But fhe , per - force ...
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... she drinks , against her lips I bob , And on her wither'd dew - lap pour the ale . The wifeftaunt , telling the faddeft tale , Sometime for three - foot ftool mistaketh me ; Then flip I from her bum , down topples fhe , And taylor cries ...
... she drinks , against her lips I bob , And on her wither'd dew - lap pour the ale . The wifeftaunt , telling the faddeft tale , Sometime for three - foot ftool mistaketh me ; Then flip I from her bum , down topples fhe , And taylor cries ...
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... she is asleep , And drop the liquor of it in her eyes : The next thing when the waking looks upon , ( Be it on lion , bear , or wolf , or bull , On meddling monkey , or on bufy ape ) She shall purfue it with the foul of love . And ere I ...
... she is asleep , And drop the liquor of it in her eyes : The next thing when the waking looks upon , ( Be it on lion , bear , or wolf , or bull , On meddling monkey , or on bufy ape ) She shall purfue it with the foul of love . And ere I ...
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... she's angry , she is keen and shrewd : She was a vixen , when she went to school ; And , though fhe be but little , fhe is fierce . Her . Little again ? nothing but low and little ? Why will you fuffer her to flout me thus ? Let me come ...
... she's angry , she is keen and shrewd : She was a vixen , when she went to school ; And , though fhe be but little , fhe is fierce . Her . Little again ? nothing but low and little ? Why will you fuffer her to flout me thus ? Let me come ...
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Page 630 - But nature makes that mean : so, over that art Which you say adds to nature, is an art That nature makes. You see, sweet maid, we marry A gentler scion to the wildest stock, And make conceive a bark of baser kind By bud of nobler race : this is an art Which does mend nature, change it rather, but The art itself is nature.
Page 196 - The seasons' difference, as the icy fang And churlish chiding of the winter's wind, Which, when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile and say ' This is no flattery : these are counsellors That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Page 87 - Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff : you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search.
Page 90 - If to do were as easy as to know what were^ good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions: I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.
Page 151 - The slaves are ours.' So do I answer you: The pound of flesh which I demand of him Is dearly bought; 'tis mine, and I will have it. If you deny me, fie upon your law! There is no force in the decrees of Venice. I stand for judgment: answer; shall I have it?
Page 440 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together : our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.