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... mouth . This particular consequence of the Reformation served to cramp the genius of Shakespeare , at least to the extent of giving a rough date to the period of his writings ; the second effect , his profound ac- quaintance with Holy ...
... mouth . This particular consequence of the Reformation served to cramp the genius of Shakespeare , at least to the extent of giving a rough date to the period of his writings ; the second effect , his profound ac- quaintance with Holy ...
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... mouth , and the moving of my lips should assuage your grief . " Job xvi . 4 , 5 . THE PLAY OF KING JOHN . ACT III . SCENE I. " Constance . A wicked day , and not a holy day ! What hath this day deserved , what hath it done ; That it in ...
... mouth , and the moving of my lips should assuage your grief . " Job xvi . 4 , 5 . THE PLAY OF KING JOHN . ACT III . SCENE I. " Constance . A wicked day , and not a holy day ! What hath this day deserved , what hath it done ; That it in ...
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... mouth unto the Lord , and I cannot go back . " And he sent her away for two months : " And it came to pass , at the end of two months , that she returned unto her father , who did with her accord- ing to the vow that he had vowed ...
... mouth unto the Lord , and I cannot go back . " And he sent her away for two months : " And it came to pass , at the end of two months , that she returned unto her father , who did with her accord- ing to the vow that he had vowed ...
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... mouths of his characters , he seems to be indebted no little to the Book of Proverbs for much of his intuitive knowledge of the mental bias of man- kind taken individually ( notwithstanding innate powers of observation ) SHAKESPEARE AND ...
... mouths of his characters , he seems to be indebted no little to the Book of Proverbs for much of his intuitive knowledge of the mental bias of man- kind taken individually ( notwithstanding innate powers of observation ) SHAKESPEARE AND ...
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... mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand . " Gen. iv . 11 . The versatility of Shakespeare is seen in his method of treating the same facts from Scripture in various parts of his works ; for by them he con- trives most ...
... mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand . " Gen. iv . 11 . The versatility of Shakespeare is seen in his method of treating the same facts from Scripture in various parts of his works ; for by them he con- trives most ...
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Page 88 - And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger ! I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy to be called thy son : make me as one of thy hired servants.
Page 153 - 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 152 - And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye ' Or how wilt thou (Say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye : and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Page 63 - When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
Page 124 - Let people serve thee, And nations bow down to thee: Be lord over thy brethren, And let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: Cursed be every one that curseth thee, And blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Page 7 - Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition : By that sin fell the angels; how can man, then, The image of his Maker, hope to win by it ? Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee ; Corruption wins not more than honesty.
Page 110 - These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die ! like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, consume.
Page 29 - O, how wretched Is that poor man, that hangs on princes' favours ! There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin. More pangs and fears than wars or women have ; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again.
Page 72 - If sack and sugar be a fault, God help the wicked ! If to be old and merry be a sin, then many an old host that I know, is damned : if to be fat be to be hated, then Pharaoh's lean kine are to be loved. No, my good lord ; Banish Peto, banish Bardolph, banish Poins : but for sweet Jack Falstaff, kind Jack Falstaff, true Jack Falstaff, valiant Jack Falstaff, and therefore more valiant, being as he is, old Jack Falstaff, banish not him thy Harry's company, banish not him thy Harry's company ; banish...
Page 75 - And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried ; and in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried, and said ; Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue ; for I am tormented in this flame.