The Plays and Poems of Shakespeare,: According to the Improved Text of Edmund Malone, Including the Latest Revisions, : with a Life, Glossarial Notes, an Index, and One Hundred and Seventy Illustrations, from Designs by English Artists, Volume 3 |
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Page 34
I know thee well ; thou hast obtain'd thy suit : Shylock , thy master , spoke with me
this day , And hath preferr'd thee , if it be preferment , To leave a rich Jew's
service , to become The follower of so poor a gentleman . Laun . The old proverb
is ...
I know thee well ; thou hast obtain'd thy suit : Shylock , thy master , spoke with me
this day , And hath preferr'd thee , if it be preferment , To leave a rich Jew's
service , to become The follower of so poor a gentleman . Laun . The old proverb
is ...
Page 143
Leave you your power to draw , And I shall have no power to follow you . ...
spaniel ; and , Demetrius , The more you beat me , I will fawn on you : Use me but
as your spaniel , spurn me , strike me , Neglect me , lose me ; only give me leave
.
Leave you your power to draw , And I shall have no power to follow you . ...
spaniel ; and , Demetrius , The more you beat me , I will fawn on you : Use me but
as your spaniel , spurn me , strike me , Neglect me , lose me ; only give me leave
.
Page 144
You do impeach 1 your modesty too much , To leave the city , and commit
yourself Into the hands of one that loves you not , To trust the opportunity of night ,
And the ill counsel of a desert place , With the rich worth of your virginity . Hel .
You do impeach 1 your modesty too much , To leave the city , and commit
yourself Into the hands of one that loves you not , To trust the opportunity of night ,
And the ill counsel of a desert place , With the rich worth of your virginity . Hel .
Page 169
But why unkindly didst thou leave me so ? Lys . Why should he stay , whom love
doth press to go ? Her . What love could press Lysander from my side ? Lys .
Lysander's love , that would not let him bide , Fair Helena ; who more engilds the
...
But why unkindly didst thou leave me so ? Lys . Why should he stay , whom love
doth press to go ? Her . What love could press Lysander from my side ? Lys .
Lysander's love , that would not let him bide , Fair Helena ; who more engilds the
...
Page 332
Ay , sweet my lord ; and so I take my leave . [ to the King . King . No , madam : we
will bring you on your way . Bir . Our wooing doth not end like an old play ; Jack
hath not Jill : these ladies ' courtesy Might well have made our sport a comedy .
Ay , sweet my lord ; and so I take my leave . [ to the King . King . No , madam : we
will bring you on your way . Bir . Our wooing doth not end like an old play ; Jack
hath not Jill : these ladies ' courtesy Might well have made our sport a comedy .
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Page 12 - 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 127 - Making it momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream, Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold!
Page 332 - A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it...
Page 105 - The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark When neither is attended, and I think The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren.
Page 126 - Ah me! for aught that ever I could read. Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth: But, either it was different in blood; Her.
Page 333 - Tu-whit, tu-who ! a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. When all aloud the wind doth blow, And coughing drowns the parson's saw, And birds sit brooding in the snow, And Marian's nose looks red and raw, When roasted...
Page 101 - The moon shines bright : — In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees, And they did make no noise ; in such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the Trojan walls, And sigh'd his soul toward the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay that night.
Page 85 - You have among you many a purchased slave, Which, like your asses and your dogs and mules, You use in abject and in slavish parts, Because you bought them: shall I say to you, Let them be free, marry them to your heirs?
Page 220 - Save base authority from others' books. • These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights, That give a name to every fixed star, Have no more profit of their shining nights, Than those that walk, and wot not what they are.
Page 208 - Whilst the heavy ploughman snores, All with weary task fordone. Now the wasted brands do glow, Whilst the screech-owl, screeching loud, Puts the wretch that lies in woe In remembrance of a shroud. Now it is the time of night ' That the graves, all gaping wide, Every one lets forth his sprite, In the church-way paths to glide...