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See for example the speech of Judge Appius to Claudius, beginning, 'The furies
fell of Limbo lake My princely days do short, &c.' It is also worth while to notice
that the song quoted in Romeo and Juliet, iv. 5. 128, - “When griping grief the
heart ...
See for example the speech of Judge Appius to Claudius, beginning, 'The furies
fell of Limbo lake My princely days do short, &c.' It is also worth while to notice
that the song quoted in Romeo and Juliet, iv. 5. 128, - “When griping grief the
heart ...
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... my daughter's heart, Turn'd her obedience, which is due to me, To stubborn
harshness: and, my gracious duke, Be it so she will not here before your grace
Consent to marry with Demetrius, 40 I beg the ancient privilege of Athens, As she
is ...
... my daughter's heart, Turn'd her obedience, which is due to me, To stubborn
harshness: and, my gracious duke, Be it so she will not here before your grace
Consent to marry with Demetrius, 40 I beg the ancient privilege of Athens, As she
is ...
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O, teach me how you look, and with what art You Sway the motion of Demetrius'
heart. Her. I frown upon him, yet he loves me still. Hel. O that your frowns would
teach my smiles such skill Her. I give him curses, yet he gives me love. Hel.
O, teach me how you look, and with what art You Sway the motion of Demetrius'
heart. Her. I frown upon him, yet he loves me still. Hel. O that your frowns would
teach my smiles such skill Her. I give him curses, yet he gives me love. Hel.
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... here is a play fitted. Snug. Have you the lion's part written ? pray you, if it be,
give it me, for I am slow of study. 6 I Quin. You may do it extempore, for it is
nothing but roaring. Bot. Let me play the lion too: I will roar, that I will do any
man's heart ...
... here is a play fitted. Snug. Have you the lion's part written ? pray you, if it be,
give it me, for I am slow of study. 6 I Quin. You may do it extempore, for it is
nothing but roaring. Bot. Let me play the lion too: I will roar, that I will do any
man's heart ...
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You draw me, you hard-hearted adamant: But yet you draw not iron, for my heart
Is true as steel: leave you your power to draw, And I shall have no power to follow
you. Dem. Do I entice you ? do I speak you fair : Or, rather, do I not in plainest ...
You draw me, you hard-hearted adamant: But yet you draw not iron, for my heart
Is true as steel: leave you your power to draw, And I shall have no power to follow
you. Dem. Do I entice you ? do I speak you fair : Or, rather, do I not in plainest ...
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| Title | Select Plays; A Midsummer Night's Dream Clarendon press series. English classics |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Publisher | Clarendon Press, 1879 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 Dec 2017 |
| Length | 147 pages |
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