The works of Shakespear, with a glossary, pr. from the Oxford ed. in quarto, 1744 [by Sir T.Hanmer]. |
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... tongue ( The agent of thy foul inconftancy ) To fit and witch me , as Afcanius did , When he to madding Dido would unfold His father's acts , commenc'd in burning Troy ! Am I not witcht like her ? art thou not falfe like him ? Ah me , I ...
... tongue ( The agent of thy foul inconftancy ) To fit and witch me , as Afcanius did , When he to madding Dido would unfold His father's acts , commenc'd in burning Troy ! Am I not witcht like her ? art thou not falfe like him ? Ah me , I ...
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... tongue ! What inftance gives Lord Warwick for his vow ? War . See how the blood is fettled in his face . Oft have I seen a timely parted ghoft Of afhy femblance , meager , pale , and blood - left , Being all defcended to the lab'ring ...
... tongue ! What inftance gives Lord Warwick for his vow ? War . See how the blood is fettled in his face . Oft have I seen a timely parted ghoft Of afhy femblance , meager , pale , and blood - left , Being all defcended to the lab'ring ...
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... tongue That flily glided tow'rds your Majefty , It were but neceffary you were wak'd ; Left being fuffer'd in that harmless flumber , The mortal worm might make the fleep eternal . And therefore do they cry , though you forbid , you ...
... tongue That flily glided tow'rds your Majefty , It were but neceffary you were wak'd ; Left being fuffer'd in that harmless flumber , The mortal worm might make the fleep eternal . And therefore do they cry , though you forbid , you ...
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... as harsh and horrible to hear , Deliver'd ftrongly through my fixed teeth , With full as many figns of deadly hate , As lean - fac'd envy in her loathsome cave . My My tongue should stumble in mine earnest words , Mine King HENRY VI . 55.
... as harsh and horrible to hear , Deliver'd ftrongly through my fixed teeth , With full as many figns of deadly hate , As lean - fac'd envy in her loathsome cave . My My tongue should stumble in mine earnest words , Mine King HENRY VI . 55.
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William Shakespeare sir Thomas Hanmer (4th bart). My tongue should stumble in mine earnest words , Mine eyes fhould fparkle like the beaten flint , Mine hair be fixt on end like one diftract : Ay , ev'ry joint should seem to curfe and ...
William Shakespeare sir Thomas Hanmer (4th bart). My tongue should stumble in mine earnest words , Mine eyes fhould fparkle like the beaten flint , Mine hair be fixt on end like one diftract : Ay , ev'ry joint should seem to curfe and ...
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Page 135 - Content!' to that which grieves my heart, And wet my cheeks with artificial tears, And frame my face to all occasions.
Page 359 - His honour and the greatness of his name Shall be, and make new nations ; he shall flourish, And, like a mountain cedar, reach his branches To all the plains about him ; our children's children Shall see this and bless heaven.
Page 304 - tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow.
Page 176 - Why I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity. And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover To entertain these fair well-spoken days, . I am determined to prove a villain, And hate the idle pleasures of these days.
Page 122 - So many hours must I tend my flock; So many hours must I take my rest; So many hours must I contemplate; So many hours must I sport myself; So many days my ewes have been with young; So many weeks ere the poor fools will yean; So many years ere I shall shear the fleece: So minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years, Pass'd over to the end they were created, Would bring white hairs unto a quiet grave.
Page 170 - I have no brother, I am like no brother; And this word 'love,' which greybeards call divine, Be resident in men like one another, And not in me! I am myself alone.
Page 122 - O God! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run...
Page 331 - Why, well; Never so truly happy, my good Cromwell. I know myself now; and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience.
Page 330 - But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Page 332 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes...