 ... this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent...  Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello. Appendixes - Page 214by William Shakespeare - 1773Full view - About this book
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...then remained for later writers, but affectation, witticifm, and conceit l What a piece of work is man ! how noble in reafon ! how infinite in faculties...how exprefs and admirable ! in action, how like an angel ! in apprchenfion, how like a God ! If to do were as eafy as to know what were good to do, chapels... | |
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...; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'er-hanginj firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, —why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours. What a piece of work is man ! How noble in reason ! how infinite... | |
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...this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, tiais brave o'orliuiging firmament, this majestieal roof fretted with golden fire, why it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours. What a piece of work is man ! How noble in reason ! How infinite... | |
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