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" I have of late, — but wherefore I know not, — lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the... "
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Lectures on English literature, from Chaucer to Tennyson

Henry Reed - 1855 - 428 pages
...know not) lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercise : and, indeed, it goes so heavily with iny disposition, that this goodly frame, the earth, seems...pestilent congregation of vapours. What a piece of work is a man ! How noble in reason ! How infinite That wraps this moveless scene. Heaven's ebon urch, Studded...
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The British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review, Or, Quarterly ..., Volume 16

Medicine - 1855 - 594 pages
...rightly, therefore, the melancholic Hamlet says of the highest source of natural pleasure — '• This most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this...than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours." In the same way it is that, in nenralgia, impressions ordinarily agreeable — as of light, sounds,...
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The works of William Shakspere. Knight's Cabinet ed., with ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1856 - 380 pages
...steril promontory ; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, — this brave o'eihanging3 — this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why,...congregation. of vapours. "What a piece of work is a man ! How noble in reason! how infinite iu faculty! in foi in and moving, how express and admirable...
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The Stratford Shakspere, ed. by C. Knight, Volumes 17-22

William Shakespeare - 1856 - 824 pages
...to me a steril promontory ; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, — this brave jerhanging firmament — this majestical roof fretted with golden...pestilent congregation of vapours. What a piece of work aa man ! How noble in reason ! how infinite in faculty ! in form and moving, how express and admirable...
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Lectures on English History and Tragic Poetry, as Illustrated by Shakespeare

Henry Reed - Great Britain - 1856 - 484 pages
...promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave overhanging firmament, this niajestical roof, fretted with golden fire — why, it appears...pestilent congregation of vapours. What a piece of work is a man ! How noble in reason ! how infinite in faculty ! in form, and moving, how express and admirable...
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Class Book of Poetry: Consisting of Selections from Distinguished English ...

John Seely Hart - Readers - 1857 - 394 pages
...indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition, that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a steril promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look...the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Hamlet's soliloquy after seeing a player act the par; of Hecuba. Ham. O, what...
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Introduction to English literature, from Chaucer to Tennyson

Henry Reed - 1857 - 242 pages
...Shakspeare's could stand by the side of such verse? I turn to an equally familiar passage in Hamlet : " I have of late (but wherefore, I know not) lost all...pestilent congregation of vapours. What a piece of work is a man ! How noble in reason ! How infinite in faculties ! in form and moving, how express and admirable...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1857 - 730 pages
...feather. I have of late (but wherefore I know not) lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises ; and, indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition,...pestilent congregation of vapours. What a piece of work is a man ! how noble in reason ! how infinite in faculty ! in form and moving how express and admirable...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1857 - 734 pages
...sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament,(3T) this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, —...pestilent congregation of vapours. What a piece of work is a man ! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable...
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Lectures on the British Poets, Volume 1

Henry Reed - English poetry - 1857 - 424 pages
...promontory ; this most excellent canopy, the air, this brave o'erhanging firmament, — this majestic roof, fretted with golden fire, — why, it appears...congregation of vapours. 'What a piece of work is man ! How noble in reason ! how infinite in faculties ! in form and moving, how express and admirable !...
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