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The Plays and Poems of Shakespeare,: According to the Improved Text of ... - Page 127
by William Shakespeare - 1844
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The works of Shakspere, revised from the best authorities: with a ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 pages
...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,...confusion. Her. If then true lovers have been ever crossed, It stands as an edict in destiny : Then let us teach our trial patience, Because it is a customary...
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Knight's Cabinet edition of the works of William Shakspere, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 376 pages
...as a shadow, short as any dream, Brief as the lightning in the ralliedb night, That, in a spleen,0 unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath...confusion. Her. If then true lovers have been ever cross'd, B Beteem — pour forth. b Cullicd — black, smutted. It stands as an edict in destiny : Then let...
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The family Shakespeare [expurgated by T. Bowdler]. in which those words are ...

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 1008 pages
...— Behuld ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion. Her. Jf kespeare( sigh«, Wishes, and tears, poor fancy's à followers. Lys. A good persuasion ; therefore, hear me,...
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Midsummer-night's dream. Love's labor's lost. Merchant of Venice. As y@u ...

William Shakespeare - 1844 - 554 pages
...momentanya as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream, Brief as the lightning in the collied3 night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and...confusion. Her. If then true lovers have been ever crossed, It stands as an edict in destiny. Then let us teach our trial patience, Because it is a customary...
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The Poems and Ballads of Schiller

Friedrich Schiller - 1844 - 402 pages
...translator through this and the preceding stanza , is more forcibly condensed by Schiller in four lines. '* "And ere a man hath power to say, 'behold,' The jaws...it up , So quick bright things come to confusion." — SHAKESPEARE. THE FORTUNE-FAVOURED. [THE first five verses in the original of this Poem are placed...
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The Prose and Poetry of Europe and America: Consisting of Literary Gems and ...

English literature - 1845 - 614 pages
...it momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, shurt as any dream; Brief as the lightning in the colled Jarkness do devour il up : So quick bright things come to confusion I LOVE'S LAST EVENING. Oh ! that...
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Letters of the Kings of England: Now First Collected from Royal ..., Volume 2

James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - Great Britain - 1846 - 520 pages
...worldly affection :— " Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and...it up : So quick bright things come to confusion." God to defend you against all evils, and that he be your shield. Farewell, dearest sister. 26th September,...
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The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1846 - 574 pages
...in a spleen, unfolds" both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold! The javvs of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things...confusion. ^ Her. If then true lovers have been ever cross' J, It stands as an edipt in destiny : Then let us teach our trial patience. Because it is a...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: Twelfth night ; Measure for measure ; Much ...

William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - Azerbaijan - 1847 - 474 pages
...7 momentany at a sound,] ie momentary. s the collied night,] Collied, ic black, smutted with coal. And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! The...lovers have been ever cross'd, It stands as an edict or destiny : Then let us teach our trial patience, Because it is a customary cross ; As due to love,...
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The Drawing-room magazine: or, Ladies book of fancy needlework and choice ...

1848 - 650 pages
...momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the cully M night That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth,...! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick do bright things come to confusion." And thus is it with poor Hermia. She soon finds herself assailed...
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