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" And now my tongue's use is to me no more Than an unstringed viol, or a harp ; Or like a cunning instrument cased up, Or, being open, put into his hands That knows no touch to tune the harmony. "
The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare - Page 34
by William Shakespeare - 1821
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The works of William Shakespeare complete. With life and glossary

William Shakespeare - 1876 - 1000 pages
...be cast forth in the common air, Have I deserved ai your highness' hands. The language I have leam'd dering lord ; Charles and the rest will take, thee ¡u tluir anna. nnstringed viol, or a harp ; Or like a canning instrument cas 'a up, Or, being open, put into his hands...
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Essays, Historical and Theological, Volume 2

James Bowling Mozley - Christianity - 1878 - 476 pages
...merit, not so deep a maim As to be cast forth in the common air, Have I deserved at your highness' hand. The language I have learn'd these forty years, My...unstringed viol, -or a harp ; Or like a cunning instrument cased up, Or, being open, put into his hands That knows no touch to tune the harmony.' " There is an...
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Lectures on the Literature of the Age of Elizabeth: And Characters of ...

William Hazlitt - English literature - 1878 - 560 pages
...than that conveyed in Mowbray's complaint at being banished for life : " The language I have learned these forty years, My native English, now I must forego...unstringed viol or a harp, Or like a cunning instrument oas'd np, Or being open, put into his hands • That knows no touch to tune the harmony. . . . I am...
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Essays, Historical and Theological, Volume 2

James Bowling Mozley - History - 1878 - 470 pages
...be caat forth in the common air, Have I deserved at your highness' hand. The language I have learu'd these forty years, My native English, now I must forego...unstringed viol, or a harp ; Or like a cunning instrument cased up, Or, being open, put into his hands That knows no touch to tune the harmony.' " TLere is an...
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King Richard the Second

William Shakespeare - Drama - 1981 - 292 pages
...highness' hands. The language I have learnt these forty years, My native English, now I must forgo, tfc And now my tongue's use is to me no more Than an unstringed viol or a harp, Or like a cunning instrument cased up Or being open, put into his hands That knows no touch to tune the harmony. Within my mouth...
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Four Histories

William Shakespeare - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 884 pages
...highness' hands. The language I have learnt these forty years, 1 60 My native English, now I must forgo, And now my tongue's use is to me no more Than an unstringed viol or a harp, Or like a cunning instrument cased up Or being open, put into his hands That knows no touch to tune the harmony. Within my mouth...
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...highness' hands. The language I have learn'd these forty years, My native English, now I must forgo: dswo 3 cased up, Or, being open, put into his hands That knows no touch to tune the harmony: Within my mouth...
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Political Shakespeare

Stephen Orgel, Sean Keilen - Drama - 1999 - 334 pages
...Language," 1-18; chap. 1, 'Two Versions of Gothic," 19-$2; and chap. 2. "Writing the Law," 63-104. And now my tongue's use is to me no more Than an unstringed...his hands That knows no touch to tune the harmony. . . . 1 am too old to fawn upon a nurse. Too far in years to be a pupil now. What is thy sentence then...
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William Shakespeare, Richard II

Martin Coyle - Drama - 1999 - 196 pages
...or than that conveyed in Mowbray's complaint at being banished for life. The language I have learned these forty years, My native English, now I must forego;...is to me no more Than an unstringed viol or a harp, . . . How very beautiful is all this, and at the same time how very English too! Richard II may be...
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Scenes from Shakespeare

Harry Levin - Drama - 2000 - 170 pages
...but negatively, since he must put English behind him. Henceforth his tongue can mean no more to him Than an unstringed viol or a harp, Or like a cunning...his hands That knows no touch to tune the harmony. (I, iii, 162-65) 88 Scenes from Shakespeare If departure means silence for Mowbray, the last words...
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