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" How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! — Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness... "
The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson, George ... - Page 169
by William Shakespeare - 1807
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Complete Works: With Dr. Johnson's Preface, a Glossary, and an Account of ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 pages
...Enter KING HENRY in his nightgown, with a Page. K . Hen. Go, call the earls of Surrey and of Warwick, indeed! Shall packAnd hollow pamper'd jades of Asia,...we fall foul for toys ? Hmt. by my troth, captain, forgetful ness ? W by rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee,...
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The wisdom and genius of Shakspeare: comprising moral philosophy ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...lock'd up in sleep, as guiltless labour When it lies starkly3 in the traveller's bones. 5— iv. 2. 157 Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have...eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with...
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The Moral and Intellectual School Book: Containing Instructions for Reading ...

William Martin - Readers - 1838 - 368 pages
...HENRY THE FOURTH, TO SLEEP. How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! — Oh, gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...eyelids down. And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with...
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The poetic reciter; or, Beauties of the British poets: adapted for reading ...

Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...HENRY IV.'S SOLILOQUY ON SLEEP. How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hushed with...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 536 pages
...good Doll. [Exeunt ACT III. SCENE I.—A Room in the Palace. Enter King HENRY in his nightgown, with a Page. , How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are...eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with...
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The Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare: Comprising Moral Philosophy ...

William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 480 pages
...lock'd up in sleep, as guiltless labour When it lies starklyf in the traveller's bones. 5— iv.2. 157, Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have...eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with...
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The Poetry of the Pentateuch, Volume 1

Hobart Caunter - Bible - 1839 - 590 pages
...King Henry the Fourth, second part, act the third, scene the first. It is an apostrophe to sleep :— Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have...wilt weigh my eyelids down And steep my senses in forgetful ness? Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee,...
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Commentaries on the Historical Plays of Shakspeare, Volume 1

Thomas Peregrine Courtenay - Historical drama, English - 1840 - 342 pages
...With others than with him." Of the celebrated address to sleep,* Shakspeare has the whole merit. " How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this...nurse, how have I frighted thee. That thou no more will weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather, sleep, liest thou in...
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American Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated, Volume 2

1840 - 598 pages
...lowest of his race. Thus does he penetrate into the anxious sleepiest chamber of a king : — " Oh, sleep ! Nature's soft nurse ! how have I frighted...eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness? ****** Wilt thou, upon the high and giddy mast, Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his hrain In...
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The Philosophy of Shakspere: Extracted from His Plays

William Shakespeare, Michael Henry Rankin - 1841 - 266 pages
...iii. Scene 4. A". Henry. How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep!—Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfnlness ? Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee,...
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