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Shakspere's Werke, herausg. und erklärt von N. Delius. [With] Nachträge und ... - Page 59
by William Shakespeare - 1857
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Mnemotechny, or art of memory, theoretical and practical: with a ...

Pliny Miles - 1850 - 374 pages
...2. SHAKSPEARE. KNOWN. 37. How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hushed with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber ; Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under...
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The Meaning of Shakespeare, Volume 1, Volume 1

Harold C. Goddard - Literary Criticism - 2009 - 410 pages
...append the speech here: "How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep! O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber. Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sound...
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Shakespeare's Soliloquies

Wolfgang Clemen - English drama - 1987 - 232 pages
...[Page]. How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep! O sleep, O gentle sleep, 5 Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That...smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, 10 And husht with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfmn'd chambers of the great, Under...
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The Columbia Granger's Dictionary of Poetry Quotations

Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...accidents. (I, ii) 53 Rebellion lay in his way, and he found it. (V, i) NAEL-I King Henry IV, Pt. II 54 0 @ hushed with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfumed chambers of the great. Under the...
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Four Histories

William Shakespeare - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 884 pages
...of 1.2. F has 'with a How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep! O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, 10 And hushed with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfumed chambers of the great,...
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Selected Poems

William Shakespeare - Poetry - 1995 - 136 pages
...garments, heavy with their drink, Pulled the poor wretch from her melodious lay To muddy death. O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee And hushed with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the...
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Making Trifles of Terrors: Redistributing Complicities in Shakespeare

Harry Berger, Peter Erickson - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 532 pages
...of its concluding line: How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep! O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee And hushed with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the...
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Henry IV, Part 2

William Shakespeare - Drama - 1998 - 308 pages
...Page How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O sleep, O gentle sleep, s Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That...smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, i O And hushed with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber Than in the perfumed chambers of the great,...
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Acquainted with the Night: Insomnia Poems

Lisa Russ Spaar - Poetry - 1999 - 212 pages
...How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep! O sleep, O gentle sleep, Natures soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no...smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hushed with buzzing night-flies to thy OO / slumber, Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, JO...
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Orson Welles on Shakespeare: The W.P.A. and Mercury Theatre Playscripts

Orson Welles - Drama - 2001 - 342 pages
...speed. (Exit Attendant.) How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep! O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee And hushed with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the...
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