The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George Steevens, Esq. ; with Glossarial Notes, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... gone down too , but that a wise burgher put in for them . Bawd . But shall all our houses of resort in the suburbs be pull'd down ? Clo . To the ground , mistress . Bawd . Why , here's a change , indeed , in the com❤ monwealth ! What ...
... gone down too , but that a wise burgher put in for them . Bawd . But shall all our houses of resort in the suburbs be pull'd down ? Clo . To the ground , mistress . Bawd . Why , here's a change , indeed , in the com❤ monwealth ! What ...
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... gone round , And none of them been worn ; and , for a name , Now puts the drowsy and neglected act Freshly on me : - ' tis surely , for a name . Lucio . I warrant , it is : and thy head stands so tickle on thy shoulders , that a milk ...
... gone round , And none of them been worn ; and , for a name , Now puts the drowsy and neglected act Freshly on me : - ' tis surely , for a name . Lucio . I warrant , it is : and thy head stands so tickle on thy shoulders , that a milk ...
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... gone from hence ; Bore many gentlemen , myself being one , In hand , and hope of action : but we do learn By those that know the very nerves of state , His givings out were of an infinite distance From his true - meant design . Upon his ...
... gone from hence ; Bore many gentlemen , myself being one , In hand , and hope of action : but we do learn By those that know the very nerves of state , His givings out were of an infinite distance From his true - meant design . Upon his ...
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... gone , and let me hear no more of you . Froth . I thank your worship : For mine own part , I never come into any room in a taphouse , but I am drawn in . Escal . Well ; no more of it , master Froth : fare- well . [ Exit FROTH . ] - Come ...
... gone , and let me hear no more of you . Froth . I thank your worship : For mine own part , I never come into any room in a taphouse , but I am drawn in . Escal . Well ; no more of it , master Froth : fare- well . [ Exit FROTH . ] - Come ...
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... gone : Leave me a while with the maid ; my mind promises with my habit , no loss shall touch her by my com- pany . Prov . In good time . [ Exit Provost . Duke . The hand that hath made you fair , hath made you good : the goodness , that ...
... gone : Leave me a while with the maid ; my mind promises with my habit , no loss shall touch her by my com- pany . Prov . In good time . [ Exit Provost . Duke . The hand that hath made you fair , hath made you good : the goodness , that ...
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Page 47 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods...
Page 225 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Page 395 - When shepherds pipe on oaten straws And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men ; for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo...
Page 62 - Take, oh take those lips away, That so sweetly were forsworn; And those eyes, the break of day, Lights that do mislead the morn; But my kisses bring again, bring again, Seals of love, but seal'd in vain. seal'd in vain.
Page 395 - Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. When all aloud the wind doth blow And coughing drowns the parson's saw And birds sit brooding in the snow And Marian's nose looks red and raw, When roasted...
Page 137 - Sigh, no more, ladies, sigh no more, Men were deceivers ever ; One foot in sea, and one on shore ; To one thing constant never : Then sigh not so, But let them go, And be you blithe and bonny ; Converting all your sounds of woe Into Hey nonny, nonny.
Page 153 - ... need of such vanity. You are thought here to be the most senseless and fit man for the constable of the watch ; therefore bear you the lantern : This is your charge ; You shall comprehend all vagrom men ; you are to bid any man stand, in the prince's name.
Page 268 - I have had a most rare vision. I have 210 had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was : man is but an ass, if he go about to expound this dream. Methought I was — there is no man can tell what. Methought I was, — and methought I had, — but man is but a patched fool, if he will offer to say what methought I had.
Page 396 - When all aloud the wind doth blow, And coughing drowns the parson's saw, And birds sit brooding in the snow, And Marian's nose looks red and raw, When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whit; Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
Page 220 - Over hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough brier, Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire, I do wander every where, Swifter than the moon's sphere; And I serve the fairy queen, To dew her orbs upon the green. The cowslips tall her pensioners be: In their gold coats spots you see; Those be rubies, fairy favours, In those freckles live their savours: I must go seek some dewdrops here, And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear.