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" 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 thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down... "
The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the corrected copies ... - Page 54
by William Shakespeare - 1823
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The Plays of Shakespeare: The Text Regulated by the Old Copies, and by the ...

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 928 pages
...at this hour asleep ! — O sleep ! O gentle sleep ! Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, perfum'd chambers of the great, Under high canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sound of sweetest...
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The Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare: Comprising Moral Philosophy ...

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 608 pages
...ii. 1. 180. Sleep, its absence. Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber ; Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: Comprising His Dramatic and ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 508 pages
...subjects Are at this hour asleep ! — Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soil nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And...uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with buzzing ni(r ht-llies to thy slumber ; Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly...
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Elements of Criticism

Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1853 - 542 pages
...no more wilt weigh my eye-lids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness 1 Why rather, Sleep, ly'st thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching...the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest melody 1 O thou dull god, why ly'st thou with the vile In loathsome...
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Royal Preacher: Lectures on Ecclesiastes

James Hamilton - Bible - 1853 - 400 pages
...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...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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The plays of Shakspere, carefully revised [by J.O.] with ..., Part 167, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 832 pages
...at this hour asleep ! — О sleep, О gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, $ $ hushed with huzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the...
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Select specimens of English prose [ed.] by E. Hughes

Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...subjects Are at this hour asleep ! — Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thce, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And...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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The Book of Eloquence: A Collection of Extracts in Prose and Verse, from the ...

Readers - 1853 - 458 pages
...height ! XIIL— SLEEP. BHAK8PEAEK. SLEEP, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And...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 book of English poetry, with critical and biogr. sketches of the poets

English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...SHAKSPEARE. APOSTROPHE TO SLEEP. SLEEP, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thec, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And...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 girl's first help to reading; or, Selections from the best authors, by T ...

Theodore Alors W. Buckley - 1854 - 208 pages
...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 eye-lids down, And...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest...
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