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Page 58
Bless thee , Bottom ! bless thee ! thou art translated . Ibid . Lord , what fools these
mortals be ! Sc . 2 . So we grew together , Like to a double cherry , seeming
parted , But yet an union in partition . Ibid . Two lovely berries moulded on one
stem .
Bless thee , Bottom ! bless thee ! thou art translated . Ibid . Lord , what fools these
mortals be ! Sc . 2 . So we grew together , Like to a double cherry , seeming
parted , But yet an union in partition . Ibid . Two lovely berries moulded on one
stem .
Page 100
Say , Wolsey , that once trod the ways of glory , And sounded all the depths and
shoals of honour , Found thee a way , out of his wreck , to rise in ; A sure and safe
one , though thy master missed it . King Henry VIII . Act üi . Sc . 2 . I charge thee ...
Say , Wolsey , that once trod the ways of glory , And sounded all the depths and
shoals of honour , Found thee a way , out of his wreck , to rise in ; A sure and safe
one , though thy master missed it . King Henry VIII . Act üi . Sc . 2 . I charge thee ...
Page 115
Then I shall see thee again ? Ghost . Ay , at Philippi . Brutus . Why , I will see thee
at Philippi , then . Ibid . But for your words , they rob the Hybla bees , And leave
them honeyless . Act v . Sc . 1 . Forever , and forever , farewell , Cassius ! If we do
...
Then I shall see thee again ? Ghost . Ay , at Philippi . Brutus . Why , I will see thee
at Philippi , then . Ibid . But for your words , they rob the Hybla bees , And leave
them honeyless . Act v . Sc . 1 . Forever , and forever , farewell , Cassius ! If we do
...
Page 119
Come , let me clutch thee , I have thee not , and yet I see thee still . Art thou not ,
fatal vision , sensible To feeling as to sight ? or art thou but A dagger of the mind ,
a false creation , Proceeding from the heat - oppressed brain ? Ibid .
Come , let me clutch thee , I have thee not , and yet I see thee still . Art thou not ,
fatal vision , sensible To feeling as to sight ? or art thou but A dagger of the mind ,
a false creation , Proceeding from the heat - oppressed brain ? Ibid .
Page 130
Beware Of entrance to a quarrel ; but being in , Bear ' t that the opposed may
beware of thee . Give every man thy ear , but few thy voice ; Take each man's
censure , but reserve thy judgment . Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy , But
not ...
Beware Of entrance to a quarrel ; but being in , Bear ' t that the opposed may
beware of thee . Give every man thy ear , but few thy voice ; Take each man's
censure , but reserve thy judgment . Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy , But
not ...
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