The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 3Jefferson Press, 1907 |
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... atone for his abject falseness , for his drag- gled honour . Dr. Johnson speaks out like a man . cannot reconcile myself to him — a man noble without 66 generosity , and young without truth , who marries Helena [ xv ] INTRODUCTION.
... atone for his abject falseness , for his drag- gled honour . Dr. Johnson speaks out like a man . cannot reconcile myself to him — a man noble without 66 generosity , and young without truth , who marries Helena [ xv ] INTRODUCTION.
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... noble . For evidence to charac- ter Parolles appeals to Captain Spurio of the regiment of the Spinii , " with his cicatrice , an emblem of war , here on his sinister cheek : it was this very sword entrenched it ; say to him : I live ...
... noble . For evidence to charac- ter Parolles appeals to Captain Spurio of the regiment of the Spinii , " with his cicatrice , an emblem of war , here on his sinister cheek : it was this very sword entrenched it ; say to him : I live ...
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... Noble Kinsmen , V , i , 140-144 : " O sacred , shadowy , cold , and constant queen who to thy female knights Allow'st no more blood , " etc. Cf. Much Ado , V , iii , 13 , where Hero is called " virgin knight . " ... By our remembrances ...
... Noble Kinsmen , V , i , 140-144 : " O sacred , shadowy , cold , and constant queen who to thy female knights Allow'st no more blood , " etc. Cf. Much Ado , V , iii , 13 , where Hero is called " virgin knight . " ... By our remembrances ...
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... ; 142-143 ] Cf. Lucrece , 1586 , 1587 : " And round about her tear - distained eye Blue circles stream'd , like rainbows in the sky . " 140 No note upon my parents , his all noble : [ 23 ] SCENE III ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL.
... ; 142-143 ] Cf. Lucrece , 1586 , 1587 : " And round about her tear - distained eye Blue circles stream'd , like rainbows in the sky . " 140 No note upon my parents , his all noble : [ 23 ] SCENE III ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL.
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William Shakespeare. No note upon my parents , his all noble : My master , my dear lord he is ; and I His servant live , and will his vassal die : He must not be my brother . COUNT . Nor I your mother ? HEL . You are my mother , madam ...
William Shakespeare. No note upon my parents , his all noble : My master , my dear lord he is ; and I His servant live , and will his vassal die : He must not be my brother . COUNT . Nor I your mother ? HEL . You are my mother , madam ...
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Page 7 - But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd Than that which, withering on the virgin thorn, Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness.
Page xiii - It were all one That I should love a bright particular star, And think to wed it, he is so above me : In his bright radiance and collateral light Must I be comforted, not in his sphere.
Page 73 - I was with Hercules and Cadmus once, When in a wood of Crete they bay'd the bear With hounds of Sparta : never did I hear Such gallant chiding; for, besides the groves, The skies, the fountains, every region near Seem'd all one mutual cry: I never heard So musical a discord, such sweet thunder.
Page 19 - 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.
Page 27 - That very time I saw, (but thou couldst not,) Flying between the cold -moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd: a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west; And...
Page 9 - Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth. And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion.
Page 26 - Nor would I have him till I do deserve him; Yet never know how that desert should be. I know I love in vain, strive against hope; Yet in this captious and intenible sieve I still pour in the waters of my love And lack not to lose still: thus, Indian-like, Religious in mine error, I adore The sun, that looks upon his worshipper, But knows of him no more.
Page 43 - They say miracles are past ; and we have our philosophical persons, to make modern and familiar, things supernatural and causeless. Hence is it that we make trifles of terrors ; ensconcing ourselves into seeming knowledge, when we should submit ourselves to an unknown fear.