The Works of William Shakespeare: The Plays Ed. from the Folio of MDCXXIII, with Various Readings from All the Editions and All the Commentators, Notes, Introductory Remarks, a Historical Sketch of the Text, an Account of the Rise and Progress of the English Drama, a Memoir of the Poet, and an Essay Upon the Genius, Volume 4Little, Brown, 1857 |
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... better part of the night , to their no small annoyance , he was suddenly quiet . Then said the soldiers to each other , ' Let us now sleep , for Robinet himself is asleep . ' To which Robinet made reply , ' I am not asleep , but am ...
... better part of the night , to their no small annoyance , he was suddenly quiet . Then said the soldiers to each other , ' Let us now sleep , for Robinet himself is asleep . ' To which Robinet made reply , ' I am not asleep , but am ...
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... better assurance , tell them , that I , Pyramus , am not Pyramus , but Bottom , the weaver . This will put them out of fear . Quin . Well , we will have such a prologue ; and it shall be written in eight and six . Bot . No , make it two ...
... better assurance , tell them , that I , Pyramus , am not Pyramus , but Bottom , the weaver . This will put them out of fear . Quin . Well , we will have such a prologue ; and it shall be written in eight and six . Bot . No , make it two ...
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... fear , And left sweet Pyramus translated there ; When in that moment ( so it came to pass , ) Titania wak'd , and straightway lov'd an ass . Obe . This falls out better than I could devise 54 A MIDSUMMER - NIGHT'S ACT III .
... fear , And left sweet Pyramus translated there ; When in that moment ( so it came to pass , ) Titania wak'd , and straightway lov'd an ass . Obe . This falls out better than I could devise 54 A MIDSUMMER - NIGHT'S ACT III .
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... better than I could devise . But hast thou yet latch'd the Athenian's eyes With the love - juice , as I did bid thee do ? Puck . I took him sleeping , ( that is finish'd too , ) And the Athenian woman by his side , That , when he wak'd ...
... better than I could devise . But hast thou yet latch'd the Athenian's eyes With the love - juice , as I did bid thee do ? Puck . I took him sleeping , ( that is finish'd too , ) And the Athenian woman by his side , That , when he wak'd ...
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... better ? Dem . It is the wittiest partition that ever I heard discourse , my lord . The . Pyramus draws near the wall : silence ! 66 Enter PYRAMUS . Pyr . O , grim - look'd night ! O , night with hue so black ! O night , which ever art ...
... better ? Dem . It is the wittiest partition that ever I heard discourse , my lord . The . Pyramus draws near the wall : silence ! 66 Enter PYRAMUS . Pyr . O , grim - look'd night ! O , night with hue so black ! O night , which ever art ...
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Page 26 - 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!
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Page 310 - The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side, His youthful hose, well sav'd, a world too wide For his shrunk shank ; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion, Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
Page 227 - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not mov'd with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils ; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus : Let no such man be trusted.
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Page 356 - It was a lover and his lass, With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino, That o'er the green corn-field did pass In the spring time, the only pretty ring time, When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding : Sweet lovers love the spring.
Page 188 - If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility? revenge: if a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example? why, revenge. The villany you teach me I will execute; and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.
Page 309 - Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice, In fair round belly with good capon...
Page 292 - The seasons' difference, — as, the icy fang And churlish chiding of the Winter's wind, (Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile, and say, This is no flattery,) — these are counsellors That feelingly persuade me what I am.