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I know not by what power I am made bold , Nor how it may concern my modesty ,
In such a presence here , to plead my thoughts ; But I beseech your grace that I
may know The worst that may befall me in this case , If I refuse to wed Demetrius .
I know not by what power I am made bold , Nor how it may concern my modesty ,
In such a presence here , to plead my thoughts ; But I beseech your grace that I
may know The worst that may befall me in this case , If I refuse to wed Demetrius .
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... And with Demetrius thought to have spoke thereof ; But , being over - full of self
- affairs , My mind did lose it . But , Demetrius , come , And come , Egeus ; you
shall go with me ; I have some private schooling for you both .For you , fair
Hermia ...
... And with Demetrius thought to have spoke thereof ; But , being over - full of self
- affairs , My mind did lose it . But , Demetrius , come , And come , Egeus ; you
shall go with me ; I have some private schooling for you both .For you , fair
Hermia ...
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Then let us teach our trial patience , Because it is a customary cross ; As due to
love , as thoughts , and dreams , and sighs , Wishes , and tears , poor fancy ' s
followers . Lys . A good persuasion ; therefore , hear me , HerWe mia . I have a ...
Then let us teach our trial patience , Because it is a customary cross ; As due to
love , as thoughts , and dreams , and sighs , Wishes , and tears , poor fancy ' s
followers . Lys . A good persuasion ; therefore , hear me , HerWe mia . I have a ...
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Through Athens I am thought as fair as she . But what of that ? Demetrius thinks
not so ; He will not know what all but he do know . And as he errs , doting on
Hermia ' s eyes , So I , admiring of his qualities . Things base and vile , holding no
...
Through Athens I am thought as fair as she . But what of that ? Demetrius thinks
not so ; He will not know what all but he do know . And as he errs , doting on
Hermia ' s eyes , So I , admiring of his qualities . Things base and vile , holding no
...
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3 Dr . Johnson thought he remembered to have heard this ludicrous exclamation
upon a person ' s seat slipping from under him . He that slips from his chair falls
as a tailor squats upon his board . Hanmer thought the passage corrupt , and ...
3 Dr . Johnson thought he remembered to have heard this ludicrous exclamation
upon a person ' s seat slipping from under him . He that slips from his chair falls
as a tailor squats upon his board . Hanmer thought the passage corrupt , and ...
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Page 287 - With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side ; His youthful hose, well saved, 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 20 - 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 271 - 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.
Page 165 - 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: O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear!
Page 175 - If to do, were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions. I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.
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| Title | The dramatic (poetical) works of William Shakspeare; illustr., embracing a life of the poet and notes, Volume 2 The dramatic (poetical) works of William Shakspeare; illustr., embracing a life of the poet and notes, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Published | 1850 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 16 May 2006 |
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