The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher (Volume 3) ~ Paperbound

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Page 454 - Man is his own star; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light, all influence, all fate; Nothing to him falls early or too late. Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still.
Page 112 - Itwas the object of the couple condemned to this division, to catch the others, who advanced from the two extremities : in which case a change of situation took place, and hell was filled by the couple who were excluded by pre-occupation from the other places; in this * catching...
Page 258 - TELL me, dearest, what is love? 'Tis a lightning from above; 'Tis an arrow, 'tis a fire, Tis a boy they call Desire. Tis a grave, Gapes to have Those poor fools that long to prove.
Page 12 - Were these two arms encompass'd with the hands Of bachelors, to lead me to the church ; Were my feet in the door ; were " I John " said ; — If John should boast a favour done by me, I would not wed that year.
Page 259 - Tis a grave, Gapes to have Those poor fools that long to prove. Tell me more, are women true ? Yes, some are, and some as you. Some are willing, some are strange, Since you men first taught to change. And till troth Be in both, All shall love, to love anew.

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