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Page 27
... Sure , sir , she would not eat you . But banish that imagination : she's only wedded to herself , lies with herself , and loves herself ; And for another husband than herself , He may knock at the gate , but ne'er come in . Be wise ...
... Sure , sir , she would not eat you . But banish that imagination : she's only wedded to herself , lies with herself , and loves herself ; And for another husband than herself , He may knock at the gate , but ne'er come in . Be wise ...
Page 30
... sure , between these copulations , a stranger is kept virtuous , that is , fasting . But of all this , the drink , sir- Wel . What of that , sir ? Serv . Faith , sir , I will handle it as the time and your patience will give me leave ...
... sure , between these copulations , a stranger is kept virtuous , that is , fasting . But of all this , the drink , sir- Wel . What of that , sir ? Serv . Faith , sir , I will handle it as the time and your patience will give me leave ...
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... sure , ought every where to shew their learning , so it be done without pedantry , ) that they too frequently put it in the mouths of characters who cannot well be supposed to know any thing of the matter . The allusion here is to those ...
... sure , ought every where to shew their learning , so it be done without pedantry , ) that they too frequently put it in the mouths of characters who cannot well be supposed to know any thing of the matter . The allusion here is to those ...
Page 33
... Sure , sir , I cannot Dance with your gentlewomen ; they are too light for me . Pray , break my head , and let me go . Capt . He shall dance , he shall dance . Y. Love . He shall dance and drink , and be drunk and dance , and be drunk ...
... Sure , sir , I cannot Dance with your gentlewomen ; they are too light for me . Pray , break my head , and let me go . Capt . He shall dance , he shall dance . Y. Love . He shall dance and drink , and be drunk and dance , and be drunk ...
Page 34
... sure he's dead ? E. Love . Too sure , sir . Y. Love . Ay , but art thou very certainly sure of it ? E. Love . As sure , sir , as I tell it . Y. Love . But art thou sure he came not up again ? E. Love . He may come up , but ne'er to call ...
... sure he's dead ? E. Love . Too sure , sir . Y. Love . Ay , but art thou very certainly sure of it ? E. Love . As sure , sir , as I tell it . Y. Love . But art thou sure he came not up again ? E. Love . He may come up , but ne'er to call ...
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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.