Comedy of As You Like it[J.M.] Dent, 1896 - 143 pages |
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... speak of it as one of the dullest and dreariest of all the obscure literary performances that have come down to us from past ages , ' others regard it with enthusiasm as ' informed with a bright poetical spirit , and possessing a ...
... speak of it as one of the dullest and dreariest of all the obscure literary performances that have come down to us from past ages , ' others regard it with enthusiasm as ' informed with a bright poetical spirit , and possessing a ...
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... speak what I have heard him say , ' By - ' tis good , and if you like't you may . ' 999 But Shakespeare's play must have preceded Jonson's dramatic satire , which was first acted in 1600 . Duration of Action . The time of the play ...
... speak what I have heard him say , ' By - ' tis good , and if you like't you may . ' 999 But Shakespeare's play must have preceded Jonson's dramatic satire , which was first acted in 1600 . Duration of Action . The time of the play ...
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... speak more properly , stays me here at home unkept ; for call you that keeping for a gentleman of my birth , that differs not from the stalling of an ox ? His horses are bred better ; for , besides that they are fair with their feeding ...
... speak more properly , stays me here at home unkept ; for call you that keeping for a gentleman of my birth , that differs not from the stalling of an ox ? His horses are bred better ; for , besides that they are fair with their feeding ...
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... speak with me ? Den . So please you , he is here at the door and im- portunes access to you . Oli . Call him in . [ Exit Dennis . ] " Twill be a good way ; and to - morrow the wrestling is . Enter Charles . Cha . Good morrow to your ...
... speak with me ? Den . So please you , he is here at the door and im- portunes access to you . Oli . Call him in . [ Exit Dennis . ] " Twill be a good way ; and to - morrow the wrestling is . Enter Charles . Cha . Good morrow to your ...
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... speak it , there is not one so 160 young and so villanous this day living . I speak but brotherly of him ; but should I anatomize him to thee as he is , I must blush 7 As You Like It Act I. Sc . i .
... speak it , there is not one so 160 young and so villanous this day living . I speak but brotherly of him ; but should I anatomize him to thee as he is , I must blush 7 As You Like It Act I. Sc . i .
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Page 34 - O good old man ; how well in thee appears The constant service of the antique world, When service sweat for duty, not for meed...
Page 6 - They say, he is already in the forest of Arden, and a many merry men with him ; and there they live like the old Robin Hood of England. They say, many young gentlemen flock to him every day ; and fleet the time carelessly, as they did in the golden world.
Page 28 - Now, my co-mates, and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp ? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court...
Page 55 - ... life it is naught In respect that it is solitary I like it very well; but in respect that it is private it is a very vile life. Now, in respect it is in the fields it pleaseth me well; but in respect it is not in .the court it is tedious. As it is a spare life, look you, it fits my humour well ; but as there is no more plenty in it, it goes much against my stomach.
Page 88 - Farewell, monsieur traveller : look you lisp and wear strange suits ; disable all the benefits of your own country ; be out of love with your nativity, and almost chide God for making you that countenance you are ; or I will scarce think you have swam in a gondola.
Page 49 - I thought that all things had been savage here, And therefore put I on the countenance Of stern commandment. But whate'er you are That in this desert inaccessible, Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time...
Page 40 - Under the greenwood tree Who loves to lie with me, And turn his merry note Unto the sweet bird's throat, Come hither, come hither, come hither: Here shall he see No enemy But winter and rough weather. Who doth ambition shun And loves to live i...
Page 34 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty : For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood, Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo 50 The means of weakness and debility ; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly : let me go with you ; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Page xi - This wide and universal theatre Presents more woeful pageants than the scene Wherein we play in. Jaq. All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players : They have their exits and their entrances ; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages.
Page 52 - Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude ; Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude.