The Life and Beauties of Shakespeare: Comprising Careful Selections from Each Play, with a General Index, Digesting Them Under Proper Heads |
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Take , oh take , those lips away , That so sweetly were forsworn ; And those eyes , the break of day , Lights that do mislead the morn : But my kisses bring again , Seals of love , but seal'd in vain . Hide , oh hide , those hills of ...
Take , oh take , those lips away , That so sweetly were forsworn ; And those eyes , the break of day , Lights that do mislead the morn : But my kisses bring again , Seals of love , but seal'd in vain . Hide , oh hide , those hills of ...
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... then ? then music is Even as the flourish when true subjects bow To a new - crowned monarch : such it is , As are those dulcet sounds in break of day , That creep into the dreaming bridegroom's ear , And summon him to marriage .
... then ? then music is Even as the flourish when true subjects bow To a new - crowned monarch : such it is , As are those dulcet sounds in break of day , That creep into the dreaming bridegroom's ear , And summon him to marriage .
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... And I will break with her , and with her father , And thou shalt have her : Was't not to this end , That thou began'st to twist so fine a story ? Claud . How sweetly do you minister to love , * Overcome . That know love's grief by ...
... And I will break with her , and with her father , And thou shalt have her : Was't not to this end , That thou began'st to twist so fine a story ? Claud . How sweetly do you minister to love , * Overcome . That know love's grief by ...
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For ' tis the mind that makes the body rich ; And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds , So honour peereth † in the meanest habit . What , is the jay more precious than the lark , * It was the custom for the company present to ...
For ' tis the mind that makes the body rich ; And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds , So honour peereth † in the meanest habit . What , is the jay more precious than the lark , * It was the custom for the company present to ...
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No , precious creature : I had rather crack my sinews , break my back , Than you should such dishonour undergo , While I sit lazy by . Mira . It would become me As well as it does you : and I should do it With much more ease ; for my ...
No , precious creature : I had rather crack my sinews , break my back , Than you should such dishonour undergo , While I sit lazy by . Mira . It would become me As well as it does you : and I should do it With much more ease ; for my ...
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| Title | The Life and Beauties of Shakespeare: Comprising Careful Selections from Each Play, with a General Index, Digesting Them Under Proper Heads |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Compiled by | William Dodd |
| Publisher | Phillips, Sampson, 1849 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 4 May 2010 |
| Length | 345 pages |
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