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... that it calls not up into his mind ideas more enlarged than the mere sounds of the words convey , but on attentive examination its dignity lessens and declines , he may conclude , that whatever pierces no deeper than the ears , can ...
... that it calls not up into his mind ideas more enlarged than the mere sounds of the words convey , but on attentive examination its dignity lessens and declines , he may conclude , that whatever pierces no deeper than the ears , can ...
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... here it is that holds thee hence : Shall I stay here to do't ? no , no , although The air of paradise did fan the house , And angels offic'd all : I will be gone ; That pitiful rumour may report my flight , To consolate thine ear .
... here it is that holds thee hence : Shall I stay here to do't ? no , no , although The air of paradise did fan the house , And angels offic'd all : I will be gone ; That pitiful rumour may report my flight , To consolate thine ear .
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The time was once , when thou unurg'd would'st VOW That never words were music to thine ear , That never object pleasing in thine eye , That never touch well - welcome to thy hand , That never meet sweet - savour'd in thy taste , Unless ...
The time was once , when thou unurg'd would'st VOW That never words were music to thine ear , That never object pleasing in thine eye , That never touch well - welcome to thy hand , That never meet sweet - savour'd in thy taste , Unless ...
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Though now this grained * face of mine be hid In sap - consuming winter's drizzled snow , And all the conduits of my blood froze up ; Yet hath my night of life some memory , My wasting lamp some fading glimmer left , My dull deaf ears a ...
Though now this grained * face of mine be hid In sap - consuming winter's drizzled snow , And all the conduits of my blood froze up ; Yet hath my night of life some memory , My wasting lamp some fading glimmer left , My dull deaf ears a ...
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... That aged ears play truant at his tales , And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse . * Nipping . + Called . ACT III . HUMOUROUS DESCRIPTION OF LOVE . O ! 26 BEAUTIES OF SHAKSPEARE .
... That aged ears play truant at his tales , And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse . * Nipping . + Called . ACT III . HUMOUROUS DESCRIPTION OF LOVE . O ! 26 BEAUTIES OF SHAKSPEARE .
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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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