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Crownes have their compass , length of dayes their date , Triumphes their tombs , felicity her fate ; Of more than earth cann earth make none partaker ; But knowledge makes the king most like his Maker . " Thus honored and applauded by ...
Crownes have their compass , length of dayes their date , Triumphes their tombs , felicity her fate ; Of more than earth cann earth make none partaker ; But knowledge makes the king most like his Maker . " Thus honored and applauded by ...
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THERE'S nothing , situate under hear'ns eye , But hath his bound , in earth , in sea , in sky : The beasts , the fishes , and the winged fowls , Are their males ' subject , and at their controls : Men , more divine , the masters of all ...
THERE'S nothing , situate under hear'ns eye , But hath his bound , in earth , in sea , in sky : The beasts , the fishes , and the winged fowls , Are their males ' subject , and at their controls : Men , more divine , the masters of all ...
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Vows are but breath , and breath a vapour is : Then thou , fair sun , which on my earth dost shine , Exhal'st this vapour vow ; in thee it is : * Hooded , veiled . † Petticoats . The officers of the spiritual courts who serve citations ...
Vows are but breath , and breath a vapour is : Then thou , fair sun , which on my earth dost shine , Exhal'st this vapour vow ; in thee it is : * Hooded , veiled . † Petticoats . The officers of the spiritual courts who serve citations ...
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From the four corners of the earth they come , To kiss this shrine , this mortal breathing saint . The Hyrcanian deserts , and the vasty wilds Of wide Arabia , are as through - fares now , For princes to come view fair Portia : The ...
From the four corners of the earth they come , To kiss this shrine , this mortal breathing saint . The Hyrcanian deserts , and the vasty wilds Of wide Arabia , are as through - fares now , For princes to come view fair Portia : The ...
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... Making it momentany * as a sound , Swift as a shadow , short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the colliedt night , That , in a spleen , unfolds both heaven and earth , And ere a man hath power to say , -Behold !
... Making it momentany * as a sound , Swift as a shadow , short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the colliedt night , That , in a spleen , unfolds both heaven and earth , And ere a man hath power to say , -Behold !
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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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