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Your commendations , Madam , get from her tears . Count . ' Tis the best brine a
maiden can season her praise in . The remembrance of her father never
approaches her heart , but the tyranny of her sorrows takes all livelihood from her
cheek .
Your commendations , Madam , get from her tears . Count . ' Tis the best brine a
maiden can season her praise in . The remembrance of her father never
approaches her heart , but the tyranny of her sorrows takes all livelihood from her
cheek .
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Loss of virginity is rational increase ; and there was never virgin got , till virginity
was first lost . That , you were made of , is metal to make virgins . Virginity , by
being once lost , may be ten times found : by being ever kept , it is ever lost : ' ' tis
too ...
Loss of virginity is rational increase ; and there was never virgin got , till virginity
was first lost . That , you were made of , is metal to make virgins . Virginity , by
being once lost , may be ten times found : by being ever kept , it is ever lost : ' ' tis
too ...
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Service is no heritage : and , I think , I shall never have the blessing of God , till I
have issue of my body ; for they say , bearnst are blessings . Count . Tell me thy
reason why thou wilt marry . Clo . My poor body , Madam , requires it : I am driven
...
Service is no heritage : and , I think , I shall never have the blessing of God , till I
have issue of my body ; for they say , bearnst are blessings . Count . Tell me thy
reason why thou wilt marry . Clo . My poor body , Madam , requires it : I am driven
...
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Be not offended ; for it hurts not him , That he is loved of me : I follow him not By
any token of presumptuous suit ; Nor would I have him , till I do deserve him ; Yet
never know how that desert should be . I know I love in vain , strive against hope
...
Be not offended ; for it hurts not him , That he is loved of me : I follow him not By
any token of presumptuous suit ; Nor would I have him , till I do deserve him ; Yet
never know how that desert should be . I know I love in vain , strive against hope
...
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Be not afraid [ To a LORD ] that I your hand should take ; I ' ll never do you wrong
for your own sake : Blessing upon your vows ! and in your bed Find fairer fortune ,
if you ever wed ! Laf . These boys are boys of ice , they ' ll none have her : sure ...
Be not afraid [ To a LORD ] that I your hand should take ; I ' ll never do you wrong
for your own sake : Blessing upon your vows ! and in your bed Find fairer fortune ,
if you ever wed ! Laf . These boys are boys of ice , they ' ll none have her : sure ...
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| Title | Dramatic Works: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens and Reed; with Glossarial Notes, Life, Etc, Volume 2 Dramatic Works: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens and Reed; with Glossarial Notes, Life, Etc, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | William Hazlitt |
| Publisher | Routledge, 1852 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 6 Feb 2008 |
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