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... the soul of this man is his clothes : trust him not in matter of heavy
consequence ; I have kept of them tame , and know their natures . - Farewell ,
monsieur : I have spoken better of you , than you have or will deserve at my hand
; but we must ...
... the soul of this man is his clothes : trust him not in matter of heavy
consequence ; I have kept of them tame , and know their natures . - Farewell ,
monsieur : I have spoken better of you , than you have or will deserve at my hand
; but we must ...
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... for the promise of his life , and in the highest compulsion of base fear , offer to
betray you , and deliver all the intelligence in his power against you , and that
with the divine forfeit of his soul upon oath , never trust my judgment in anything .
... for the promise of his life , and in the highest compulsion of base fear , offer to
betray you , and deliver all the intelligence in his power against you , and that
with the divine forfeit of his soul upon oath , never trust my judgment in anything .
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Titled goddess ; . And worth it , with addition ! But , fair soul , In your fine frame
hath love no quality ? If the quick fire of youth light not your mind , You are no
maiden , but a monument : When you are dead , you should be such a one As
you are ...
Titled goddess ; . And worth it , with addition ! But , fair soul , In your fine frame
hath love no quality ? If the quick fire of youth light not your mind , You are no
maiden , but a monument : When you are dead , you should be such a one As
you are ...
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In her chamber , Making a sermon of continency to her : And rails and swears ,
and rates ; that she , poor soul , Knows not which way to stand , to look , to speak
; And sits as one new - risen from a dream . Away , away ! for he is coming hither .
In her chamber , Making a sermon of continency to her : And rails and swears ,
and rates ; that she , poor soul , Knows not which way to stand , to look , to speak
; And sits as one new - risen from a dream . Away , away ! for he is coming hither .
Page 138
Enter PAULINA , with a Child . 1 Lord . You must not enter . Paul . Nay , rather ,
good my lords , be second to me : Fear you his tyrannous passion more , alas ,
Than the queen ' s life ? a gracious innocent soul ; More free than he is jealous .
Enter PAULINA , with a Child . 1 Lord . You must not enter . Paul . Nay , rather ,
good my lords , be second to me : Fear you his tyrannous passion more , alas ,
Than the queen ' s life ? a gracious innocent soul ; More free than he is jealous .
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Page 432 - With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude ; And, in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king ? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Page 391 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it ? No. Doth he hear it ? No. Is it insensible then ? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living ? No. Why? Detraction will, not suffer it: — therefore I'll none of it: Honour is a mere scutcheon, and so ends my catechism.
Page 162 - What you do Still betters what is done. When you speak, sweet, I'd have you do it ever ; when you sing, I'd have you buy and sell so ; so give alms ; Pray so ; and, for the ordering your affairs, To sing them too : when you do dance, I wish you A wave o...
Page 243 - Like the poor cat i' the adage? MACB. Prithee, peace. I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none. LADY M. What beast was't, then, That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man; And, to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place Did then adhere, and yet you would make both. They have made themselves, and that their fitness now Does unmake you. I have given suck, and know How tender...
Page 161 - Say there be ; Yet nature is made better by no mean, But nature makes that mean : so, o'er that art Which you say adds to nature, is an art That nature makes. You see, sweet maid, we marry A gentler scion to the wildest stock, And make conceive a bark of baser kind By bud of nobler race : this is an art ~\\ hich does mend nature, — change it rather ; but The art itself is nature.
Page 326 - As, in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious ; Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on Richard; no man cried, God save him...