Apophthegms from the plays of Shakespeare, by C. Lyndon |
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... thing to sense , why should we in our peevish opposition take it to heart .. King a . 1 s . 2 For nature crescent , does not grow alone in thews and bulk , but as this temple wax- es , the inward man of the mind and soul grows wide ...
... thing to sense , why should we in our peevish opposition take it to heart .. King a . 1 s . 2 For nature crescent , does not grow alone in thews and bulk , but as this temple wax- es , the inward man of the mind and soul grows wide ...
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... thing immortal as itself .. Ham . a . 1 s . 4 I could a tale unfold , whose lightest word would harrow up thy soul .. Ghost a . 1 s . 5 It seems it is as proper to our age , to cast beyond our- selves in our opinions , as it is common ...
... thing immortal as itself .. Ham . a . 1 s . 4 I could a tale unfold , whose lightest word would harrow up thy soul .. Ghost a . 1 s . 5 It seems it is as proper to our age , to cast beyond our- selves in our opinions , as it is common ...
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... thing it loves .. Laer . a . 4 s . 4 Nor shall you do mine ear that violence , to make it truster of your own report against yourself .. Ham . a . 1 8. 2 Neither a borrower nor a lender be , for loan oft loses both itself and friend ...
... thing it loves .. Laer . a . 4 s . 4 Nor shall you do mine ear that violence , to make it truster of your own report against yourself .. Ham . a . 1 8. 2 Neither a borrower nor a lender be , for loan oft loses both itself and friend ...
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... things in Heaven and Earth Horatio , than are dreamt of in your philosophy .. Ham . a . 1 s . 5 Time is out of joint..Ham . a . 1 s . 5 That he is mad , ' tis true ; ' tis true , ' tis pity ; and pity ' tis , ' tis true .. Pol . a . 2 s ...
... things in Heaven and Earth Horatio , than are dreamt of in your philosophy .. Ham . a . 1 s . 5 Time is out of joint..Ham . a . 1 s . 5 That he is mad , ' tis true ; ' tis true , ' tis pity ; and pity ' tis , ' tis true .. Pol . a . 2 s ...
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... thing but to waste night , day , and time .. Pol . a . 2 s . 2 To define true madness , what is't but to be nothing else than mad .. Pol . a . 2 8. 2 To be honest as this world goes , is to be one man picked out of ten thousand .. Ham ...
... thing but to waste night , day , and time .. Pol . a . 2 s . 2 To define true madness , what is't but to be nothing else than mad .. Pol . a . 2 8. 2 To be honest as this world goes , is to be one man picked out of ten thousand .. Ham ...
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Alongo art thou bear beauty better blows bosom breath clouds Clown cowards CYMBELINE death deeds doth Duke ears earth eyes fair faults fear fire fool fortune friends gentle give grace grief grow hate hath hear heart heaven Helena Hermia hide honour Iach IAGO iness iron tongue Julius Cæsar KATH King Benry Laer live look lord lov'd love's Lysander MACB MERCHANT OF VENICE MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM mind moon nature ne'er never night noble o'er offend Olivia patience pity play poor Portia praise Prince of Tyre Queen racters RICH Scene shew shines Sir Toby sleep smile sorrow soul speak spirit strong sweet sweetest things tears thee There's Theseus thine things thou art thought tongue true truth unto valour Viola virtue wear weep what's wind woman words
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Page 118 - Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth. And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion.
Page 126 - Not to a rage: patience and sorrow strove Who should express her goodliest. You have seen Sunshine and rain at once...
Page 57 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not.
Page 131 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners. But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly...
Page 57 - Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? O, think on that; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Page 161 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause ; and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honour; and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe: censure me in your wisdom; and awake your senses that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Page 92 - O, then, I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife ; and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners...
Page 144 - To do our country loss ; and if to live, The fewer men the greater share of honour. God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more. By Jove, I am not covetous for gold ; Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost ; It yearns me not if men my garments wear ; Such outward things...
Page 68 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuffd bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart?
Page 127 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, — often the surfeit of our own behaviour, — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars: as if we were villains by necessity; fools by heavenly compulsion; knaves, thieves, and treachers, by spherical predominance; drunkards, liars, and adulterers, by an enforced obedience of planetary influence; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on...