The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text by G. Steevens and E. Malone, with a selection of notes, by A. Chalmers, Volume 2 |
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... prove fools ; and I , that am sure I lack thee , may pass for a wise man : For what says Quinapalus ? Better a witty fool , than a foolish wit . God bless thee , lady ! Oli . Take the fool away . Clo . Do you not hear , fellows ? Take ...
... prove fools ; and I , that am sure I lack thee , may pass for a wise man : For what says Quinapalus ? Better a witty fool , than a foolish wit . God bless thee , lady ! Oli . Take the fool away . Clo . Do you not hear , fellows ? Take ...
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... prove you a fool . Oli . Can you do it ? Clo . Dexterously , good madonna . Oli . Make your proof . Clo . I must catechise you for it , madonna ; Good my mouse of virtue , answer me . Oli . Well , sir , for want of other idleness , I'll ...
... prove you a fool . Oli . Can you do it ? Clo . Dexterously , good madonna . Oli . Make your proof . Clo . I must catechise you for it , madonna ; Good my mouse of virtue , answer me . Oli . Well , sir , for want of other idleness , I'll ...
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... prove Much in our vows , but little in our love . Duke . But died thy sister of her love , my boy ? Vio . I am all the daughters of my father's house , And all the brothers too ; and yet I know not : Sir , shall I to this lady ? Duke ...
... prove Much in our vows , but little in our love . Duke . But died thy sister of her love , my boy ? Vio . I am all the daughters of my father's house , And all the brothers too ; and yet I know not : Sir , shall I to this lady ? Duke ...
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... prove rea- son with them . Vio . I warrant , thou art a merry fellow , and carest for nothing . Clo . Not so , sir , I do care for something : but in my conscience , sir , I do not care for you ; if that be to care for nothing , sir , I ...
... prove rea- son with them . Vio . I warrant , thou art a merry fellow , and carest for nothing . Clo . Not so , sir , I do care for something : but in my conscience , sir , I do not care for you ; if that be to care for nothing , sir , I ...
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... prove it legitimate , sir , upon the oaths of judgment and reason . Sir To . And they have been grand jury - men , since before Noah was a sailor . Fab . She did show favour to the youth in your sight , only to exasperate you , to awake ...
... prove it legitimate , sir , upon the oaths of judgment and reason . Sir To . And they have been grand jury - men , since before Noah was a sailor . Fab . She did show favour to the youth in your sight , only to exasperate you , to awake ...
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Page 137 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice...
Page 302 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's musick.
Page 221 - Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more ; Men were deceivers ever ; One foot in sea, and one on shore ; To one thing constant never : Then sigh not so, But let them go, And be you blithe and bonny ; Converting all your sounds of woe Into, Hey nonny, nonny.
Page 151 - So disguise shall, by the disguised, Pay with falsehood false exacting, And perform an old contracting. [Exit. ACT IV. SCENE I. — A Room in Mariana'* House. MARIANA discovered sitting; a Boy singing. SONG. Take, oh take those lips away, That so sweetly were forsworn; And those eyes, the break of day, Lights that do mislead the morn; But my kisses bring again, bring again, Seals of love, but seal'd in vain. seal'd in vain.
Page 87 - Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gate, For the rain it raineth every day. But when I came, alas ! to wive, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, By swaggering could I never thrive, For the rain it raineth every day.
Page 119 - Well believe this, No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, ^~ Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, The marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe, Become them with one half so good a grace As mercy does.
Page 457 - Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. When all aloud the wind doth blow And coughing drowns the parson's saw And birds sit brooding in the snow And Marian's nose looks red and raw, When roasted...
Page 236 - Why, then take no note of him, but let him go ; and presently call the rest of the watch together, and thank God you are rid of a knave.
Page 108 - We must not make a scare-crow of the law, ' Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror.
Page 457 - When shepherds pipe on oaten straws And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men; for thus sings he, Cuckoo; Cuckoo, cuckoo: O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear!