Shakespeare's Comedy of As You Like itJ.M. Dent, 1894 - 143 pages |
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... doth most mistake in her gifts to women . Cel . ' Tis true ; for those that she makes fair she scarce makes honest ; and those that she makes honest she makes very ill - favouredly . Ros . Nay , now thou goest from Fortune's office to ...
... doth most mistake in her gifts to women . Cel . ' Tis true ; for those that she makes fair she scarce makes honest ; and those that she makes honest she makes very ill - favouredly . Ros . Nay , now thou goest from Fortune's office to ...
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... Doth it therefore ensue that you should love his son dearly ? By this kind of chase , I should hate him , for my father hated his father dearly ; yet I hate not Orlando . Ros . No , faith , hate him not , for my sake . Cel . Why should ...
... Doth it therefore ensue that you should love his son dearly ? By this kind of chase , I should hate him , for my father hated his father dearly ; yet I hate not Orlando . Ros . No , faith , hate him not , for my sake . Cel . Why should ...
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... doth your brother that hath banish'd you . To - day my Lord of Amiens and myself Did steal behind him as he lay along Under an oak whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood : To the which place a poor ...
... doth your brother that hath banish'd you . To - day my Lord of Amiens and myself Did steal behind him as he lay along Under an oak whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood : To the which place a poor ...
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... doth part The flux of company : ' anon a careless herd , Full of the pasture , jumps along by him 50 And never stays to greet him ; ' Ay , ' quoth Jaques , ' Sweep on , you fat and greasy citizens ; ' Tis just the fashion : wherefore do ...
... doth part The flux of company : ' anon a careless herd , Full of the pasture , jumps along by him 50 And never stays to greet him ; ' Ay , ' quoth Jaques , ' Sweep on , you fat and greasy citizens ; ' Tis just the fashion : wherefore do ...
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... doth the ravens feed , Yea , providently caters for the sparrow , Be comfort to my age ! Here is the gold ; All this I give you . Let me be your servant : Though I look old , yet I am strong and lusty ; For in my youth I never did apply ...
... doth the ravens feed , Yea , providently caters for the sparrow , Be comfort to my age ! Here is the gold ; All this I give you . Let me be your servant : Though I look old , yet I am strong and lusty ; For in my youth I never did apply ...
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Adam Aliena Amiens Audrey banished bear beard Beau bequeathed better brother Celia chide colour Corin court cousin daughter diest doth Duke F Duke senior Enter Duke Enter Orlando Enter Rosalind Epil Euphuistic Exeunt Exit eyes fair faith father Folios fool Forest of Arden fortune foul Gamelyn Ganymede gentle give Grace hand hast hath heart Heigh-ho Hero and Leander hither honour Hymen Jaques kiss ladies live look lord lover marry master melancholy merry mistress Monsieur motley fool Ovid Phebe pity play pray prithee Pythagoras Robin Hood Scene Shakespeare shalt shepherd Silvius sing Sir Oliver Sir Rowland song speak swear sweet Tale of Gamelyn tell thank thee thing thou art THRASONICAL to-morrow Touch verses weary withal woman words wrestler wrestling young youth
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Page 28 - The seasons' difference ; as the icy fang And churlish chiding of the winter's wind, Which, when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile, and say "This is no flattery ; these are counsellors 10 That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Page 49 - I thought that all things had been savage here, And therefore put I on the countenance Of stern commandment. But whate'er you are That in this desert inaccessible, Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time...
Page 34 - O good old man ; how well in thee appears The constant service of the antique world, When service sweat for duty, not for meed...
Page 6 - They say he is already in the forest of Arden, and a many merry men with him; and there they live like the old Robin Hood of England: they say many young gentlemen flock to him every day, and fleet the time carelessly, as they did in the golden world.
Page 55 - ... life it is naught In respect that it is solitary I like it very well; but in respect that it is private it is a very vile life. Now, in respect it is in the fields it pleaseth me well; but in respect it is not in .the court it is tedious. As it is a spare life, look you, it fits my humour well ; but as there is no more plenty in it, it goes much against my stomach.
Page 34 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty ; For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood, Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo 50 The means of weakness and debility ; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly : let me go with you ; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Page 29 - To-day, my lord of Amiens and myself Did steal behind him, as he lay along Under an oak, whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood...
Page 34 - When service should in my old limbs lie lame, And unregarded age in corners thrown : Take that, and He that doth the ravens feed, Yea, providently caters for the sparrow, Be comfort to my age ! Here is the gold ; All this I give you.
Page 52 - Although thy breath be rude. Heigh-ho ! sing, heigh-ho ! unto the green holly : Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly : Then, heigh-ho, the holly ! This life is most jolly. Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, That dost not bite so nigh As benefits forgot : Though thou the waters warp, Thy sting is not so sharp As friend remember'd not.
Page 51 - With spectacles on nose and pouch on side, His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank ; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion, Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans every thing.