As You Like it: A Comedy in Five Acts, Volume 9J. Douglas, 1848 - 65 pages |
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... thank thee for thy love to me , which , thou shalt find , I will most kindly requite . I had myself notice of my brother's purpose herein , and have , by un- derhand means , laboured to dissuade him from it ; but he is resolute . I'll ...
... thank thee for thy love to me , which , thou shalt find , I will most kindly requite . I had myself notice of my brother's purpose herein , and have , by un- derhand means , laboured to dissuade him from it ; but he is resolute . I'll ...
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... thank him , and encourage him ; My father's rough and envious disposition Sticks me at heart . — Sir , [ Orlando advances . ] you have well deserved : If you do keep your promises in love , But justly , as you have exceeded promise ...
... thank him , and encourage him ; My father's rough and envious disposition Sticks me at heart . — Sir , [ Orlando advances . ] you have well deserved : If you do keep your promises in love , But justly , as you have exceeded promise ...
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... thank you , sir ; and pray you , tell me this : Which of the two was daughter of the duke , That here was at the wrestling ? Le Beau . Neither his daughter , if we judge by man- ners ; But yet , indeed , the shorter is his daughter ...
... thank you , sir ; and pray you , tell me this : Which of the two was daughter of the duke , That here was at the wrestling ? Le Beau . Neither his daughter , if we judge by man- ners ; But yet , indeed , the shorter is his daughter ...
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... thank it ; I do love it better than laughing . Amiens . Those that are in the extremity of either , are abominable fellows , and betray themselves to every mo- dern censure , worse than drunkards . Jaques . I have neither the scholar's ...
... thank it ; I do love it better than laughing . Amiens . Those that are in the extremity of either , are abominable fellows , and betray themselves to every mo- dern censure , worse than drunkards . Jaques . I have neither the scholar's ...
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... thank ye ; and be blessed for your good com- fort ! [ Exit , L. Duke . ( c . ) Thou see'st , we are not all alone unhappy : This wide and universal theatre Presents more woeful pageants than the scene Wherein we play in . Jaques . ( L ...
... thank ye ; and be blessed for your good com- fort ! [ Exit , L. Duke . ( c . ) Thou see'st , we are not all alone unhappy : This wide and universal theatre Presents more woeful pageants than the scene Wherein we play in . Jaques . ( L ...
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11 Spruce Adam Amiens Art thou Audrey banished bear beard Beau better brother Charles Kean Chas comes cousin Cuckoo daugh daughter diest doth doublet and pantaloons Enter DUKE FREDERICK Enter ORLANDO Enter ROSALIND Exeunt Exit eyes fair faith father fool Forest of Arden fortune friends Ganymede gentle give grace HARVARD COLLEGE hath heart Heaven hither honour Hymen ladies Le Beau live look lord lover man's marry master mistress MODERN STANDARD DRAMA Monsieur motley fool Phabe Phoebe pity play poor Portrait and Memoir pr'ythee pray quoth retire Romeo and Juliet russet boots say'st SCENE II.-The Shakspeare shepherd Sir Rowland's speak swear sweet Sylv Sylvius tell thank thee thou art Thou hast Touch tree true truly twill vandyke and gauntlets weep withal woman word wrestler wrestling young youth
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Page 23 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...
Page 24 - 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 32 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players : They have their exits, and their entrances ; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms...
Page 24 - Come, shall we go and kill us venison ? And yet it irks me, the poor dappled fools,— Being native burghers of this desert city, — Should, in their own confines, with forked heads Have their round haunches gor'd.
Page 57 - The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. The heathen philosopher, when he hud a desire to eat a grape, would open his lips when he put it into his mouth ; meaning thereby, that grapes were made to eat, and lips to open. You do love this maid ? WUl.
Page 24 - That feelingly persuade me what I am. Sweet are the uses of adversity ; Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head ; And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in every thing.
Page 33 - Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude ; Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude.
Page 49 - Grecian club ; yet he did what he could to die before ; and he is one of the patterns of love. Leander, he would have lived many a fair year, though Hero had turned nun, if it had not been for a hot midsummer night ; for, good youth, he went but forth to wash him in the Hellespont, and, being taken with the cramp, was drowned : and the foolish chroniclers of that age found it was — Hero of Sestos. But these are all lies: men have died from time to time, and worms have eaten them; but not for love.
Page 26 - Under the greenwood tree Who loves to lie with me, And tune his merry note Unto the sweet bird's throat — Come hither, come hither, come hither! Here shall he see No enemy But winter and rough weather. Who doth ambition shun And loves to live i' the sun, Seeking the food he eats And pleased with what he gets — Come hither, come hither, come hither!
Page 27 - Ay, now am I in Arden ; the more fool I ; when I was at home, I was in a better place : but travellers must be content.