The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 12Harper& brothers, 1908 |
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... is even tolerable to us ? " Wherein is he good , but to taste sack and drink it ? wherein neat and cleanly , but to carve a capon and eat it ? wherein cunning , but in craft ? wherein crafty , but [ xii ] FIRST PART OF KING HENRY IV.
... is even tolerable to us ? " Wherein is he good , but to taste sack and drink it ? wherein neat and cleanly , but to carve a capon and eat it ? wherein cunning , but in craft ? wherein crafty , but [ xii ] FIRST PART OF KING HENRY IV.
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... sack and unbuttoning thee after supper and sleeping upon benches after noon , that thou hast forgotten to demand that truly which thou wouldst truly know . What a devil hast thou to do with the time of the day ? Unless hours were cups of ...
... sack and unbuttoning thee after supper and sleeping upon benches after noon , that thou hast forgotten to demand that truly which thou wouldst truly know . What a devil hast thou to do with the time of the day ? Unless hours were cups of ...
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... Sack and Sugar ] It was the habit of Elizabethan topers to mix sugar with their wine . Falstaff's favourite beverage was clearly a Spanish wine resembling sherry — he calls it " sherris - sack , " 2 Hen . IV , IV , iii , 95 sweetened ...
... Sack and Sugar ] It was the habit of Elizabethan topers to mix sugar with their wine . Falstaff's favourite beverage was clearly a Spanish wine resembling sherry — he calls it " sherris - sack , " 2 Hen . IV , IV , iii , 95 sweetened ...
Page 43
... sack be my poison : when a jest is so forward , and afoot too ! I hate it . Enter GADSHILL , BARDOLPH and PETO with him GADS . Stand . FAL , So I do , against my will . POINS . O , ' t is our setter : I know his voice . Bar- dolph ...
... sack be my poison : when a jest is so forward , and afoot too ! I hate it . Enter GADSHILL , BARDOLPH and PETO with him GADS . Stand . FAL , So I do , against my will . POINS . O , ' t is our setter : I know his voice . Bar- dolph ...
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... sack , boy . Ere I lead this life long , I'll sew nether stocks and 98 parcel ] items . 107 Rivo ! ] An exclamation , probably of Spanish origin , common among Elizabethan topers . 111 nether stocks ] stockings . 108 mend them and foot ...
... sack , boy . Ere I lead this life long , I'll sew nether stocks and 98 parcel ] items . 107 Rivo ! ] An exclamation , probably of Spanish origin , common among Elizabethan topers . 111 nether stocks ] stockings . 108 mend them and foot ...
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anon Archbishop of York BARD Bardolph blood BLUNT Bolingbroke brother Colevile cousin Davy dead death devil dost doth Douglas drink Earl Earl of Fife Earl of March Eastcheap Exeunt Exit faith father fear Folios friends Gadshill give GLEND Glendower grace hanged Harry Harry Percy hath head hear heart heaven Holinshed honour horse HOST hostess Hotspur infra Jack John of Lancaster justice KING HENRY knave LADY lord majesty Master Shallow merry Mortimer MoWB never night noble Northumberland peace Percy PETO PIST Pistol play POINS pray Prince of Wales prithee Quarto rascal Re-enter rogue sack SCENE Shakespeare SHAL Shrewsbury Sir Dagonet Sir John Sir John Falstaff Sirrah speak stand supra sweet sword tell thee there's thine thou art thou hast tongue Westmoreland wilt Worcester word Zounds