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-But , for mine own part , my lord , I could be well contented to be there , in
respect of the love I bear your house . He could be contented , -- why is he not ,
then ? In respect of the love he bears our house ! -- he shows in this , he loves his
own ...
-But , for mine own part , my lord , I could be well contented to be there , in
respect of the love I bear your house . He could be contented , -- why is he not ,
then ? In respect of the love he bears our house ! -- he shows in this , he loves his
own ...
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O , my good lord , why are you thus alone ? For what offence have I , this fortnight
, been A banish'd woman from my Harry's bed ? Tell me , sweet lord , what is't
that takes from thee Thy stomach , pleasure , and thy golden sleep ? Why dost ...
O , my good lord , why are you thus alone ? For what offence have I , this fortnight
, been A banish'd woman from my Harry's bed ? Tell me , sweet lord , what is't
that takes from thee Thy stomach , pleasure , and thy golden sleep ? Why dost ...
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First , pardon me , my lord . A hue and cry hath followed certain men into this
house . P. Hen . What men ? Sher . One of them is well known , my gracious lord ;
a gross fat man . Trav . As fat as butter . P. Hen . Sheriff , I do engage my word to ...
First , pardon me , my lord . A hue and cry hath followed certain men into this
house . P. Hen . What men ? Sher . One of them is well known , my gracious lord ;
a gross fat man . Trav . As fat as butter . P. Hen . Sheriff , I do engage my word to ...
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For the box o'the ear that the prince gave you , --he gave it like a rude prince ,
and you took it like a sensible lord . I have checked him for it , and the young lion
repents ; marry , not in ashes and sackcloth , but in new silk , and old sack .
For the box o'the ear that the prince gave you , --he gave it like a rude prince ,
and you took it like a sensible lord . I have checked him for it , and the young lion
repents ; marry , not in ashes and sackcloth , but in new silk , and old sack .
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My lord , these griefs shall be with speed redress'd . West . If this may please you
, Discharge your powers unto their several counties , As we will ours : and here ,
between the armies , Let us embrace ; That all their eyes may bear those tokens ...
My lord , these griefs shall be with speed redress'd . West . If this may please you
, Discharge your powers unto their several counties , As we will ours : and here ,
between the armies , Let us embrace ; That all their eyes may bear those tokens ...
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Page 13 - If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions : I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.
Page 50 - Sleep, O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down. And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Page 53 - This story shall the good man teach his son ; And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered ; We few, we happy few, we band of brothers ; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother ; be he ne'er so vile This day shall gentle his condition...
Page 57 - The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God...
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Page 19 - Shylock, we would have monies', You say so; You, that did void your rheum upon my beard, And foot me, as you spurn a stranger cur Over your threshold; monies is your suit. What should I say to you? Should I not say, Hath a dog money? is it possible, A cur can lend three thousand ducats'?
Page 51 - With deaf ning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep ! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude; And, in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a King...
Page 15 - So, when this loose behaviour I throw off And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes...
Page 41 - Should I turn upon the true prince? Why, thou knowest, I am as valiant as Hercules : but beware instinct ; the lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter; I was a coward on instinct. I shall think the better of myself and thee, during my life; I, for a valiant lion, and thou for a true prince.
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| Title | The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and Haymarket ... Volumes 1-25 of British theatre Volume 2 of The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and Haymarket, Mrs. Inchbald |
| Author | Mrs. Inchbald |
| Editor | Mrs. Inchbald |
| Publisher | Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 31 Aug 2007 |
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