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The virtue of this jest will be , the incomprehensible lies that this same fat rogue
will tell us , when we meet at supper : how thirty , at least , he fought with ; what
wards , what blows , what extremities he endured ; and , in the reproof of this , lies
...
The virtue of this jest will be , the incomprehensible lies that this same fat rogue
will tell us , when we meet at supper : how thirty , at least , he fought with ; what
wards , what blows , what extremities he endured ; and , in the reproof of this , lies
...
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How now , my Lord of Worcester : ' tis not well , That you and I should meet upon
such terms As now we meet : You have deceiv'd our trust ; And made us doff our
easy robes of peace , To crush our old limbs in ungentle steel : This is not well ...
How now , my Lord of Worcester : ' tis not well , That you and I should meet upon
such terms As now we meet : You have deceiv'd our trust ; And made us doff our
easy robes of peace , To crush our old limbs in ungentle steel : This is not well ...
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Therefore , I say , ' tis meet we all go forth , To view the sick and feeble parts of
France : But let us do it with no show of fear ; No , with no more , than if we heard
that England Were busied with a whitsun morris - dance : For , my good liege ,
she ...
Therefore , I say , ' tis meet we all go forth , To view the sick and feeble parts of
France : But let us do it with no show of fear ; No , with no more , than if we heard
that England Were busied with a whitsun morris - dance : For , my good liege ,
she ...
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I pray you , how many bath he killed and eaten , in these wars ? But how many
hath he killed ? for , indeed , I promised to eat all of his killing , Leon . ' Faith ,
niece , you tax Signior Benedick too much ; but he'll be meet with you , I doubt it
not .
I pray you , how many bath he killed and eaten , in these wars ? But how many
hath he killed ? for , indeed , I promised to eat all of his killing , Leon . ' Faith ,
niece , you tax Signior Benedick too much ; but he'll be meet with you , I doubt it
not .
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If you meet a thief , you may suspect him , by virtue of your office , to be no true
man ; and , for such kind of men , the less you meddle or make with them , why ,
the more is for your honesty . Sea . If we know him to be a thief , shall we not lay ...
If you meet a thief , you may suspect him , by virtue of your office , to be no true
man ; and , for such kind of men , the less you meddle or make with them , why ,
the more is for your honesty . Sea . If we know him to be a thief , shall we not lay ...
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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...
Page 52 - O, do not wish one more! Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host, That he which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him depart; his passport shall be made • And crowns for convoy put into his purse : We would not die in that man's company That fears his fellowship to die with us. This day is...
Page 17 - Yes, to smell pork! to eat of the habitation which your prophet, the Nazarite, conjured the devil into! I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following; but I will not eat with you, drink with you, nor pray with you.
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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