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Certain , ' tis certain ; very sure : very sure : death , as the Psalmist saith , is
certain to all ; all shall die . How a good yoke of bullocks , at Stamford fair ? Sil .
Truly , cousin , I was not there . Shal . Death is certain . Is old Double of your town
living ...
Certain , ' tis certain ; very sure : very sure : death , as the Psalmist saith , is
certain to all ; all shall die . How a good yoke of bullocks , at Stamford fair ? Sil .
Truly , cousin , I was not there . Shal . Death is certain . Is old Double of your town
living ...
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It is almost morning , And yet , I am sure , you are satisfied Of these events at full :
Let us go in ; And charge us there upon inter'gatory , And we will anwser all
things faithfully . Gra . Let it be so : The first intergatory , That my Nerissa shall be
...
It is almost morning , And yet , I am sure , you are satisfied Of these events at full :
Let us go in ; And charge us there upon inter'gatory , And we will anwser all
things faithfully . Gra . Let it be so : The first intergatory , That my Nerissa shall be
...
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none but libertines delight in him ; and the com mendation is not in his wit , but in
his villany ; för he both pleaseth men , and angers them , and then they Jaugh at
him , and beat him ; I am sure , he is in the fleet ; I would he had boarded me .
none but libertines delight in him ; and the com mendation is not in his wit , but in
his villany ; för he both pleaseth men , and angers them , and then they Jaugh at
him , and beat him ; I am sure , he is in the fleet ; I would he had boarded me .
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Urs . But are you sure , That Benedick loves Beatrice so entirely ? Hero . So says
the prince , and my new - trothed lord . They did intreat me to acquaint her of it :
But I persuaded them , if they lov'd Benedick , To wish him wrestle with affection ...
Urs . But are you sure , That Benedick loves Beatrice so entirely ? Hero . So says
the prince , and my new - trothed lord . They did intreat me to acquaint her of it :
But I persuaded them , if they lov'd Benedick , To wish him wrestle with affection ...
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... a block moved with none . So turns she every man the wrong side out ; And
never gives to truth and virtue , that Which simpleness and merit purchaseth . Urs
. Sure , sure , such carping is not commendable . Hero . But who dare tell her so ?
... a block moved with none . So turns she every man the wrong side out ; And
never gives to truth and virtue , that Which simpleness and merit purchaseth . Urs
. Sure , sure , such carping is not commendable . Hero . But who dare tell her so ?
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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.
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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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