Tales from Shakespear: Designed for the Use of Young Persons, Volume 2M.J. Godwin, at the Juvenile Library, 1809 - 236 pages |
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... duke of Flo- rence's army , and after a successful war , in which he distinguished himself by many brave actions , Bertram received letters from his mother , con- taining the acceptable tidings that Helena would no more disturb him ...
... duke of Flo- rence's army , and after a successful war , in which he distinguished himself by many brave actions , Bertram received letters from his mother , con- taining the acceptable tidings that Helena would no more disturb him ...
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... duke's army , she would take her where she might have a full view of it . " And you will see a countryman of yours , " said the widow ; " his name is count Rossilion , who has done worthy service in the duke's wars . " Helena wanted no ...
... duke's army , she would take her where she might have a full view of it . " And you will see a countryman of yours , " said the widow ; " his name is count Rossilion , who has done worthy service in the duke's wars . " Helena wanted no ...
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... duke's army to avoid living with her . To this account of her own misfortunes Helena pa- tiently listened , and when it was ended , the his- tory of Bertram was not yet done , for then the widow began another tale , every word of which ...
... duke's army to avoid living with her . To this account of her own misfortunes Helena pa- tiently listened , and when it was ended , the his- tory of Bertram was not yet done , for then the widow began another tale , every word of which ...
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... duke , either to pay this heavy fine , or to receive sentence of death . Ægeon had no money to pay the fine , and the duke , before he pronounced the sentence of death upon him , desired him to relate the history of his life , and to ...
... duke , either to pay this heavy fine , or to receive sentence of death . Ægeon had no money to pay the fine , and the duke , before he pronounced the sentence of death upon him , desired him to relate the history of his life , and to ...
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... duke , pitying this un- fortunate father , who had brought upon himself this great peril by his love for his lost son , said , if it were not against the laws , which his oath and dignity did not permit him to alter , he would freely ...
... duke , pitying this un- fortunate father , who had brought upon himself this great peril by his love for his lost son , said , if it were not against the laws , which his oath and dignity did not permit him to alter , he would freely ...
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Page 106 - twill endure wind and weather. Vio. 'Tis beauty truly blent, whose red and white Nature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on : Lady, you are the cruell'st she alive, If you will lead these graces to the grave, And leave the world no copy.
Page 109 - Come away, come away, death, And in sad cypress let me be laid ; Fly away, fly away, breath ; I am slain by a fair cruel maid. My shroud of white, stuck all with yew, O, prepare it! My part of death, no one so true Did share it.
Page 72 - We must not make a scare-crow of the law, ' Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror.
Page 94 - They say, best men are moulded out of faults ; And, for the most, become much more the better For being a little bad : so may my husband.
Page 77 - That skins the vice o' the top. Go to your bosom ; Knock there ; and ask your heart what it doth know That's like my brother's fault ; if it confess A natural guiltiness such as is his, Let it not sound a thought upon your tongue Against my brother's life.
Page 27 - You lie, in faith, for you are called plain Kate, And bonny Kate, and sometimes Kate the curst ; But Kate, the prettiest Kate in Christendom, Kate of...
Page 82 - Dar'st thou die ? The sense of death is most in apprehension, And the poor beetle, that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great As when a giant dies.
Page 208 - twas wondrous pitiful; She wished she had not heard it, yet she wished That heaven had made her such a man; she thanked me, And bade me, if I had a friend that loved her, I should but teach him how to tell my story, And that would woo her. Upon this hint I spake; She loved me for the dangers I had passed, And I loved her that she did pity them.
Page 83 - Sweet sister, let me live : What sin you do to save a brother's life, Nature dispenses with the deed so far, That it becomes a virtue.
Page 254 - Helicanus, strike me, honour'd sir ; Give me a gash, put me to present pain ; Lest this great sea of joys rushing upon me, O'erbear the shores of my mortality, And drown me with their sweetness.