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... And shew the Heav'ns more juf ! - 1 Lady WN . You seem to be as Dian in her orb , Lear , A & III . As chate as is the bud , ere it be blown ' ; But But you are more intemp'rate in your blood Than Venns MODERN CHARACTERS.
... And shew the Heav'ns more juf ! - 1 Lady WN . You seem to be as Dian in her orb , Lear , A & III . As chate as is the bud , ere it be blown ' ; But But you are more intemp'rate in your blood Than Venns MODERN CHARACTERS.
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William Shakespeare. Values itself fo highly , that to her's All matter elfe seems weak . Much Ado , A & III . RE . D. of Deve thi " See where he steals ! -Fold I you not , Benvolio , That we should find this melancholy Walker Lock'd in ...
William Shakespeare. Values itself fo highly , that to her's All matter elfe seems weak . Much Ado , A & III . RE . D. of Deve thi " See where he steals ! -Fold I you not , Benvolio , That we should find this melancholy Walker Lock'd in ...
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... Seem'd to die too ; that very moment Confideration , like an Angel , came And whipt th'offending Adam out of him . Lady STN . I'll hold thee any wager Hen . VI . A & I When we are both apparrell'd like young men , I I prove the prettier ...
... Seem'd to die too ; that very moment Confideration , like an Angel , came And whipt th'offending Adam out of him . Lady STN . I'll hold thee any wager Hen . VI . A & I When we are both apparrell'd like young men , I I prove the prettier ...
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... Seem to fee the things thou doft not . Lear , A & IV . Mr. A- -Y ST- - RR . What fay you to young Master Fenton ? he capers , he dances , he writes verjes , he fmells April and May ; he will carry it , ' tis in his buttons , he will ...
... Seem to fee the things thou doft not . Lear , A & IV . Mr. A- -Y ST- - RR . What fay you to young Master Fenton ? he capers , he dances , he writes verjes , he fmells April and May ; he will carry it , ' tis in his buttons , he will ...
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... seems to be the more noble in being fantasti- cal -A great man I'll warrant I know by the picking of's teeth . Winter's Tale . Mifs H LAND . She is as tender As infancy and grace . Winter's Tale . Alderman K - NET To be an honest man ...
... seems to be the more noble in being fantasti- cal -A great man I'll warrant I know by the picking of's teeth . Winter's Tale . Mifs H LAND . She is as tender As infancy and grace . Winter's Tale . Alderman K - NET To be an honest man ...
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Page 73 - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend: so Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent.
Page 26 - I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen? Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come ; make her laugh at that. Prithee, Horatio, tell me one thing. Hor. What's that, my lord? Ham. Dost thou think Alexander looked o' this fashion i
Page 21 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Page 20 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life; but for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Page 80 - His legs bestrid the ocean : his rear'd arm Crested the world : his voice was propertied As all the tuned spheres, and that to friends ; But when he meant to quail and shake the orb, He was as rattling thunder. For his bounty, There was no winter in't; an autumn 'twas That grew the more by reaping...
Page 14 - The mysteries of Hecate, and the night ', By all the operation of the orbs From whom we do exist, and cease to be, Here I disclaim all my paternal care, Propinquity and property of blood, And as a stranger to my heart and me, Hold thee from this for ever.
Page 37 - There are a sort of men, whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond; And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, ' I am Sir Oracle, And, when I ope my lips, let no dog bark!
Page 12 - Her beauty hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear...
Page 11 - In these two princely boys! They are as gentle As zephyrs, blowing below the violet, Not wagging his sweet head: and yet as rough, Their royal blood enchafd, as the rud'st wind, That by the top doth take the mountain pine, And make him stoop to the vale.
Page 34 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not.