Modern Characters for 1778, Parts 1-2D. Brown, 1778 |
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... must be fomething elfe Pawn'd with the other ; for the poor , rude world , Hath not her fellow- Merch . V. A & III . Duke of M- GH . Take phyfic pomp ! Expose thyfelf to feel what wretches feel , ' That thou may'ft shake the fuperflux ...
... must be fomething elfe Pawn'd with the other ; for the poor , rude world , Hath not her fellow- Merch . V. A & III . Duke of M- GH . Take phyfic pomp ! Expose thyfelf to feel what wretches feel , ' That thou may'ft shake the fuperflux ...
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... fmall vices do appear , Robes , and furr'd gowns hide all !! Mr. DE Gy . ጎ Lear , A & t IV . Young ravens must have food .. Merry Wives , A & I- Lady Lady J - Y . This argues fruitfulness , and 28 MODERN CHARACTERS.
... fmall vices do appear , Robes , and furr'd gowns hide all !! Mr. DE Gy . ጎ Lear , A & t IV . Young ravens must have food .. Merry Wives , A & I- Lady Lady J - Y . This argues fruitfulness , and 28 MODERN CHARACTERS.
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... must not now deny it is your own hand ; Write from it , if you can , in hand or phrase ; Or fay , ' tis not your feal , nor your invention : You can fay none of this . I Twelfth Night , A & V. lis Lady CAR LE . The morn of Rome , chafte ...
... must not now deny it is your own hand ; Write from it , if you can , in hand or phrase ; Or fay , ' tis not your feal , nor your invention : You can fay none of this . I Twelfth Night , A & V. lis Lady CAR LE . The morn of Rome , chafte ...
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... must tell you friendly in your ear , Sell when you can , you are not for all markets . Cry the man mercy : love him , take his offer . As You Like It , A & t III . Lady CROS - IE . " Here , afore heaven , I ratify this my rich gift . O ...
... must tell you friendly in your ear , Sell when you can , you are not for all markets . Cry the man mercy : love him , take his offer . As You Like It , A & t III . Lady CROS - IE . " Here , afore heaven , I ratify this my rich gift . O ...
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... must borrow me Garagantua's mouth , ' Tis a word too great for any mouth of this age's fize ! Juftice ADD N. Cudgel thy brains no more about it ; for your dull afs will not mend his pace with beating . Lord and Lady A Rich . A & V ...
... must borrow me Garagantua's mouth , ' Tis a word too great for any mouth of this age's fize ! Juftice ADD N. Cudgel thy brains no more about it ; for your dull afs will not mend his pace with beating . Lord and Lady A Rich . A & V ...
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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.