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Page 11
Thus , what with the war , what with the sweat , what with the gallows , and what
with poverty , I am custom - shrunk . How now ? what ' s the news with you ?
Enter Clown . Clo . Yonder man is carried to prison . Bawd . Well ; what has he
done ?
Thus , what with the war , what with the sweat , what with the gallows , and what
with poverty , I am custom - shrunk . How now ? what ' s the news with you ?
Enter Clown . Clo . Yonder man is carried to prison . Bawd . Well ; what has he
done ?
Page 27
Elb . Marry , I thank your good worship for it : What is ' t your worship ' s pleasure I
should do with this wicked caitiff ? Escal . Truly , officer , because he bath some
offences in him , that thou wouldst discover if thou couldst , let him continue in ...
Elb . Marry , I thank your good worship for it : What is ' t your worship ' s pleasure I
should do with this wicked caitiff ? Escal . Truly , officer , because he bath some
offences in him , that thou wouldst discover if thou couldst , let him continue in ...
Page 152
Since what I am to say , must be but that Which contradicts my accusation ; and
The testimony on my part , no other But what comes from myself ; it shall scarce
boot me To say , Not guilty : mine integrity , Being counted falsehood , shall , as I
...
Since what I am to say , must be but that Which contradicts my accusation ; and
The testimony on my part , no other But what comes from myself ; it shall scarce
boot me To say , Not guilty : mine integrity , Being counted falsehood , shall , as I
...
Page 157
What fit is this , good lady ? Paul . What studied torments , tyrant , hast for me ?
What wheels ? racks ? fires ? What flaying ? boiling , In leads , or oils ? what old ,
or newer torture Must I receive ; whose every word deserves To taste of thy most
...
What fit is this , good lady ? Paul . What studied torments , tyrant , hast for me ?
What wheels ? racks ? fires ? What flaying ? boiling , In leads , or oils ? what old ,
or newer torture Must I receive ; whose every word deserves To taste of thy most
...
Page 195
... horn - ring , to keep my pack from fasting : they throng who should buy first ; as
if my trinkets had been hallowed , and brought a benediction to the buyer : by
which means , I saw whose purse was best in picture ; and , what I saw , to my
good ...
... horn - ring , to keep my pack from fasting : they throng who should buy first ; as
if my trinkets had been hallowed , and brought a benediction to the buyer : by
which means , I saw whose purse was best in picture ; and , what I saw , to my
good ...
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Page 344 - I'll kneel down And ask of thee forgiveness: so we'll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk of court news; and we'll talk with them too, — Who loses and who wins; who's in, who's out; — And take...
Page 51 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods...
Page 299 - Is man no more than this? Consider him well. Thou owest the worm no silk, the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat no perfume. Ha! here's three on's are sophisticated! Thou art the thing itself; unaccommodated man is no more but such a poor, bare, forked animal as thou art. Off, off, you lendings! come, unbutton here.
Page 297 - Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm, How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides, Your loop'd and window'd raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these ? O, I have ta'en Too little care of this ! Take physic, pomp ; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them, And show the heavens more just.
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Page 326 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
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Page 291 - Spit, fire! spout, rain! Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire, are my daughters: I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness; I never gave you kingdom, call'd you children, You owe me no subscription: then, let fall Your horrible pleasure; here I stand, your slave, A poor, infirm, weak, and despis'd old man.
Page 162 - I would, there were no age between ten and three-and-twenty ; or that youth would sleep out the rest: for there is nothing in the between but getting wenches with child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fighting.
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| Title | The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, and Isaac Reed, Volume 9 The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, and Isaac Reed, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Publisher | Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 27 Dec 2006 |
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