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tis a fault to heaven , A fault against the dead , a fault to nature , To reason most
absurd , whose common theme Is death of fathers , and who still have cry'd ,
From the first corse , ' till he that died to - day , This must be so . We pray you ,
throw to ...
tis a fault to heaven , A fault against the dead , a fault to nature , To reason most
absurd , whose common theme Is death of fathers , and who still have cry'd ,
From the first corse , ' till he that died to - day , This must be so . We pray you ,
throw to ...
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Indeed , this counsellor Is now most still , molt secret , and most grave , Who was
in life a foolish prating knave . Come , fir , to draw toward an end with you : Good
night , mother . [ Exit the Queen , and Hamlet dragging in Polonius , ACT IV ...
Indeed , this counsellor Is now most still , molt secret , and most grave , Who was
in life a foolish prating knave . Come , fir , to draw toward an end with you : Good
night , mother . [ Exit the Queen , and Hamlet dragging in Polonius , ACT IV ...
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E. Ant . Brought to this town by that most famous warrior Duke Menaphon , your
most renowned uncle . Adr . Which of you two did dine with me to - day ? S. Ant . I
, gentle mistress . Adr . And are you not my husband ? E. Ant . No , I say , nay to ...
E. Ant . Brought to this town by that most famous warrior Duke Menaphon , your
most renowned uncle . Adr . Which of you two did dine with me to - day ? S. Ant . I
, gentle mistress . Adr . And are you not my husband ? E. Ant . No , I say , nay to ...
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With whispering and most guilty diligence , In action all of precept , he did shew
me The way twice o'er . Duke . Are there no tokens Between you ' greed ,
concerning her obseryance ! Isab . No , none ; but only a repair i ' the dark And
that I ...
With whispering and most guilty diligence , In action all of precept , he did shew
me The way twice o'er . Duke . Are there no tokens Between you ' greed ,
concerning her obseryance ! Isab . No , none ; but only a repair i ' the dark And
that I ...
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Henry the seventh succeeding , truly pitying My father's loss , like a most royal
prince , Restor'd me to my honours , and , out of ruins , Made my name once
more noble . Now his son , Henry the eighth , life , honour , name , and all That
made ...
Henry the seventh succeeding , truly pitying My father's loss , like a most royal
prince , Restor'd me to my honours , and , out of ruins , Made my name once
more noble . Now his son , Henry the eighth , life , honour , name , and all That
made ...
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Page 11 - So, oft it chances in particular men, That for some vicious mole of nature in them, As, in their birth,— wherein they are not guilty, Since nature cannot choose his origin,— By the o'ergrowth of some complexion...
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Page 80 - Of thinking too precisely on the event, A thought which quarter'd, hath but one part wisdom And ever three parts coward, I do not know Why yet I live to say ' This thing's to do;' Sith I have cause and will and strength and means To do't.
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| Title | The Dramatic Writings of Will. Shakespeare: With Introductory Prefaces to Each Play : Printed Complete from the Best Editions Volume 1 of The Dramatic Writings of Will. Shakespeare: With Introductory Prefaces to Each Play ; Printed Complete from the Best Editions, William Shakespeare The dramatic writings of Will. Shakespeare, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Publisher | R. Morison Junr., 1798 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 29 Dec 2006 |
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