Shakspeare's comedy of As you like it, with explanatory and illustrative notes by J. Hunter |
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... BEAU , a courtier attending upon Frederick CHARLES , wrestler to Frederick OLIVER , son of Sir Roland de Bois JAQUES , son of Sir Roland de Bois . ORLANDO , son of Sir Roland de Bois ADAM , servant to Oliver Appears Act II . sc . 1 ; sc ...
... BEAU , a courtier attending upon Frederick CHARLES , wrestler to Frederick OLIVER , son of Sir Roland de Bois JAQUES , son of Sir Roland de Bois . ORLANDO , son of Sir Roland de Bois ADAM , servant to Oliver Appears Act II . sc . 1 ; sc ...
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... Beau . Ros . With his mouth full of news . Cel . Which he will put on us , as pigeons feed their young . Ros . Then shall we be news - crammed . 1 Taxation ] Accusation . 2 Speak ] Describe . A frequent meaning in Shakspeare , · Enter LE ...
... Beau . Ros . With his mouth full of news . Cel . Which he will put on us , as pigeons feed their young . Ros . Then shall we be news - crammed . 1 Taxation ] Accusation . 2 Speak ] Describe . A frequent meaning in Shakspeare , · Enter LE ...
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... Beau : what's the news ? Le Beau . Fair princess , you have lost much good sport . Cel . Sport ! Of what colour ? Le Beau . What colour , madam ? How shall I answer you ? Ros . As wit and fortune will . Touch . Or as the destinies ...
... Beau : what's the news ? Le Beau . Fair princess , you have lost much good sport . Cel . Sport ! Of what colour ? Le Beau . What colour , madam ? How shall I answer you ? Ros . As wit and fortune will . Touch . Or as the destinies ...
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... Beau . Why , this that I speak of . Touch . Thus men may grow wiser every day ! it is the first time that ever I heard breaking of ribs was sport for ladies . Cel . Or I , I promise thee . Ros . But is there any else longs to see this ...
... Beau . Why , this that I speak of . Touch . Thus men may grow wiser every day ! it is the first time that ever I heard breaking of ribs was sport for ladies . Cel . Or I , I promise thee . Ros . But is there any else longs to see this ...
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... Beau . Duke F. Do so ; I'll not be by . [ Duke goes apart . Le Beau . Monsieur the challenger , the princesses call for you . Orl . I attend them with all respect and duty . Ros . Young man , have you challenged Charles the wrestler ...
... Beau . Duke F. Do so ; I'll not be by . [ Duke goes apart . Le Beau . Monsieur the challenger , the princesses call for you . Orl . I attend them with all respect and duty . Ros . Young man , have you challenged Charles the wrestler ...
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Adam Aliena allusion AMIENS banished bear beard Beau better brother Charles CORIN court cousin daughter diest doth Duke F DUKE FREDERICK duke's Enter DUKE Enter ORLANDO Enter ROSALIND Enter TOUCHSTONE Exeunt Exit eyes fair faith father fool Forest of Arden Fortune foul Ganymede gentle give grace Hamlet hath heart heaven heigh-ho Hero and Leander hither honour Jaques Julius Cæsar live look lord lover man's marry master means Merchant of Venice merry mistress monsieur motley fool never Othello Phebe pity play poor pray prithee Roland de Bois ROSALIND and CELIA Saladine SCENE Shakspeare Shakspeare's shalt shepherd SILVIUS Sir Roland song speak swear sweet ta'en Tale of Gamelyn tell thank thee thou art Thrasonical to-morrow Touch verses wise withal woman word wrestling young youth
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Page 30 - Take that, and He that doth the ravens feed, Yea, providently caters for the sparrow, Be comfort to my age ! Here is the gold ; All this I give you. Let me be your servant: Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty; For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood, Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo 50 The means of weakness and debility ; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your...
Page 31 - O good old man ; how well in thee appears The constant service of the antique world, When service sweat for duty, not for meed...
Page 76 - Hero had turned nun, if it had not been for a hot midsummer night ; for, good youth, he went but forth to wash him in the Hellespont and being taken with the cramp was drowned : and the foolish chroniclers of that age found it was ' Hero of Sestos.' But these are all lies : men have died from time to time and worms have eaten them, but not for love.
Page 32 - Ay, now am I in Arden ; the more fool I ; when I was at home, I was in a better place : but travellers must be content.
Page 25 - Now, my co-mates, and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp ? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court ? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, The seasons...
Page 40 - Invest me in my motley ; give me leave To speak my mind, and I will through and through Cleanse the foul body of the infected world, If they will patiently receive my medicine.
Page 43 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits, and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms; And then, the whining school-boy, with his satchel, And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school: And then, the lover; Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress...
Page 39 - I must have liberty Withal, as large a charter as the wind, To blow on whom I please...
Page 7 - They say, he is already in the forest of Arden, and a many merry men with him ; and there they live like the old Robin Hood of England. They say, many young gentlemen flock to him every day ; and fleet the time carelessly, as they did in the golden world.
Page 26 - Come, shall we go and kill us venison ? And yet it irks me, the poor dappled fools,— Being native burghers of this desert city, — Should, in their own confines, with forked heads Have their round haunches gor'd.