The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and Haymarket ...Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808 - 299 pages |
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... if I fought not with fifty of them , I am a bunch of radish : if there were not two or three and fifty upon poor old Jack , then am I no two - legged creature . Poins . ' Pray , Heaven , you have not 38 [ ACT II . KING HENRY IV .
... if I fought not with fifty of them , I am a bunch of radish : if there were not two or three and fifty upon poor old Jack , then am I no two - legged creature . Poins . ' Pray , Heaven , you have not 38 [ ACT II . KING HENRY IV .
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... Heaven , you have not murdered some of them . Fal . Nay , that's past praying for ; I have pep- pered two of them : two , I am sure , I have pay'd ; two rogues in buckram suits . I tell thee what , Hal , -if I tell thee a lie , spit in ...
... Heaven , you have not murdered some of them . Fal . Nay , that's past praying for ; I have pep- pered two of them : two , I am sure , I have pay'd ; two rogues in buckram suits . I tell thee what , Hal , -if I tell thee a lie , spit in ...
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... . I know not whether Heaven will have it so , For some displeasing service I have done , That , in his secret doom , out of my blood He'll breed revengement and a scourge for me ; But 46 [ ACT III . KING HENRY IV . ACT THE THIRD. ...
... . I know not whether Heaven will have it so , For some displeasing service I have done , That , in his secret doom , out of my blood He'll breed revengement and a scourge for me ; But 46 [ ACT III . KING HENRY IV . ACT THE THIRD. ...
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... Heaven , To punish my mistreadings . Tell me else , Could such inordinate and low desires , Such barren pleasures , rude society , As thou art match'd withal , and grafted to , Accompany the greatness of thy blood , And hold their level ...
... Heaven , To punish my mistreadings . Tell me else , Could such inordinate and low desires , Such barren pleasures , rude society , As thou art match'd withal , and grafted to , Accompany the greatness of thy blood , And hold their level ...
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... Heaven forgive them that so much have sway'd Your majesty's good thoughts away from me ! I will redeem all this on Percy's head , And , in the closing of some glorious day , Be bold to tell you , that I am your son ; And that shall be ...
... Heaven forgive them that so much have sway'd Your majesty's good thoughts away from me ! I will redeem all this on Percy's head , And , in the closing of some glorious day , Be bold to tell you , that I am your son ; And that shall be ...
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Antonio art thou Bard Bardolph Bass Bassanio Beatr Beatrice Bened blood BORACHIO brother Captain chuse Claud Claudio CONSTABLE OF FRANCE cousin Dogb dost thou doth ducats Duke EARL EARL OF WESTMORELAND Eastcheap Enter Exeunt Exit fair faith FALSTAFF father fear Fluellen France Friar GENTLEMEN give GLOSTER Gower grace GRATIANO Harfleur Harry hath hear heart Heaven Hero honour Host HOTSPUR Jessica KING HENRY knave lady Laun Launcelot Leon Leonato liege look lord Lorenzo majesty marry Master Master Constable merry Nerissa never night noble Pedro Pist Pistol Poins pray thee PRINCE JOHN PRINCE OF WALES Sala SCENE Shal Shallow shalt Shylock Sir John Sir John Falstaff soldier speak swear sweet sword tell thing thou art thou hast thou wilt troth Trumpets unto Venice WESTMORELAND
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Page 13 - If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions : I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.
Page 50 - Sleep, O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down. And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Page 53 - This story shall the good man teach his son ; And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered ; We few, we happy few, we band of brothers ; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother ; be he ne'er so vile This day shall gentle his condition...
Page 57 - The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God...
Page 52 - O, do not wish one more! Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host, That he which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him depart; his passport shall be made • And crowns for convoy put into his purse : We would not die in that man's company That fears his fellowship to die with us. This day is...
Page 17 - Yes, to smell pork! to eat of the habitation which your prophet, the Nazarite, conjured the devil into! I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following; but I will not eat with you, drink with you, nor pray with you.
Page 19 - Shylock, we would have monies', You say so; You, that did void your rheum upon my beard, And foot me, as you spurn a stranger cur Over your threshold; monies is your suit. What should I say to you? Should I not say, Hath a dog money? is it possible, A cur can lend three thousand ducats'?
Page 51 - With deaf ning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep ! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude; And, in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a King...
Page 15 - So, when this loose behaviour I throw off And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes...
Page 41 - Should I turn upon the true prince? Why, thou knowest, I am as valiant as Hercules : but beware instinct ; the lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter; I was a coward on instinct. I shall think the better of myself and thee, during my life; I, for a valiant lion, and thou for a true prince.