The dramatic (poetical) works of William Shakspeare; illustr., embracing a life of the poet and notes, Volume 2 |
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... faith , the virtue of my heart , The object , and the pleasure of mine eye , Is only Helena . To her , my lord , Was I betrothed ere I saw Hermia ; But , like in sickness , did I loath this food ; But , as in health , come to my natural ...
... faith , the virtue of my heart , The object , and the pleasure of mine eye , Is only Helena . To her , my lord , Was I betrothed ere I saw Hermia ; But , like in sickness , did I loath this food ; But , as in health , come to my natural ...
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... faith , this word shall speak for me , I am forsworn on mere necessity.- - So to the laws at large I write my name . [ Subscribes . And he that breaks them in the least degree , Stands in attainder of eternal shame . Suggestions are to ...
... faith , this word shall speak for me , I am forsworn on mere necessity.- - So to the laws at large I write my name . [ Subscribes . And he that breaks them in the least degree , Stands in attainder of eternal shame . Suggestions are to ...
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... faith your hand is out . Cost . Indeed , a ' must shoot nearer , or he'll ne'er hit the clout . Boyet . An if my hand be out , then , belike your hand is in . Cost . Then will she get the upshot by cleaving the pin . ! This is a term in ...
... faith your hand is out . Cost . Indeed , a ' must shoot nearer , or he'll ne'er hit the clout . Boyet . An if my hand be out , then , belike your hand is in . Cost . Then will she get the upshot by cleaving the pin . ! This is a term in ...
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... faith could hold , if not to beauty vowed ! Though to myself forsworn , to thee I'll faithful prove ; Those thoughts to me were oaks , to thee like osiers bowed . Study his bias leaves , and makes his book thine eyes : Where all those ...
... faith could hold , if not to beauty vowed ! Though to myself forsworn , to thee I'll faithful prove ; Those thoughts to me were oaks , to thee like osiers bowed . Study his bias leaves , and makes his book thine eyes : Where all those ...
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... faith , I will not . O , but her eye , —by this light , but for her eye , I would not love her ; yes , for her two eyes . Well , I do nothing in the world but lie , and lie in my throat . By Heaven , I do love ; and it hath taught me to ...
... faith , I will not . O , but her eye , —by this light , but for her eye , I would not love her ; yes , for her two eyes . Well , I do nothing in the world but lie , and lie in my throat . By Heaven , I do love ; and it hath taught me to ...
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Page 289 - With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side ; His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank ; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound : last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness, and mere oblivion ; Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
Page 20 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Page 273 - The seasons' difference ; as, the icy fang, And churlish chiding of the winter's wind ; Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile, and say, — This is no flattery : these are counsellors, That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Page 165 - When shepherds pipe on oaten straws And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men; for thus sings he, Cuckoo; Cuckoo, cuckoo: O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear!
Page 175 - 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.