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" I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling Nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them... "
Richard III. Henry VIII. Troilus and Cressida. Timon of Athens. Coriolanus - Page 8
by William Shakespeare - 1836
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Barrymore: A Play

William Luce - 1998 - 60 pages
...Unfinished— BARRYMORE. Don't tell me! (Pause.) Tell me! PROMPTER. Sent before my time— BARRYMORE. Sent before my time Into this breathing world scarce...unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them. Maybe I shouldn't wear these tights anymore. They originally belonged to Ethel. Lionel stole them and...
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King Richard III

William Shakespeare - 1999 - 244 pages
...proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time 20 Into this breathing world scarce half made up, And...by them, Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, 13 lutel F: louc Qq 14 shaped for] F; shapte for Q, Q2-3. sharpe for Q4-5; sharpe ol Qo 15 Nor) F,...
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China Into Film: Frames of Reference in Contemporary Chinese Cinema

Jerome Silbergeld - 1999 - 356 pages
...physical deformity. From Richard's opening soliloquy: . . . cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time Into this...unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them . . . therefore, since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days, I am determined...
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The Tragedy of King Richard III

William Shakespeare - 2000 - 430 pages
...begot ¡ Not Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deformed , unfinished , sent before my time 20 Into this breathing world scarce half made up, And...dogs bark at me as I halt by them: Why, I in this weak-piping time of peace Have no delight to pass away the time, 25 Unless to spy my shadow in the...
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Irresistible Shakespeare

Carol Rawlings Miller - 2001 - 84 pages
...fair proportion, cut short Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, deceptive Deformed, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce...shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity: describe at length And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken...
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Crippled Justice: The History of Modern Disability Policy in the Workplace

Ruth O'Brien - 2001 - 303 pages
...As the story goes, Richard III was "cheated of feature by disembling nature, deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time into this breathing world, scarce...unfashionable, that dogs bark at me as I halt by them." For this reason, Richard wreaked havoc on the world. As Shakespeare said, "[S]ince I cannot prove a...
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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's History Plays

Michael Hattaway - 2002 - 308 pages
...ambling nymph, I that am curtailed of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time Into this...shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity. (1.1.16-27) 'Descanting', a musical term, signifying that Richard boasts of his ability to counterpoint...
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The Sound of Shakespeare

Wes Folkerth - 2002 - 168 pages
...curtail'd of this fair proportion. Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd. sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce...by them Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace ... (1.1.1-24) 4 The cylinder runs out at this point, and the moment it records disappears back into...
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History of European Drama and Theatre

Erika Fischer-Lichte - 2002 - 410 pages
...breathing world scarce half made upAnd that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me, as 1 halt by them Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace....Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on my own deformity. (1, 1 14-27) Richard's ugliness places him, on the one hand, in the line of the tradition...
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The Wolfman and Other Cases

Sigmund Freud - 2003 - 388 pages
...curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world scarce...unfashionable That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them 326 And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover To entertain these fair well-spoken days, I am determined...
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