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" And, when love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony. Never durst poet touch a pen to write, Until his ink were temper'd with love's sighs ; O, then his lines would ravish savage ears, And plant in tyrants mild humility.... "
The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Midsummer night's dream. Love's ... - Page 129
by William Shakespeare - 1850 - 38 pages
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Molière: A Biography

Hobart Chatfield Chatfield-Taylor - 1906 - 526 pages
...to write Until his ink were temper'd with love's sighs ; Oh, then his lines would ravish savage ear* And plant In tyrants mild humility. From women's eyes...world : Else none at all in aught proves excellent." This grouping of Moliere's plays as Italian, Gallic, time-serving, militant, and histrionic, in accordance...
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1907 - 326 pages
...heaven drowsy with the harmony. Never durst poet touch a pen to write Until his ink were temper 'd with Love's sighs ; O, then his lines would ravish...fire ; They are the books, the arts, the academes, 332 the suspicions head of theft] This seems equivalent to " the head suspicious of theft." The general...
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Culture by Conversation

Robert Waters - 1907 - 378 pages
...surpasses this. Let me quote one passage, however, which must have delighted Steele, if he ever saw it : From women's eyes this doctrine I derive: They sparkle...world ; Else none at all in aught proves excellent. Shakespeare's heroines are among the most admirable women in literature. In fact, he has, as Ruskin...
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The Wisdom of Shakespeare: Being Extracts from His Prose and Verse

William Shakespeare - 1909 - 228 pages
...learn his wit to exchange the bad for better. Two Gentlemen of Verona. Act II, Sc. 6. YOUTH AND POETRY FROM women's eyes this doctrine I derive: They sparkle...world, Else none at all in aught proves excellent. Love's Labour's Lost. Act IV, Sc. 3. FOR when would you, my liege, or you, or you, In leaden contemplation...
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The Aldus Shakespeare: With Copious Notes and Comments, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1909 - 244 pages
...are thus gracefully expanded in the corrected version which has so fortunately descended to us,— "From women's eyes this doctrine I derive; They sparkle...contain, and nourish all the world; Else none at all in ought proves excellent." Love's Labor's Lost is mentioned by Tofte and Meres in 1598, and was no doubt...
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Life of Shakespeare

James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1909 - 236 pages
...are thus gracefully expanded in the corrected version which has so fortunately descended to us, — "From women's eyes this doctrine I derive; They sparkle...contain, and nourish all the world; Else none at all in ought proves excellent." Love's Labor's Lost is mentioned by Tofte and Meres in 1598, and was no doubt...
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Comedy of Love's Labour's Lost

William Shakespeare - 1910 - 188 pages
...drowsy with the harmony. / / 340 Never durst poet touch a pen to write Until his ink were temper'd with Love's sighs; O, then his lines would ravish...excellent. Then fools you were these women to forswear, a* Or keeping what is sworn, you will prove fools. For wisdom's sake, a word that all men love, 5 Or...
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Works ...

William Shakespeare - 1910 - 254 pages
...Make heaven drowsy with the harmony. Never durst poet touch a pen to write Until his ink were temper'd with Love's sighs ; O, then his lines would ravish...fire ; They are the books, the arts, the academes, 350 That show, contain, and nourish all the world, Else none at all in aught proves excellent. Then...
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The Complete Dramatic and Poetic Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1906 - 1290 pages
...ravish savage ears And plant in tyrants mild humility. From women's eyes this doctrine I derive : s» h me ? Beseech your Highness, не My women may be...When you shall know your mistress Has deserv'd pris yon were these women to forswear, M» Or keeping what is sworn, yon will prove fools. For wisdom's...
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare ...

William Shakespeare - 1910 - 432 pages
...humility. From women's eyes this doctrine I derive : They sparkle still the right Promethean fire ; 348 They are the books, the arts, the academes, That show,...excellent. Then fools you were these women to forswear, 33' Or, keeping what is sworn, you will prove fools. For wisdom's sake, a word that all men love, Or...
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