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" I'll example you with thievery: The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast sea: the moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun... "
The Cyclopædia of Practical Quotations: English and Latin, with an Appendix ... - Page 417
by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - 1882 - 899 pages
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The Plays of Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 pages
...Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery : The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Uobs the vast sea : the moon's an arrant thief, And her...: the earth's a thief, That feeds and breeds by a composture stolen From general excrement : each tiling's a thief; The laws, your curb and whip, in...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 676 pages
...matters may not always be so easily managed : — a plagiarism from Anacreon hath been detected : " The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction "...The earth's a thief, " That feeds and breeds by a composture stol'n " From gen'ral excrement : each thing's a thief." " This (says Dr. Dodd) is a good...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 13

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 454 pages
...together; Do villainy, do, since you profess to do't 9, Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery: The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs...whose liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears l : the earth's a thief, 9 — since you PROFESS to do't,] The old copy has— -protest. The correction...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, in Ten Volumes: Julius Caesar ...

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 346 pages
...suppose these to he imitations, but only to be similar thoughts on similar occasions. JOHNSON. 'I'll, sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs...: the earth's a thief, That feeds and breeds by a composture stolen From general excrement : each thing's a thief ; The laws, your curb and whip, in...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 636 pages
...Do villainy, do, since you profess to do't, Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery : The sim's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast...tears: the earth's a thief, That feeds and breeds by a composture 5 stolen From general excrement: each thing's a thief; The laws, your curb and whip, in...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, in Ten Volumes: The author's life ...

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 350 pages
...easily managed :- — a plagiarism from Anacreon hath been detected. The sun's a thief, and with hi* great attraction Robs the vast sea. The moon's an...The earth's a thief, • That feeds and breeds by a composlure stol'n From gen'ral excrement : each thing's a thief. " This (says Dr. Dodd) is a good deal...
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The Works of Thomas Moore: Odes of Anacreon. Little's poems

Thomas Moore - 1823 - 376 pages
...before us are preserved with such striking similitude : TIMON, ACT. IV. I'll example you with thievery. The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs...The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves The mounds into salt tears. The earth's a thief, That feeds, and breeds by a composture stolen From general...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...together ; Do villany, do, since you profess to do't, , Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery : The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs...: the earth's a thief, That feeds and breeds by a composture5 stolen From general excrement : each thing's a thief; The laws, your curb and whip, in...
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A dictionary of quotations from the British poets, by the author of The ...

British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...house ; you take my life, When you do take the means whereby I live. I'll example you with thievery, The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs...; the earth's a thief, That feeds and breeds by a composture stolen From general excrement : each thing's a thief; The laws, your curb and whip, in their...
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The Plays, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 422 pages
...together j Do villany, do, since you profess to do't, Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery : The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs...: the earth's a thief, That feeds and breeds by a composture* stolen From general excrement : each thing's a thief; The laws, your curb and whip, in...
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