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" How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O 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... "
King Richard II. King Henry IV, part 1. King Henry IV, part 2. Henry V - Page 310
by William Shakespeare - 1826
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - 1817 - 416 pages
...Soliloquy on Sleeft. — SHAKESPEARE HOW many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O gentle sleep ! Nature's soft nurse ! how have I...in forgetfulness ? Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoaky cribs, Upon uneasy paltets stretching thee, And httsh'd with booing night flies to thy slumber,...
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The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various ..., Volume 1

Richard Lobb - 1817 - 430 pages
...soliloquy of king Henry the fourth : How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...steep my senses in forgetfulness? Why rather, Sleep, ly'st thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hushed with buzzing night-flies...
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The Plays of Shakspeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1819 - 560 pages
...speed. — tJExit Page. How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! — Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber ; Than in the periftim'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest...
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The Works: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings by Robert Anderson, Volume 2

John Moore - 1820 - 476 pages
...and direct road. Shakespeare puts the following Address to Sleep into the mouth of this monarch.— O Sleep ! O gentle Sleep ! Nature's soft nurse, how...forgetfulness ? Why rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribj, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with busy night-flies to thy slumber ; Than...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - 1819 - 366 pages
...Henry IVs Soliloquy on Sleep. HOW many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! — O gentle sleep ! Nature's soft nurse ! how have I...senses in forgetfulness ? Why rathe'r, Sleep, liest thoii in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with buzzing night flies to thy...
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The Pleasures of Human Life, Examined and Enumerated: With an Entertaining ...

John Platts - 1822 - 844 pages
...of King Henry the Fourth : — How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O ! gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I...Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with busy night-flies to thy slumbers, Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of...
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The Speaker: Or Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...HENRY IV'S SOLILOQUY ON SLEEP. How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perkim'd chambers of the Great, Under the canopies of costly state,. And lull'd with sounds of sweetest...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 590 pages
...sleep, f Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, t " O sleep, O gentle sleep,"—MA LONE. £ 3 That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber; Than in the perfiun'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lulPd with sounds of sweetest...
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The Cottager's monthly visitor, Volume 3

1823 - 594 pages
...subjects Are, at this hour, asleep! Sleep, gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thoe, That thou no more wilt weigh' my eye-lids down, And...thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching I hce, And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to tliy slumber; Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great,...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 518 pages
...gentle sleep, Natur*1'» sou nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelid* down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness? Why rather,...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber ; Than in the prrfnm'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And luird with sounds of sweetest...
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