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" I have of late— but wherefore I know not— lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air,... "
The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the ... - Page 32
by Elizabeth Inchbald - 1808
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: King Lear. Romeo and Juliet ...

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 530 pages
...indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition, that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory ; this most excellent canopy, the air,...thing to me, than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapors. What a piece of work is a man ! How noble in reason ! how infinite in faculties ! in form,...
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Gawthrop's journal of literature, science, and arts

206 pages
...and indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition, that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a promontory — this most excellent canopy, the air...pestilent congregation of vapours. What a piece of work is a man how noble in reason — how infinite in faculty — in form and moving — how express and admirable...
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The works of Shakspere, revised from the best authorities: with a ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 594 pages
...indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition, that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory ; this most excellent canopy, the air,...congregation of vapours. — What a piece of work is a man ! How noble in reason ! how infinite in faculties ! in form and moving, how express and admirable...
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The Works of Shakespere, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 582 pages
...earth, seems to me a sterile promontory ; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you,— this hrave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted...congregation of vapours. — What a piece of work is a man ! How noble in reason ! how infinite in faculties ! in form and moving, how express and admirable...
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Knight's Cabinet edition of the works of William Shakspere, Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 364 pages
...steril promontory ; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, — this brave o'erhanging* — this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why,...pestilent congregation of vapours. What a piece of work is a man ! How noble in reason ! how infinite in faculty ! in form and moving, how express and admirable...
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William Shakspere: A Biography, Book 2

Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 pages
...form. steril promontory ; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, — this hrave o'erhanging — this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why,...than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours." We can conceive this train of thought to be in harmony with the temper in which Shakspere must have...
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The City of London Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 1 - Volume 2, Issue 9

1843 - 592 pages
...me a sterile promontory — this most excellent canopy, the air, look you — this brave overhanging firmament ¡—this majestical roof, fretted with...thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapour." A respectable contemporary has likened the author of Percival Keene to Fielding and Smollett,...
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The Elements of Moral Science: Revised and Stereotyped

Francis Wayland - 1843 - 420 pages
...to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air—look you—this brave overhanging firmament; this majestical roof, fretted with golden...thing to me, than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapors. Man delights me not, nor woman neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so."—Hamlet,...
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The Plays and Poems of Shakespeare,: According to the Improved ..., Volume 14

William Shakespeare - 1844 - 364 pages
...feather. I have of late (but wherefore I know not) lost all ray mirth, forgone all custom of exercises : and, indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition,...thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapors. What a piece of work is a man ! how noble in reason ! how infinite in faculty ! in form and...
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The Church

1878 - 892 pages
...a sterile promontory ; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you — this brave o'erhanging — this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why,...than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours." Nor when turning from natnre to the earlier pages of the Bible does he find an answer to his deepest...
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