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" So when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes... "
King Henry the Fourth: A Historical Play - Page 8
by William Shakespeare - 1803
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The Life and Beauties of Shakespeare: Comprising Careful Selections from ...

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 408 pages
...tedious as to work; But, when they seldom come, they wish'd-for And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay...promised, By how much better than my word I am, By so much'shall I falsify men's hopes;* And, like bright metal on a sullenf ground, My reformation, glittering...
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Dramatic Works: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens and Reed; with ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1852 - 550 pages
...to work ; Bat, when they seldom come, they wished-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay...word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes ;J And, like bright metal 9n a sullen§ ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall show...
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William Shakspeare's Complete Works, Dramatic and Poetic, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1852 - 512 pages
...to work ; But, when they seldom come, they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay...than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes;10 And, like bright metal on a sullen1 'ground, MV reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall...
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The plays of Shakspere, carefully revised [by J.O.] with ..., Part 167, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 832 pages
...as to work : Butwhen they seldom come, they wished-for come And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. surgeon ; some upon their wives left o 'er my fault, Shall shew more goodly and attract more eyes Than that which hath no foil to set it...
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The Life and Beauties of Shakespeare: Comprising Careful Selections from ...

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 420 pages
...to work; But, when they seldom come, they wish'd-for come( And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, Uy how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes;* And, like bright metal...
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Comprising His Lays and Poems ...

William Shakespeare - 1855 - 1088 pages
...seldom come, they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidenta. So, when this loose behavior , ad sullen ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly, and attract more...
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Palæstra musarum; or, Materials for translation into Greek verse, selected ...

Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1856 - 384 pages
...to work ; But, when they seldom come, they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay...like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glitt'ring o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly, and attract more eyes Than that which hath no foil...
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The Works of Shakespeare: the Text Carefully Restored According to the First ...

William Shakespeare - 1857 - 602 pages
...to work ; But, when they seldom come, they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay...word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes ; 22 w Reproof is confutation. To refute, to refell, to disallow, were ancient synonymes of to reprove....
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Shakspere's Werke, herausg. und erklärt von N. Delius ..., Part 152, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1857 - 596 pages
...reproof ist hier die mit Blamage verbundene Widerlegung oder Aufdeckung der Falstaff'schen Lügen. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay...than my word I am , By so much shall I falsify men's hopes;61 And, like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall...
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The Plays & Poems of Shakespeare: King Henry iV. King Henry V

William Shakespeare - 1857 - 474 pages
...seldom come, they wish'd-for come And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behavior I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By...word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes ; z And, like bright metal on a sullen ground, Confutation. 3 Exceed men's expectations. My reformation,...
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