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... for him I pine in woe . Enter SYBIL . Sybil . Good morrow , young mistress . I am sure you make that garland for me ; against I shall be Lady of the Harvest . Rose , Sybil , what news at London ? Sybil . None but good ; my lord mayor ,
... for him I pine in woe . Enter SYBIL . Sybil . Good morrow , young mistress . I am sure you make that garland for me ; against I shall be Lady of the Harvest . Rose , Sybil , what news at London ? Sybil . None but good ; my lord mayor ,
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... sure I see him stalk before the soldiers . By my troth , he is a proper man ; 1 With a vengeance . 2 Crushed crab apples . 3 A kind of trousers , first worn by the Gascons . A phrase from Kyd's Spanish Tragedy . Dekker , C but he is ...
... sure I see him stalk before the soldiers . By my troth , he is a proper man ; 1 With a vengeance . 2 Crushed crab apples . 3 A kind of trousers , first worn by the Gascons . A phrase from Kyd's Spanish Tragedy . Dekker , C but he is ...
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... Sure , thou mistakest . I saw him shipped , and a thousand eyes beside Were witnesses of the farewells which he gave , When I , with weeping eyes , bid him adieu . Dodger , take heed . Dodger . My lord , I am advised , That what I spake ...
... Sure , thou mistakest . I saw him shipped , and a thousand eyes beside Were witnesses of the farewells which he gave , When I , with weeping eyes , bid him adieu . Dodger , take heed . Dodger . My lord , I am advised , That what I spake ...
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... sure it cannot be ! I am at my wits ' end . Dodger . Dodger ! Yea , my lord . Lincoln . Thou art acquainted with my nephew's haunts ; Spend this gold for thy pains ; go seek him out ; Watch at my lord mayor's - there if he live , Dodger ...
... sure it cannot be ! I am at my wits ' end . Dodger . Dodger ! Yea , my lord . Lincoln . Thou art acquainted with my nephew's haunts ; Spend this gold for thy pains ; go seek him out ; Watch at my lord mayor's - there if he live , Dodger ...
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... sure , there's not any of them , perdy , but would have done her good to his power . Hans , look if Firk be come . Hans . Yaw , ik sal , vro.2 [ Exit HANS . Marg . And so , as I said - but , Ralph , why dost thou weep ? Thou knowest ...
... sure , there's not any of them , perdy , but would have done her good to his power . Hans , look if Firk be come . Hans . Yaw , ik sal , vro.2 [ Exit HANS . Marg . And so , as I said - but , Ralph , why dost thou weep ? Thou knowest ...
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Agrip Agripyne Andel Andelocia Athelst bawd Bell BELLAFRONT Bots cambric Cand Candido Clarington Cypr Cyprus Dekker devil Dodger Duke EARL OF LINCOLN Enter Exeunt Exit eyes farewell father fellow Firk FLUELLO fool Fortunatus Fortune Frank gallants gentlemen give gold hand hast hath heart Heaven here's Hippolito Hodge honest Honest Whore honour husband i'faith is't Jane King knaves Lacy lady Lincoln look lord mayor Marg marry master Matheo mistress never play poor pray prentices prithee purse Ralph Re-enter Rose SCENE scorn Shad Shadow shoemaker Shoemaker's Holiday Signor Sir Arth soul speak sweet Sybil Tamburlaine tell thee thine THOMAS DEKKER Thor Thorney thou art thou shalt troth Virtue wench whore wife witch Witch of Edmonton woman Zounds
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Page 74 - Miniver-cap ; vanish, go, trip and go ; meddle with your partlets" and your pisherypashery, your flewes* and your whirligigs; go, rub,* out of mine alley ! Sim Eyre knows how to speak to a Pope, to Sultan Soliman, to Tamburlaine, an he were here, and shall I melt, shall I droop before my sovereign? No...
Page 36 - Hodge, heave up thine ears ; mistress, smug up 3 your looks ; on with your best apparel ; my master is chosen, my master is called, nay, condemned by the cry of the country to be sheriff of the city for this famous year now to come. And time now being, a great many men in black gowns were asked for their voices and their hands' 1 Serve me, and I'll serve thee. 2 Yes, I shall, dame ! and my master had all their fists about his ears presently, and they cried ' Ay, ay, ay, ay,' — and so I came away...
Page xliii - France : who resigned his place to another gentleman his friend, and came disguised like a Dutch shoemaker to the house of Simon Eyre in Tower Street, who served the Mayor and his household with shoes : the merriments that passed in Eyre's house, his coming to be Mayor of London, Lacy's getting his love, and other accidents, with two merry Three-men's-songs. Take all in good worth that is well intended, for nothing is purposed but mirth ; mirth lengtheneth long life, which, with all other blessings,...
Page 33 - Sheriff of London — as we are all mortal — you shall see, I will have some odd thing or other in a corner for you : I will not be your back-friend ; but let that pass. Hans, pray thee, tie my shoe. Hans. Yaw, ic sal, vro?
Page 183 - tis the soul of peace ; Of all the virtues 'tis nearest kin to heaven ; It makes men look like gods. The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was a sufferer, A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breath'd.
Page 144 - False colours last after the true be dead. Of all the roses grafted on her cheeks, Of all the graces dancing in her eyes, Of all the music set upon her tongue, Of all that was past woman's excellence In her white bosom ; look, a painted board Circumscribes all...
Page xliv - THE PROLOGUE AS IT WAS PRONOUNCED BEFORE THE QUEEN'S MAJESTY. As wretches in a storm (expecting day), With trembling hands and eyes cast up to heaven, Make prayers the anchor of their...
Page 40 - But O, I spy the cuckoo, the cuckoo, the cuckoo; See where she sitteth: come away, my joy; Come away, I prithee: I do not like the cuckoo Should sing where my Peggy and I kiss and toy.