The tempest. A midsummer-night's dream. The two gentleman of Verona. The merry wives of Windsor. Measure for measureJ. and P. Knapton, S. Birt, T. Longman and T. Shewell, H. Lintott, C. Hitch, J. Brindley, J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, R. Wellington, E. New, and B. Dod., 1747 |
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night * Didit thou not lead him glimmering , through the From Periguné , whom he
ravished ; And make him with fair Ćgle break his faith , With Ariadne , and
Antiopa ? Queen . These are the forgeries of jealousie : 3 And never since + that
...
night * Didit thou not lead him glimmering , through the From Periguné , whom he
ravished ; And make him with fair Ćgle break his faith , With Ariadne , and
Antiopa ? Queen . These are the forgeries of jealousie : 3 And never since + that
...
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Your virtue is my privilege ; for that It is not night when I do fee your face ,
Therefore , I think , I am not in the night . Nor doth this wood lack worlds of
company ; For you in my respect are all the world . Then how can it be said , I am
alone ; When ...
Your virtue is my privilege ; for that It is not night when I do fee your face ,
Therefore , I think , I am not in the night . Nor doth this wood lack worlds of
company ; For you in my respect are all the world . Then how can it be said , I am
alone ; When ...
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But , gentle friend , for love and curtefie Lye further off ; in human modesty , Such
separation , as , may well be said , Becomes a virtuous batchelor and a maid , So
far be distant ; and good night , sweet friend ; Thy love ne'er alter , till thy sweet ...
But , gentle friend , for love and curtefie Lye further off ; in human modesty , Such
separation , as , may well be said , Becomes a virtuous batchelor and a maid , So
far be distant ; and good night , sweet friend ; Thy love ne'er alter , till thy sweet ...
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4 Then , my Queen , in silence fad ; Trip we after the night's shade . ) Mr.
Theobald says , why fad ? Fairies are pleased to follow night . He will have it fade
; and , fo , to mend the rhime , spoils both the sense and grammar . Buc he
mistakes the ...
4 Then , my Queen , in silence fad ; Trip we after the night's shade . ) Mr.
Theobald says , why fad ? Fairies are pleased to follow night . He will have it fade
; and , fo , to mend the rhime , spoils both the sense and grammar . Buc he
mistakes the ...
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O night , Onight , alack , alack , alack , I fear my Thisbe's promise is forgot . And
thou , O wall , O sweet and lovely wall , That stands between her father's ground
and mine ; Thou wall , Owall , Ofweet and lovely wall , [ eyne . Shew me thy chink
...
O night , Onight , alack , alack , alack , I fear my Thisbe's promise is forgot . And
thou , O wall , O sweet and lovely wall , That stands between her father's ground
and mine ; Thou wall , Owall , Ofweet and lovely wall , [ eyne . Shew me thy chink
...
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Page 41 - Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.
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| Title | The tempest. A midsummer-night's dream. The two gentleman of Verona. The merry wives of Windsor. Measure for measure Volume 1 of The Works of Shakespear in Eight Volumes: The Genuine Text (collated with All the Former Editions, and Then Corrected and Emended) is Here Settled: Being Restored from the Blunders of the First Editors, and the Interpolations of the Two Last: with a Comment and Notes, Critical and Explanatory, John and Paul Knapton (Firm) |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Contributors | Samuel Birt, Thomas Longman, John and Paul Knapton (Firm) |
| Publisher | J. and P. Knapton, S. Birt, T. Longman and T. Shewell, H. Lintott, C. Hitch, J. Brindley, J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, R. Wellington, E. New, and B. Dod., 1747 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 13 Sep 2007 |
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