The works of Shakespear, with a glossary, pr. from the Oxford ed. in quarto, 1744 [by Sir T.Hanmer]. |
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Page 241
... Prince , I am not glad that such a sore of time Should seek a plaifter by
contemn'd revolt , And heal th ' invet'rate canker of one wound By making many .
Oh , it grieves my soul , That I must draw this metal from my side To be a widow -
maker ...
... Prince , I am not glad that such a sore of time Should seek a plaifter by
contemn'd revolt , And heal th ' invet'rate canker of one wound By making many .
Oh , it grieves my soul , That I must draw this metal from my side To be a widow -
maker ...
Page 247
We do believe thee , and beshrew my soul But I do love the favour and the form
Of this most fair occafion , by the which We will untread the steps of damned fight
; And like a ' bated and retiring flood , Leaving our rankness and irregular course
...
We do believe thee , and beshrew my soul But I do love the favour and the form
Of this most fair occafion , by the which We will untread the steps of damned fight
; And like a ' bated and retiring flood , Leaving our rankness and irregular course
...
Page 250
Ay marry , now my soul hath elbow - room ; It would not out at windows , nor at
doors , There is so hot a summer in my bosom , That all my bowels crumble up to
duft : I am a scribbled form drawn with a pen Upon a parchment , and against this
...
Ay marry , now my soul hath elbow - room ; It would not out at windows , nor at
doors , There is so hot a summer in my bosom , That all my bowels crumble up to
duft : I am a scribbled form drawn with a pen Upon a parchment , and against this
...
Page 258
Further , I say , and further will maintain , That he did plot the Duke of Gloucester's
death , Suggest his soon - believing adversaries , And consequently , like a traitor
- coward , Sluc'd out his inn'cent soul through streams of blood ; Which blood ...
Further , I say , and further will maintain , That he did plot the Duke of Gloucester's
death , Suggest his soon - believing adversaries , And consequently , like a traitor
- coward , Sluc'd out his inn'cent soul through streams of blood ; Which blood ...
Page 259
For you , my noble Lord of Lancaster , The honourable father to my foe , Once I
did lay an ambush for your life , A trespass that doth vex my grieved soul ; But ere
I last receiv'd the sacrament , I did confess it , and exactly begg'd Your Grace's ...
For you , my noble Lord of Lancaster , The honourable father to my foe , Once I
did lay an ambush for your life , A trespass that doth vex my grieved soul ; But ere
I last receiv'd the sacrament , I did confess it , and exactly begg'd Your Grace's ...
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