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... spirit of my father grows strong in me , and I will no longer endure it ; therefore allow me such exercises1 as may become 2 a gentleman , or give me the poor allotment my father left . me . [ He loosens his hold on Oliver . ] Oliver ...
... spirit of my father grows strong in me , and I will no longer endure it ; therefore allow me such exercises1 as may become 2 a gentleman , or give me the poor allotment my father left . me . [ He loosens his hold on Oliver . ] Oliver ...
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... spirits are too bold for your years . Rosalind . The little strength that I have , I would1 it were with you . Duke Frederick . You shall try but one fall . They wrestle , and Charles is thrown.2 Duke Frederick . No more , no more ...
... spirits are too bold for your years . Rosalind . The little strength that I have , I would1 it were with you . Duke Frederick . You shall try but one fall . They wrestle , and Charles is thrown.2 Duke Frederick . No more , no more ...
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... spirits ! Celia . I care not for my spirits , if my legs were not weary . 1 jewel : toadstone , which people thought grew in the heads of old and large toads . 2irks : pains . 3 forked heads : the barbed heads of arrows . Rosalind . I ...
... spirits ! Celia . I care not for my spirits , if my legs were not weary . 1 jewel : toadstone , which people thought grew in the heads of old and large toads . 2irks : pains . 3 forked heads : the barbed heads of arrows . Rosalind . I ...
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... spirit . Duke . Go one , And call the Jew into the court . Salerio . He is ready at the door . He comes , my lord . [ Enter Shylock R. ] Duke . Make room , and let him stand before our face . Shylock , the world thinks , and I think so ...
... spirit . Duke . Go one , And call the Jew into the court . Salerio . He is ready at the door . He comes , my lord . [ Enter Shylock R. ] Duke . Make room , and let him stand before our face . Shylock , the world thinks , and I think so ...
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... spirits , I pardon thee thy life before thou ask it . For half thy wealth , it is Antonio's ; The other half comes to the general state . Shylock . Nay , take my life and all ; pardon not that . You take my house when you do take the ...
... spirits , I pardon thee thy life before thou ask it . For half thy wealth , it is Antonio's ; The other half comes to the general state . Shylock . Nay , take my life and all ; pardon not that . You take my house when you do take the ...
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Page 83 - He was my friend, faithful and just to me : But Brutus says he was ambitious ; And Brutus is an honorable man. He hath brought many captives home to Rome, Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill : Did this in Caesar seem ambitious ? When that the poor have cried, Csesar hath wept ; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff : Yet Brutus says he was ambitious ; And Brutus is an honorable man.
Page 113 - I have had a most rare vision. I have had a dream,— past the wit of man to say what dream it was. Man is but an ass, if he go about to expound this dream. Methought I was — there is no man can tell what. Methought I was, and methought I had, — but man is but a patched fool, if he will offer to say what methought I had.
Page 84 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Page 58 - It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice.
Page 290 - If you can look into the seeds of time, And say, which grain will grow, and which will not, Speak then to me, who neither beg, nor fear, Your favours, nor your hate.
Page 41 - How like a fawning publican he looks ! I hate him for he is a Christian ; But more for that in low simplicity He lends out money gratis, and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice. If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
Page 87 - Julius bleed for justice' sake ? What villain touched his body, that did stab, And not for justice ? What, shall one of us, That struck the foremost man of all this world, But for supporting robbers, shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes, And sell the mighty space of our large honours For so much trash as may be grasped thus ? I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman.
Page 57 - Let them be free, marry them to your heirs ? Why sweat they under burdens ? let their beds Be made as soft as yours, and let their palates Be season'd with such viands ? You will answer. The slaves are ours. — So do I answer you : The pound of flesh, which I demand of him, Is dearly bought, 'tis mine, and I will have it. If you deny me, fie upon your law ! There is no force in the decrees of Venice. I stand for judgment : answer; shall I have it?
Page 22 - The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slippered pantaloon ; With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side ; His youthful hose well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank ; and his big, manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound.
Page 334 - GLENDOWER. I can call spirits from the vasty deep. HOTSPUR. Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them?