The Promus of Formularies and EleganciesLongmans, Green and Company, 1883 - 628 pages |
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... Death , Rising from Bed , Early Rising , ' Uprouse , ' Serenade , with other Notes which seem to be introduced especially in passages in Romeo and Juliet ' . 114. Formularies , January 27 , 1595 - Of Possibilities and Im- possibilities ...
... Death , Rising from Bed , Early Rising , ' Uprouse , ' Serenade , with other Notes which seem to be introduced especially in passages in Romeo and Juliet ' . 114. Formularies , January 27 , 1595 - Of Possibilities and Im- possibilities ...
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... death , & c . Such subjects may well be supposed to have occupied the thoughts of one who was preparing to write essays on all that comes most home to the hearts and bosoms of men , ' and often , in reading the essays , there is an echo ...
... death , & c . Such subjects may well be supposed to have occupied the thoughts of one who was preparing to write essays on all that comes most home to the hearts and bosoms of men , ' and often , in reading the essays , there is an echo ...
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... Death ' as to the numerous passages in the plays which echo or paraphrase those sentiments . The Promus collection of Choice French Proverbs , ' 200 in number , is written in a clear French handwriting , which bears a much more modern ...
... Death ' as to the numerous passages in the plays which echo or paraphrase those sentiments . The Promus collection of Choice French Proverbs , ' 200 in number , is written in a clear French handwriting , which bears a much more modern ...
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... death of Kent , and in several other places : The strings of life began to crack . ( See f . 95 , 626. ) Two of the Italian proverbs are quoted by Bacon in the essays as ' Poco di matto ' in the essay Of Usury , Tanto buon che val ...
... death of Kent , and in several other places : The strings of life began to crack . ( See f . 95 , 626. ) Two of the Italian proverbs are quoted by Bacon in the essays as ' Poco di matto ' in the essay Of Usury , Tanto buon che val ...
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... death . ' It can hardly be doubted that this is the keynote of the Friar's speech ( Rom . Jul . iv . 1 ) , when he describes to Juliet the manner in which the sleeping potion would act upon her , so that in this borrowed like- ness of ...
... death . ' It can hardly be doubted that this is the keynote of the Friar's speech ( Rom . Jul . iv . 1 ) , when he describes to Juliet the manner in which the sleeping potion would act upon her , so that in this borrowed like- ness of ...
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Page 471 - Strength should be lord of imbecility, And the rude son should strike his father dead ; Force should be right ; or rather, right and wrong (Between whose endless jar justice resides) Should lose their names, and so should justice too. Then...
Page 485 - tis not to come ; if it be not to come, it will be now ; if it be not now, yet it will come : the readiness is all.
Page 94 - O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Page 298 - God ! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run: How many make the hour full complete; How many hours bring about the day ; How many days will finish up the year; How many years a mortal man may live.
Page 427 - Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety : other women cloy The appetites they feed, but she makes hungry, Where most she satisfies ; for vilest things Become themselves in her, that the holy priests Bless her when she is riggish.
Page 433 - O, mickle is the powerful grace that lies In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities: For nought so vile that on the earth doth live But to the earth some special good doth give...
Page 188 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend; And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all, — to thine own self be true ; And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Page 104 - My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain. Perjury, perjury, in the high'st degree; Murder, stern murder in the dir'st degree; All several sins, all us'd in each degree, Throng to the bar, crying all, 'Guilty, guilty!
Page 210 - Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth ; my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Page 463 - For nought so vile that on the earth doth live But to the earth some special good doth give, Nor aught so good but strain'd from that fair use Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse: Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied; And vice sometimes by action dignified.