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... head , sufficient to make it intelligible with the help of some trifling omis- sions . Where a line or more was obscure , as having refer- ence to something that had gone before , which would have asked more time to explain than its ...
... head , sufficient to make it intelligible with the help of some trifling omis- sions . Where a line or more was obscure , as having refer- ence to something that had gone before , which would have asked more time to explain than its ...
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... head - piece of thy friendly foe ! How oft in arms on horse to bend the mace , How oft in arms on foot to break the sword , Which never now these eyes may see again ! Arost . Madam , alas ! in vain these plaints are shed . Rather with ...
... head - piece of thy friendly foe ! How oft in arms on horse to bend the mace , How oft in arms on foot to break the sword , Which never now these eyes may see again ! Arost . Madam , alas ! in vain these plaints are shed . Rather with ...
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... heads with his mad riots , Makes them look old before they meet with age : This is a son ; and what a loss is this , considered truly ! O , but my Horatio grew out of reach of those Insatiate humours : he loved his loving parents : He ...
... heads with his mad riots , Makes them look old before they meet with age : This is a son ; and what a loss is this , considered truly ! O , but my Horatio grew out of reach of those Insatiate humours : he loved his loving parents : He ...
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... head thus , sir , do you see ? may it be done ? Pain . Very well , sir . Hier . Nay , I pray mark me , sir : Then , sir , would I have you paint me this tree , this very tree : Canst paint a doleful cry ? Pain . Seemingly , sir . Hier ...
... head thus , sir , do you see ? may it be done ? Pain . Very well , sir . Hier . Nay , I pray mark me , sir : Then , sir , would I have you paint me this tree , this very tree : Canst paint a doleful cry ? Pain . Seemingly , sir . Hier ...
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... head ; make me curse , make me rave , make me cry , make me mad , make me well again , make me curse hell , invocate , and in the end leave me in a trance , and so forth . Pain . And is this the end ? Hier . O no , there is no end : the ...
... head ; make me curse , make me rave , make me cry , make me mad , make me well again , make me curse hell , invocate , and in the end leave me in a trance , and so forth . Pain . And is this the end ? Hier . O no , there is no end : the ...
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