Sketch of the life of Shakespeare. Tempest. Two Gentlemen of Verona. Merry Wives of Windsor. Twelfth Night. Measure for Measure. Much Ado about Nothing. Midsummer Night's Dream. Love's Labour's Lost. Merchant of Venice. As You Like It. All's Well That Ends Well. Taming of the Shrew. Winter's Tale. Comedy of Errors. Macbeth. King John. King Richard II. King Henry IV, pts. 1-2. King Henry V |
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Have a care of your entertainments : there with the dear love I bear to fair Anne
Page ; is a friend of mine come to town , tells me , there who , mutually , hath
answered my affection is three cousin Germans , that has cozened all the ( So far
forth ...
Have a care of your entertainments : there with the dear love I bear to fair Anne
Page ; is a friend of mine come to town , tells me , there who , mutually , hath
answered my affection is three cousin Germans , that has cozened all the ( So far
forth ...
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I pray you , Leonato . how many hath he killed and eaten in these wars But how
many hath he killed ? for , indeed , I proI LEARN in this letter , that Don Pedro of
Arra- mised to eat all of his killing . gon , comes this night to Messina . Leon .
I pray you , Leonato . how many hath he killed and eaten in these wars But how
many hath he killed ? for , indeed , I proI LEARN in this letter , that Don Pedro of
Arra- mised to eat all of his killing . gon , comes this night to Messina . Leon .
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Where is but a humour , or a worm ? holds you well ; and in deamese of heart
hath holo Bene . Well , every one can master a grief , but to effect your ensuing
marriage : surely , suit ill he that has it . spent , and labour ill bestowed ! Claud .
Where is but a humour , or a worm ? holds you well ; and in deamese of heart
hath holo Bene . Well , every one can master a grief , but to effect your ensuing
marriage : surely , suit ill he that has it . spent , and labour ill bestowed ! Claud .
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Then he hath wrong'd himself ; if he be free , Good - morrow , fool , quoth I : No ,
sir , quoth he , Why then , my taxing like a wild goose flies , Call me not fool , till
heaven hath sent nie forlune : Unclaim'd of any man . - But who comes here ?
Then he hath wrong'd himself ; if he be free , Good - morrow , fool , quoth I : No ,
sir , quoth he , Why then , my taxing like a wild goose flies , Call me not fool , till
heaven hath sent nie forlune : Unclaim'd of any man . - But who comes here ?
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Since Frenchmen are so her office to say , is come , was faithfully confirmed braid
, by the rector of the place . Marry that will , I'll live and dje a maid : 2 Lord . Hath
the count all this intelligence ? Only , in this disguise , I think't no sin | Lord .
Since Frenchmen are so her office to say , is come , was faithfully confirmed braid
, by the rector of the place . Marry that will , I'll live and dje a maid : 2 Lord . Hath
the count all this intelligence ? Only , in this disguise , I think't no sin | Lord .
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Page 322 - tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly : if the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch, With his surcease, success ; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, — We'd jump the life to come.
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Page 251 - I cannot reconcile my heart to Bertram ; a man noble without generosity, and young without truth ; who marries Helen as a coward, and leaves her as a profligate . when she is dead by his unkindness, sneaks home to a second marriage, is accused by a woman whom he has wronged, defends himself by falsehood, and is dismissed to happiness.
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| Title | Sketch of the life of Shakespeare. Tempest. Two Gentlemen of Verona. Merry Wives of Windsor. Twelfth Night. Measure for Measure. Much Ado about Nothing. Midsummer Night's Dream. Love's Labour's Lost. Merchant of Venice. As You Like It. All's Well That Ends Well. Taming of the Shrew. Winter's ... Volume 1 of The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George Steevens, Esq. with a Glossary, and Notes, and a Sketch of the Life of Shakspeare, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Published | 1848 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 29 Dec 2006 |
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