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Leaving his body as a paradise ; T'invelope and contain celestial spirits . 1 King
Henry V. His Perfections . Hear him but reason in divinity , And , all - admiring ,
with an inward wish , You would defire , the king were made a prelate . ( 3 ) Hear
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Leaving his body as a paradise ; T'invelope and contain celestial spirits . 1 King
Henry V. His Perfections . Hear him but reason in divinity , And , all - admiring ,
with an inward wish , You would defire , the king were made a prelate . ( 3 ) Hear
...
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My mangled body shews , My blood , my want of strength , my fick heart shews ,
That I must yield my body to the earth , And , by my fall , the conquest to my foe . (
9 ) Thus yields the cedar to the ax's edge , Whose arms gave shelter to the ...
My mangled body shews , My blood , my want of strength , my fick heart shews ,
That I must yield my body to the earth , And , by my fall , the conquest to my foe . (
9 ) Thus yields the cedar to the ax's edge , Whose arms gave shelter to the ...
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Here's the smell of the blood still : all the perfumes of Arabia will not fweeten this
little hand , Oh ! oh ! oh ! Dol . What a figh is there ? the heart is forely charg'd .
Gent . I would not have such a heart in my bosom , for the dignity of the whole
body ...
Here's the smell of the blood still : all the perfumes of Arabia will not fweeten this
little hand , Oh ! oh ! oh ! Dol . What a figh is there ? the heart is forely charg'd .
Gent . I would not have such a heart in my bosom , for the dignity of the whole
body ...
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... here at dead time of the night , A thousand fiends , a thousand hisling snakes ,
Ten thousand swelling toads , as many urchins , Would make such fearful and
confused cries , As any mortal body , hearing it , Should ( trait fall mad , or else
die ...
... here at dead time of the night , A thousand fiends , a thousand hisling snakes ,
Ten thousand swelling toads , as many urchins , Would make such fearful and
confused cries , As any mortal body , hearing it , Should ( trait fall mad , or else
die ...
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( 7 ) There's language in her eye , her cheek , her lip : Nay her foot speaks ; her
wanton spirits look out At every joint , and motive of hier body : Oh , these
encounterers ! So glib of tongue , They give a coasting welcome ere.it comes ;
And wide ...
( 7 ) There's language in her eye , her cheek , her lip : Nay her foot speaks ; her
wanton spirits look out At every joint , and motive of hier body : Oh , these
encounterers ! So glib of tongue , They give a coasting welcome ere.it comes ;
And wide ...
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| Title | The beauties of Shakespear: regularly selected from each play, with explanatory notes and similar passages from ancient and modern authors by W. Dodd, Volume 2 The beauties of Shakespear: regularly selected from each play, with explanatory notes and similar passages from ancient and modern authors by W. Dodd, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | William Dodd |
| Published | 1752 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 4 Jul 2007 |
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