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He was but , as the cuckow is in June , Heard , not regarded : seen , but with such
eyes , As , sick and blunted with ... sun - like majesty , When it shines seldom in
admiring eyes : But rather drowz'd , and hung their eye - lids down , Slept in his ...
He was but , as the cuckow is in June , Heard , not regarded : seen , but with such
eyes , As , sick and blunted with ... sun - like majesty , When it shines seldom in
admiring eyes : But rather drowz'd , and hung their eye - lids down , Slept in his ...
Page 81
... Which else runs tickling up and down the veins , Making that ideot laughter
keep mens eyes , And strain their cheeks to idle merriment ; ( A passion hateful to
my purposes ) Or if that thou couldst fee me without eyes , Hear me without thine
...
... Which else runs tickling up and down the veins , Making that ideot laughter
keep mens eyes , And strain their cheeks to idle merriment ; ( A passion hateful to
my purposes ) Or if that thou couldst fee me without eyes , Hear me without thine
...
Page 84
Why then you must Will you put out mine eyes ? The eyes that never did , nor
never fall , So much as frown on you ,* * * * Aas , what need you be fo boist'rous
rough ? I will not struggle , I will stand stone - still . For heav'n's fake , Hubert , let
me ...
Why then you must Will you put out mine eyes ? The eyes that never did , nor
never fall , So much as frown on you ,* * * * Aas , what need you be fo boist'rous
rough ? I will not struggle , I will stand stone - still . For heav'n's fake , Hubert , let
me ...
Page 187
Thore eyes of thine from miñe have drawn salt tears Sham'd their aspects with
store of childish drops : These eyes , which never shed remorseful tear , Not
when my father York , and Edward wept , To hear the piteous moan that Rutland
made ...
Thore eyes of thine from miñe have drawn salt tears Sham'd their aspects with
store of childish drops : These eyes , which never shed remorseful tear , Not
when my father York , and Edward wept , To hear the piteous moan that Rutland
made ...
Page 203
What if her eyes were there , they in her head ? The brightness of her cheek
would shame those stars , As day - light dotb a lamp : her eyes in heav'n , Would
through the airy region stream fo bright , That birds would fing , and think it were
not ...
What if her eyes were there , they in her head ? The brightness of her cheek
would shame those stars , As day - light dotb a lamp : her eyes in heav'n , Would
through the airy region stream fo bright , That birds would fing , and think it were
not ...
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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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