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Page 215
The language I have learn ' d these forty years , My native English , now I must
forego : And now my tongue ' s use is to me no more , Than an unstringed viol , or
a harp ; Or like a cunning instrument cas ' d up , i Or , being open , put into his ...
The language I have learn ' d these forty years , My native English , now I must
forego : And now my tongue ' s use is to me no more , Than an unstringed viol , or
a harp ; Or like a cunning instrument cas ' d up , i Or , being open , put into his ...
Page 298
Set to dress this garden , how dares Thy harsh - rude tongue sound this
unpleasing news ? : Queen . want of speaking ! 9 — Thou " He is our cousin ,
cousin ; but ' tis doubt , " When time shall call him home , ” & c . ; Doubt is the
reading of the ...
Set to dress this garden , how dares Thy harsh - rude tongue sound this
unpleasing news ? : Queen . want of speaking ! 9 — Thou " He is our cousin ,
cousin ; but ' tis doubt , " When time shall call him home , ” & c . ; Doubt is the
reading of the ...
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No , on the barren mountains let him starve ; For I shall never hold that man my
friend , Whose tongue shall ask me for one penny coft To ransom home revolted
Mortimer . Hot . Revolted Mortimer ! He never did fall off , my sovereign liege , But
...
No , on the barren mountains let him starve ; For I shall never hold that man my
friend , Whose tongue shall ask me for one penny coft To ransom home revolted
Mortimer . Hot . Revolted Mortimer ! He never did fall off , my sovereign liege , But
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Page 408
In the present instance , however , I think the transcriber ' s ear deceived him ,
and that the true reading is that of the second quarto , 1599 , wasp - tongue ,
which I have adopted , not on the authority of that copy , ( for it has none , ) but
because ...
In the present instance , however , I think the transcriber ' s ear deceived him ,
and that the true reading is that of the second quarto , 1599 , wasp - tongue ,
which I have adopted , not on the authority of that copy , ( for it has none , ) but
because ...
Page 409
Art thou , to break into this woman ' s mood ; Tying thine ear to no tongue but
thine own ? Shakspeare certainly knew , as Mr . Steevens has observed , that the
Ating of a wasp lay in his tail ; nor is there in my apprehension any thing couched
...
Art thou , to break into this woman ' s mood ; Tying thine ear to no tongue but
thine own ? Shakspeare certainly knew , as Mr . Steevens has observed , that the
Ating of a wasp lay in his tail ; nor is there in my apprehension any thing couched
...
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Page 512 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together: our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not ; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.
Page 112 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
Page 126 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Page 126 - There's nothing in this world can make me joy : Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man ; And bitter shame hath spoil'd the sweet world's taste, That it yields nought but shame and bitterness.
Page 570 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it ? No. Doth he hear it? No. Is it insensible then ? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living ? No. Why ? Detraction will not suffer it : — therefore I'll none of it: Honour is a mere 'scutcheon, and so ends my catechism.
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Page 280 - All murder'd : for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...
Page 358 - And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Page 391 - But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly...
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| Title | King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV, part 1 Volume 8 of The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes : with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Contributors | Thomas Longman, E. and S. Harding |
| Publisher | T. Longman ... [and 31 others], 1793 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 17 Jan 2008 |
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