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" Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm, How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides, Your loop'd and window'd raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these? O! I have ta'en Too little care of this.... "
The Works of William Shakespeare - Page 61
by William Shakespeare - 1812
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Honourable Henry Home of ..., Volume 1

Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - Judges - 1814 - 492 pages
...this pityless storm ! " How shall your houseless heads, and unfed sides, " Your looped and windowM raggedness defend you " From seasons such as these...feel what wretches feel, " That thou may'st shake the superflux to them, •" And show the heavens more just !" K. Lear, Act HI. Sc 5. " The sentiments here...
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Lectures on the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews

Robert Lowth - Hebrew language - 1815 - 618 pages
...and solicitude for others. • Thus, Lear to Kent : " Pr'ythee, go in thyself; seek thi»e own • " Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, " That bide...raggedness, defend you " From seasons such as these ?" And the address of our Saviour — " Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for which arises from the...
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Elements of Criticism, Volume 1

Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1816 - 428 pages
...in ; In, boy, go first. You houseless poverty !Nay, get thee in ; I'll pray, and then I'll sleepPoor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the...window'd raggedness defend you From seasons such as these ? OI have ta'en Too little care of this ! take physic, Pomp ; Expose thyself to feel what wretches...
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The Family Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes; in which Nothing is Added ..., Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1818 - 346 pages
...Fool.] You houseless poverty, — Nay, get thee in. I '11 pray, and then I 'l1 sleep. — [Fool goes in. Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That...these ? O, I have ta'en Too little care of this ! Take physick, pomp ; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel ; That thou may'st shake the superflux to...
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The British Essayists: Adventurer

James Ferguson - English essays - 1819 - 332 pages
...for a short interval, are equally proper and striking : Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er ye are, , A That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm! How...raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these I He concludes with a sentiment finely suited to his condition, and worthy to be written in characters...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 10

William Shakespeare - Theater - 1821 - 520 pages
...Fool.] You houseless poverty, — Nay, get thee in. I'll pray, and then I'll sleep. — [Fool goes in. Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That...and unfed sides, Your loop'd and window'd raggedness 5, defend you * Quartos, night. < In, boy ; go first, &c.] These two lines were added in the author's...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 270 pages
...ee On prospects drear ! An' forward, tho' I caima see, I guess an' fear. A WINTER NIGHT. Poor uaked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the pelting...raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these ? SHAKSPEARE. WHEN biting Boreas, fell and doure, Sharp shivers thro' the leafless bow'r ; When Phoebus...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - Theater - 1823 - 490 pages
...I'll pray, and then I'll sleep. — [Fool goes in. Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That hide the pelting of this pitiless storm, . How shall your...Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel ; That thou may '-i shake the superflux to them, And show the heavens more just. Edg. [Within.] Fathom and half,...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 558 pages
...Fool.] You houseless poverty, — Nay, get thee in. I'll pray, and then I'll sleep. — [Fool goes in. Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That...these ? O, I have ta'en Too little care of this ! Take physick, pomp ; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel ; That thou may'st shake the superflux to...
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The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 21-22

British essayists - 1823 - 788 pages
...his next speech, when his passion has subsided for a short interval, are equally proper and striking: Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide...raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these? He concludes with a sentiment finely suited to his condition, and worthy to be written in characters...
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