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The Works of Shakespeare: Collated with the Oldest Copies, and Corrected - Page 103
by William Shakespeare - 1773
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An Essay on Punctuation: With Incidental Remarks on Composition

F. Francillon - English language - 1842 - 118 pages
...play on, Give me excess of it ; that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again ; — it had a dying fall : ' O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet South, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour. — Shakspeare. It was...
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The plays and poems of Shakespeare, according to the improved text ..., Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1842 - 400 pages
...on, Give me excess of it ; that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, -and so die. — That strain again ; — it had a dying fall. O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odor. — Enough ; no more...
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An Enquiry Into the Principles of Human Happiness and Human Duty: In Two Books

George Ramsay - Ethics - 1843 - 574 pages
...raising the tender emotions : If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it. That strain again ; — it had a dying fall : O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour.46 Music-masters have...
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The Christian Parlor Magazine: 1844-1845, Volume 1

American literature - 1844 - 504 pages
...night," what a beautiful comparison of soft music to a breath of wind passing over its bed ! That strain again — it had a dying fall ! O ! it came o'er my ear like the sweet south That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odor. WHAT IS AFFECTION? What...
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Elocution; Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy: Involving the Principles of ...

C. P. Bronson - Anatomy - 1845 - 330 pages
...play on ; Give me eccessof it; that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die, That ¿train again ; — it had a dying fall ; O, it came o'er my ear, like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odor. Enough, no more ; 'Tis...
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Elocution: Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy

C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 398 pages
...play on; Give me excess of it ; thai, forfeiting, The appetite mny niclcen. and sor/'V Thai strain again; — it had a dying fall; O, it came o'er my ear, like the sweet ww(A, Thrw breathes upon a bank of rm/rtt. Stealing and igifintt odor. Knou«rh. no mora; *T;s...
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Elocution, Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy: Involving the Principles of ...

C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 390 pages
...me «r«» of it; that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and 90 die.' That strain agiiin ; — it had a dying fall ; O, it came o'er my ear, like the sweet MouA, '',' ; breaches upon a hank of violets, Stealing and giving odor. Knough, no more; Tis...
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Introduction to American Literature: Or, The Origin and Development of the ...

Eliphalet L. Rice - American literature - 1846 - 432 pages
...play on, Give me excess of it ; that surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. — That strain again; — it had a dying fall : O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets Stealing and giving odor. — Enough, no more, '...
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The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1846 - 574 pages
...play on, Give me excess of it; that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. — That strain again ; — it had a dying fall : O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south,1 That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour.* Enough ; no more ;...
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The Drawing-room magazine: or, Ladies book of fancy needlework and choice ...

1848 - 650 pages
...play on, Give me excess of it ; that surfeiting, The appetite may sicken and so die. — That strain again ; — it had a dying fall : O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour. Viola, when she hears...
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