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" That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them; Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time... "
Laocoon; Or The Limits of Poetry and Painting - Page 243
by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1836 - 373 pages
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A Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poets

Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1881 - 738 pages
...the clouds, that lower 'd on pur house, In the deep bosom of the ocean buried. Sh. Rich. in. I. 1. I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to see my shadow in the sun. Sh. Rich. in. I. 1. If I unwittingly, or in my rage, Have aught committed...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1881 - 978 pages
...and unfashionable That dogs bark nt me as I halt by them; Why, I, in this weak piping time of peaee, Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to spy my shadow' in the s'un And deseant on mine own deformity: And therefore, sinee I eannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair...
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The Shakespeare Phrase Book

John Bartlett - 1881 - 1046 pages
...Richard II. iii. 4. She is not so divine. So full-replete with choice of all delights i Htnry yi. v. 5. . . Richard 111. \. i. These should be hours for necessities, Not for delights Henry VIII. v. \. You...
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The Highways of Literature, Or, What to Read and how to Read

David Pryde - Books and reading - 1882 - 280 pages
...before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them ; — Why I,...peace, Have no delight to pass away the time Unless to see my shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity. And, therefore, since I cannot prove a...
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Tragedy of King Richard the Third

William Shakespeare - English literature - 1882 - 266 pages
...before my time » Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them ; — • Why,...peace, Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to see my shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity : And therefore, since I cannot prove a...
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The New Shakespeare and Other Travesties

R. W. Criswell - 1882 - 388 pages
...knock-kneed, pigeon-toed, Spring-halt, ring-boned and spavined, so that Even dogs bark at me as I halt by— Why, I, in this weak, piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time Unless I spy my shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity. And, therefore, since I cannot prove...
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How to Audition: A Casting Director's Guide for Actors

Gordon Hunt - Acting - 1977 - 356 pages
...before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them— Why, I,...peace, Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to see my shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity. And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover...
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Hamlet and Other Shakespearean Essays

L. C. Knights - Literary Criticism - 1979 - 326 pages
...is constantly being made upon us. It is likely to begin as soon as a major character is introduced. Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time, 211 Unless to see my shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity. Though yet of Hamlet our...
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The Woman's Part: Feminist Criticism of Shakespeare

Carolyn Ruth Swift Lenz, Gayle Greene, Carol Thomas Neely - Feminism and literature - 1980 - 364 pages
...of fearful adversaries, He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time. And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover To entertain these fair well-spoken days, I am determined...
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Shakespeare's Soliloquies

Wolfgang Clemen - English drama - 1987 - 232 pages
...before my time 20 Into this breathing world scarce half made up — And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them — Why, I,...time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time, 25 Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity. And therefore, since I cannot...
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