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Page 46
I'll tell him yet of Angelo's request , And fit his mind to death , for his soul's rest . [
Exit . ACT III . SCENE I. A Room in the Prison . , Enter Duke , CLAUDIO , and
Provost . Duke . So , then you hope of pardon from lord Angelo ? Claud .
I'll tell him yet of Angelo's request , And fit his mind to death , for his soul's rest . [
Exit . ACT III . SCENE I. A Room in the Prison . , Enter Duke , CLAUDIO , and
Provost . Duke . So , then you hope of pardon from lord Angelo ? Claud .
Page 47
... that thou bear'st , Are nursid by baseness : Thou art by no means valiant ; For
thou dost fear the soft and tender fork Of a poor worm : Thy best of rest is sleep ,
And that thou oft provok'st ; yet grossly fear'st Thy death , which is no more .
... that thou bear'st , Are nursid by baseness : Thou art by no means valiant ; For
thou dost fear the soft and tender fork Of a poor worm : Thy best of rest is sleep ,
And that thou oft provok'st ; yet grossly fear'st Thy death , which is no more .
Page 76
In the delaying death . Pror . Alack ! how may I do it ? having the hour limited ;,
and an express command , under penalty , to deliver his head in the view of
Angelo ? I may my case as Claudio's , to cross this in the smallest . Duke . By the
vow of ...
In the delaying death . Pror . Alack ! how may I do it ? having the hour limited ;,
and an express command , under penalty , to deliver his head in the view of
Angelo ? I may my case as Claudio's , to cross this in the smallest . Duke . By the
vow of ...
Page 103
You are pardon'd , Isabel : dear maid , be Your brother's death , I know , sits at
your heart ; And you may marvel , why I obscur'd myself , Labouring to save his
life ; and would not rather Make rash remonstrance of my hidden power , Than let
...
You are pardon'd , Isabel : dear maid , be Your brother's death , I know , sits at
your heart ; And you may marvel , why I obscur'd myself , Labouring to save his
life ; and would not rather Make rash remonstrance of my hidden power , Than let
...
Page 204
Done to death by slanderous tongues Was the Hero that here lies ; Death , in
guerdone of her wrongs Gives her fame which never dies : So the life , that died
with shame , Lives in death with glorious fame . Hang thou there upon the tomb ...
Done to death by slanderous tongues Was the Hero that here lies ; Death , in
guerdone of her wrongs Gives her fame which never dies : So the life , that died
with shame , Lives in death with glorious fame . Hang thou there upon the tomb ...
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| Title | The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George Steevens, Esq. ; with Glossarial Notes, Volume 2 The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George Steevens, Esq. ; with Glossarial Notes, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1803 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 28 Dec 2006 |
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