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 |
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Page 117
Truly , the lady fathers herself : -Be happy , lady ! for you are like an honourable
father . Bene . If signior Leonato be her father , she would not have his head on
her shoulders , for all Messina , as like him as she is . Beat . I wonder , that you
will ...
Truly , the lady fathers herself : -Be happy , lady ! for you are like an honourable
father . Bene . If signior Leonato be her father , she would not have his head on
her shoulders , for all Messina , as like him as she is . Beat . I wonder , that you
will ...
Page 129
... you maids : so deliver I up my apes , and away to Saint Peter for the heavens ;
he shows me where the bachelors sit , and there live we as merry as the day is
long . Ant . Well , niece , [ To Hero . ] I trust , you will be ruled by your father . Beat
.
... you maids : so deliver I up my apes , and away to Saint Peter for the heavens ;
he shows me where the bachelors sit , and there live we as merry as the day is
long . Ant . Well , niece , [ To Hero . ] I trust , you will be ruled by your father . Beat
.
Page 188
I pray thee , cease thy counsel , Which falls into mine ears as profitless ' As water
in a sieve : give not me counsel ; Nor let no comforter delight mine ear , But such
a one whose wrongs do suit with mine , Bring me a father , that so lov'd his child ...
I pray thee , cease thy counsel , Which falls into mine ears as profitless ' As water
in a sieve : give not me counsel ; Nor let no comforter delight mine ear , But such
a one whose wrongs do suit with mine , Bring me a father , that so lov'd his child ...
Page 217
What say you , Hermia ? be advis'd , fair maid : To you your father should be as a
god ; One that compos'd your beauties ; yea , and one " To whom you are but as
a form in wax , By him imprinted , and within his power To leave the figure , or ...
What say you , Hermia ? be advis'd , fair maid : To you your father should be as a
god ; One that compos'd your beauties ; yea , and one " To whom you are but as
a form in wax , By him imprinted , and within his power To leave the figure , or ...
Page 321
Madam , your father here doth intimate The payment of a hundred thousand
crowns ; Being but the one half of an entire sum , Disbursed by my father in his
wars . But say , that he , or we , ( as neither have , ) Receiv'd that sum ; yet there ...
Madam , your father here doth intimate The payment of a hundred thousand
crowns ; Being but the one half of an entire sum , Disbursed by my father in his
wars . But say , that he , or we , ( as neither have , ) Receiv'd that sum ; yet there ...
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Page 49 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods...
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Page 397 - Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. When all aloud the wind doth blow And coughing drowns the parson's saw And birds sit brooding in the snow And Marian's nose looks red and raw, When roasted...
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Page 398 - When all aloud the wind doth blow, And coughing drowns the parson's saw, And birds sit brooding in the snow, And Marian's nose looks red and raw, When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whit; Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
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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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