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 70
Come hither , sirrah : Can you cut off a man's head ? Clo . If the man be a
bachelor , sir , I can : but if he be a married man , he is his wife's head , and I can
never cut off a woman's head . Prov . Come , sir , leave me your snatches , and
yield me ...
Come hither , sirrah : Can you cut off a man's head ? Clo . If the man be a
bachelor , sir , I can : but if he be a married man , he is his wife's head , and I can
never cut off a woman's head . Prov . Come , sir , leave me your snatches , and
yield me ...
Page 76
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 mine order , I
warrant you , if ...
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 mine order , I
warrant you , if ...
Page 81
Quick , despatch , And send the head to Angelo . [ Exit Provost . Now will I write
letters to Angelo , The provost , he shall bear them , -whose contents Shall
witness to him , I am near at home ; And that , by great injunctions , I am bound To
enter ...
Quick , despatch , And send the head to Angelo . [ Exit Provost . Now will I write
letters to Angelo , The provost , he shall bear them , -whose contents Shall
witness to him , I am near at home ; And that , by great injunctions , I am bound To
enter ...
Page 251
The shallowest thick - skin of that barren sort , Who Pyramus presented , in their
sport Forsook his scene , and enter'd in a brake : When I did him at this
advantage take , An ass's nowl ? I fixed on his head ; Anon , his Thisbe must be
answered ...
The shallowest thick - skin of that barren sort , Who Pyramus presented , in their
sport Forsook his scene , and enter'd in a brake : When I did him at this
advantage take , An ass's nowl ? I fixed on his head ; Anon , his Thisbe must be
answered ...
Page 271
And , gentle Puck , take this transformed scalp From off the head of this Athenian
swain ; That he awaking when the other do , May all to Athens back again repair ;
And think no more of this night's accidents , But as the fierce vexation of a ...
And , gentle Puck , take this transformed scalp From off the head of this Athenian
swain ; That he awaking when the other do , May all to Athens back again repair ;
And think no more of this night's accidents , But as the fierce vexation of a ...
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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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