Merry wives of Windsor. Much ado about nothingPrinted for, and under the direction of, John Bell, 1785 |
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Page 56
... Dogb . Are you good men and true ? Verg . Yea , or else it were pity but they should suffer salvation , body and soul . Dogb . Nay that were a punishment too good for them , if they should have any allegiance in them , being chosen for ...
... Dogb . Are you good men and true ? Verg . Yea , or else it were pity but they should suffer salvation , body and soul . Dogb . Nay that were a punishment too good for them , if they should have any allegiance in them , being chosen for ...
Page 57
... Dogb . Why then , take no note of him , but let him go ; and presently call the rest of the watch together , and thank God you are rid of a knave . 282 Verg . If he will not stand when he is bidden , he is none of the prince's subjects .
... Dogb . Why then , take no note of him , but let him go ; and presently call the rest of the watch together , and thank God you are rid of a knave . 282 Verg . If he will not stand when he is bidden , he is none of the prince's subjects .
Page 58
... Dogb . If you meet a thief , you may suspect him , by virtue of your office , to be no true man ; and , for such kind of men , the less you meddle or make with them , why the more is for your honesty . 2 Watch . If we know him to be a ...
... Dogb . If you meet a thief , you may suspect him , by virtue of your office , to be no true man ; and , for such kind of men , the less you meddle or make with them , why the more is for your honesty . 2 Watch . If we know him to be a ...
Page 59
... Dogb . Five shillings to one on't , with any man that knows the statutes , he may stay him : marry , not with- out the prince be willing : for , indeed , the watch ought to offend no man ; and it is an offence to stay a man against his ...
... Dogb . Five shillings to one on't , with any man that knows the statutes , he may stay him : marry , not with- out the prince be willing : for , indeed , the watch ought to offend no man ; and it is an offence to stay a man against his ...
Page 66
... Dogb . Marry , this it is , sir . Verg . Yes , in truth it is , sir . Leon . What is it , my good friends ? 540 Dogb . Goodman Verges , sir , speaks a little of the matter : an old man , sir , and his wits are not so blunt , as , God ...
... Dogb . Marry , this it is , sir . Verg . Yes , in truth it is , sir . Leon . What is it , my good friends ? 540 Dogb . Goodman Verges , sir , speaks a little of the matter : an old man , sir , and his wits are not so blunt , as , God ...
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Page 45 - Shall quips and sentences and these paper bullets of the brain awe a man from the career of his humour ? No, the world must be peopled. When I said I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married.
Page 73 - Fair lined slippers for the cold, With buckles of the purest gold. A belt of straw and ivy buds With coral clasps and amber studs : And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me and be my love.
Page 27 - Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love: Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues; Let every eye negotiate for itself, And trust no agent; for beauty is a witch, Against whose charms faith melteth into blood.
Page 47 - The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream, And greedily devour the treacherous bait...
Page 73 - There will we sit upon the rocks And see the shepherds feed their flocks, By shallow rivers, to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.
Page 74 - IF all the world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee and be thy love.
Page 57 - Why then, take no note of him, but let him go ; and presently call the rest of the watch together, and thank God you are rid of a knave.
Page 10 - A parliament member, a justice of peace, At home a poor scarecrow, at London an asse, If lowsie is Lucy, as some volke miscalle it, Then Lucy is lowsie, whatever befall it. He thinks himself great ; Yet an asse in his state, We allow, by his ears, but with asses to mate. If Lucy is lowsie as some volke miscall it, Then sing lowsie Lucy whatever befall it speare did not wait to brave the united puissance of a Knight of the Shire and a country attorney.