Merry wives of Windsor. Much ado about nothingPrinted for, and under the direction of, John Bell, 1785 |
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... Quic . What ; John Rugby ! -I pray thee , go to the casement , and see if you can see my master , master Doctor Caius , coming ; if he do , i'faith , and find any body in the house , here will be an old abusing of God's patience , and ...
... Quic . What ; John Rugby ! -I pray thee , go to the casement , and see if you can see my master , master Doctor Caius , coming ; if he do , i'faith , and find any body in the house , here will be an old abusing of God's patience , and ...
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... Quic . A softly - sprighted man , is he not ? Sim . Ay , forsooth : but he is as tall a man of his hands , as any is between this and his head ; he hath fought with a warrener . 452 Quic . How say you ? -oh , I should remember him ...
... Quic . A softly - sprighted man , is he not ? Sim . Ay , forsooth : but he is as tall a man of his hands , as any is between this and his head ; he hath fought with a warrener . 452 Quic . How say you ? -oh , I should remember him ...
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... Quic . Ay , forsooth , I'll fetch it you . 470 I am glad he went not in himself : if he had found the young man , he ... Quic . Is it this , Sir ? Caius . Ouy ; mettez le au mon pocket ; Depechez , quickly : —Vere is dat knave Rugby ...
... Quic . Ay , forsooth , I'll fetch it you . 470 I am glad he went not in himself : if he had found the young man , he ... Quic . Is it this , Sir ? Caius . Ouy ; mettez le au mon pocket ; Depechez , quickly : —Vere is dat knave Rugby ...
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... Quic . Peace , I pray you . 500 Caius . Peace - a your tongue : -Speak - a your tale . Sim . To desire this honest gentlewoman , your maid , to speak a good word to mistress Anne Page for my master in the way of marriage . Quic . This ...
... Quic . Peace , I pray you . 500 Caius . Peace - a your tongue : -Speak - a your tale . Sim . To desire this honest gentlewoman , your maid , to speak a good word to mistress Anne Page for my master in the way of marriage . Quic . This ...
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... Quic . Alas , he speaks but for his friend . Caius . It is no matter - a for dat do you not tell - a me dat I shall have Anne Page for myself ? - by gar , I vill kill de jack priest ; and I have ap- pointed mine host of de Jarterre to ...
... Quic . Alas , he speaks but for his friend . Caius . It is no matter - a for dat do you not tell - a me dat I shall have Anne Page for myself ? - by gar , I vill kill de jack priest ; and I have ap- pointed mine host of de Jarterre to ...
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Popular passages
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.