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... stands as never it stood , It is an ill wind turns none to good.1 A Description of the Properties of Winds . All's fish they get That cometh to net . February's Abstract . Such mistress , such Nan , Such master , such man.2 April's ...
... stands as never it stood , It is an ill wind turns none to good.1 A Description of the Properties of Winds . All's fish they get That cometh to net . February's Abstract . Such mistress , such Nan , Such master , such man.2 April's ...
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... 'd sins Act ii . Sc . 2 . Stand more for number than for accompt . Act ii . Sc . 4 . Act iii . Sc . I. The miserable have no other medicine , But only hope . [ Measure for Measure continued . Act iii . Sc Shakespeare . 23.
... 'd sins Act ii . Sc . 2 . Stand more for number than for accompt . Act ii . Sc . 4 . Act iii . Sc . I. The miserable have no other medicine , But only hope . [ Measure for Measure continued . Act iii . Sc Shakespeare . 23.
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... standing pond . Act i . Sc . I. I am Sir Oracle , And , when I ope my lips , let no dog bark ! Act i . Sc . I. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing , more than any man in all Venice . His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in ...
... standing pond . Act i . Sc . I. I am Sir Oracle , And , when I ope my lips , let no dog bark ! Act i . Sc . I. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing , more than any man in all Venice . His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in ...
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... stands upon a slippery place Makes nice of no vile hold to stay him up . How now , foolish rheum ! Act iii . Sc . 4 . Act iv . Sc . I. To gild refined gold , to paint the lily , To throw a perfume on the violet , To smooth the ice , or ...
... stands upon a slippery place Makes nice of no vile hold to stay him up . How now , foolish rheum ! Act iii . Sc . 4 . Act iv . Sc . I. To gild refined gold , to paint the lily , To throw a perfume on the violet , To smooth the ice , or ...
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... stand with his hammer , thus , The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool , With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news . Another lean , unwash'd artificer . Act iv . Sc . 2 . Act iv . Sc . 2 . How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds ...
... stand with his hammer , thus , The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool , With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news . Another lean , unwash'd artificer . Act iv . Sc . 2 . Act iv . Sc . 2 . How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds ...
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Acti angels Beaumont and Fletcher beauty blessed Book breath Cæsar Canto Canto iii Childe Harold's Pilgrimage dark dead dear death Devil doth dream Dryden Dunciad earth Eccles Eloisa to Abelard Epistle Epitaph Essay eyes Faerie Queene fair fear flower fool give glory grave hand happy hast hath heart heaven Henry honour hope Hudibras Ibid JOHN Julius Cæsar King Lady Letter light Line live Lord man's Matt mind morning nature ne'er never Night numbers o'er Paradise Lost peace pleasure Plutarch Pope Prologue Prov Proverbs Satire Satire vi Shakespeare sigh sleep smile Song Song of Solomon Sonnet sorrow soul Speech spirit Stanza stars sweet tears thee There's thine things THOMAS thought truth unto viii virtue voice weep wind wise woman words young youth