Comedy of As You Like itHarper & brothers, 1882 |
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... sweet prime . ' She is fresh as the morning , sweet as the dew - awakened blossoms , and light as the breeze that plays * American ed . ( Boston , 1857 ) , p . 110 fol . B among them . She is as witty , as voluble INTRODUCTION . 17.
... sweet prime . ' She is fresh as the morning , sweet as the dew - awakened blossoms , and light as the breeze that plays * American ed . ( Boston , 1857 ) , p . 110 fol . B among them . She is as witty , as voluble INTRODUCTION . 17.
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... sweet and affectionate impulses . She has as much tenderness as mirth , and in her most petulant raillery there is a touch of softness- " By this hand , it will not hurt a fly ! " As her vivacity never lessens our impres- sion of her ...
... sweet and affectionate impulses . She has as much tenderness as mirth , and in her most petulant raillery there is a touch of softness- " By this hand , it will not hurt a fly ! " As her vivacity never lessens our impres- sion of her ...
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... sweet wisdom of Isabella . Her longest speeches are not her best ; nor is her taunting address to Phebe , beautiful and celebrated as it is , equal to Phebe's own description of her . The latter , indeed , is more in earnest . * Celia ...
... sweet wisdom of Isabella . Her longest speeches are not her best ; nor is her taunting address to Phebe , beautiful and celebrated as it is , equal to Phebe's own description of her . The latter , indeed , is more in earnest . * Celia ...
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... sweet than that of painted pomp ; a life " exempt from public haunt , " in a quiet retreat , where for turbulent citizens the deer , " poor dappled fools , " are the only native burghers . . . . Upon the whole , As You Like It is the ...
... sweet than that of painted pomp ; a life " exempt from public haunt , " in a quiet retreat , where for turbulent citizens the deer , " poor dappled fools , " are the only native burghers . . . . Upon the whole , As You Like It is the ...
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... sweet pastoral strain , so bright , so tender . Must it not all be in keeping ? Shakspere was not trying to control his melancholy . When he needed to do that , Shakspere con- fronted his melancholy very passionately , and looked it ...
... sweet pastoral strain , so bright , so tender . Must it not all be in keeping ? Shakspere was not trying to control his melancholy . When he needed to do that , Shakspere con- fronted his melancholy very passionately , and looked it ...
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accent Adam Adam Spencer Aliena Amiens Audrey bear beard Beau beauty Ben Jonson better brother Celia Charles Coll comedy Coridon Corin Cotgrave court Cymb doth Duke Frederick Duke Senior edition Enter Exeunt eyes fair Faques father favour folio fool forest of Arden fortune Ganimede gentle Gerismond give grace Halliwell quotes hast hath heart hither honour humour Jaques Julius Cæsar Lear live Lodge's novel look lord lover Macb marry means melancholy Merchant of Venice merry mistress Montanus nature never Oliver Orlando passage passion Phebe Phoebe play poor pray prithee quoth remarks Rich Rosader Rosalind Saladyne SCENE Shakespeare Shakspere shalt shepherd sigh Silvius song Sonn speak Steevens quotes sweet Temp thee thou art thought Thrasonical Touchstone troth Twelfth Night unto verses Vincentio Saviolo Warb woman word youth
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Page 53 - O good old man, how well in thee appears The constant service of the antique world, When service sweat for duty, not for meed! Thou art not for the fashion of these times, Where none will sweat but for promotion, And having that do choke their service up Even with the having; it is not so with thee.
Page 152 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Page 53 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty ; For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood, Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo 50 The means of weakness and debility ; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly...
Page 23 - They say, he is already in the forest of Arden, and a many merry men with him ; and there they live like the old Robin Hood of England. They say, many young gentlemen flock to him every day ; and fleet the time carelessly, as they did in the golden world.
Page 54 - Ay, now am I in Arden ; the more fool I : when I was at home, I was in a better place : but travellers must be content.
Page 65 - Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude ; Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude. Heigh, ho ! sing, heigh, ho ! unto the green holly : Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly Then, heigh, ho, the holly ! This life is most jolly. Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, That dost not bite so nigh As benefits forgot : Though thou the waters warp, Thy sting is not so sharp As friend remember'd not Heigh, ho ! sing, heigh,...
Page 64 - Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth.
Page 53 - When service should in my old limbs lie lame And unregarded age in corners thrown : Take that, and He that doth the ravens feed, Yea, providently caters for the sparrow, Be comfort to my age ! Here is the gold ; All this I give you.
Page 49 - To-day, my lord of Amiens, and myself, Did steal behind him, as he lay along Under an oak, whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood : To the which place a poor sequester'd stag, That from the hunters...
Page 64 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits, and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms; And then, the whining school-boy, with his satchel, And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school: And then, the lover; Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress...