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... Bacurius . A Boy ARANE , the Queen - Mother . PANTHEA , her Daughter . SPACONIA , a Lady , Daughter of Lygones . MANDANE , a Waiting - woman ; and other Attendants . Two Citizens ' Wives , and another Woman . SCENE , DURING THE FIRST ...
... Bacurius . A Boy ARANE , the Queen - Mother . PANTHEA , her Daughter . SPACONIA , a Lady , Daughter of Lygones . MANDANE , a Waiting - woman ; and other Attendants . Two Citizens ' Wives , and another Woman . SCENE , DURING THE FIRST ...
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... BACURIUS , ARANE , PANTHEA , and MAN- DANE , Waiting - women and Attendants . Gob . My Lord Bacurius , you must have regard Unto the queen ; she is your prisoner ; ' Tis at your peril , if she make escape . Bac . My Lord , I know't ...
... BACURIUS , ARANE , PANTHEA , and MAN- DANE , Waiting - women and Attendants . Gob . My Lord Bacurius , you must have regard Unto the queen ; she is your prisoner ; ' Tis at your peril , if she make escape . Bac . My Lord , I know't ...
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... Bacurius , I must ease you of your charge.- Madam , the wonted mercy of the king , That overtakes your faults , has ... Bacurius ! [ Exit BACURIUS . Gob . Madam , what writes his majesty to you ? Pan . Oh , my lord , The kindest words ...
... Bacurius , I must ease you of your charge.- Madam , the wonted mercy of the king , That overtakes your faults , has ... Bacurius ! [ Exit BACURIUS . Gob . Madam , what writes his majesty to you ? Pan . Oh , my lord , The kindest words ...
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... BACURIUS , MARDONIUS , BESSUS , and two Gentlemen . Ara . [ Kneels . ] As low as this I bow to you ; and would As low as is my grave , to show a mind Thankful for all your mercies . Arb . Oh , stand up , And let me kneel ! the light ...
... BACURIUS , MARDONIUS , BESSUS , and two Gentlemen . Ara . [ Kneels . ] As low as this I bow to you ; and would As low as is my grave , to show a mind Thankful for all your mercies . Arb . Oh , stand up , And let me kneel ! the light ...
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... Bacurius . [ Exit TIGRANES , led off by BACURIUS and Gentlemen . Spa . I ne'er rejoiced at any ill to him , But this imprisonment : What shall become Of me forsaken ? Gob . You will not let your sister Depart thus discontented from you ...
... Bacurius . [ Exit TIGRANES , led off by BACURIUS and Gentlemen . Spa . I ne'er rejoiced at any ill to him , But this imprisonment : What shall become Of me forsaken ? Gob . You will not let your sister Depart thus discontented from you ...
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Page xviii - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one (from whence they came) Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
Page xxxvii - em, he would weep As if he meant to make them grow again. Seeing such pretty helpless innocence Dwell in his face, I ask'd him all his story. He told me that his parents gentle died, Leaving him to the mercy of the fields, Which gave...
Page xxxi - Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff : you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search.
Page 32 - I shall be willing, if not apt, to learn ; Age and experience will adorn my mind With larger knowledge ; and if I have done A wilful fault, think me not past all hope For once. What master holds so strict a hand Over his boy, that he will part with him Without one warning ? Let me be corrected, To break my stubbornness, if it be so, Rather than turn me off ; and I shall mend.
Page 31 - I asked him all his story. He told me that his parents gentle died, Leaving him to the mercy of the fields, Which gave him roots ; and of the crystal springs.
Page 272 - I am this fountain's god ; below My waters to a river grow, And 'twixt two banks with osiers set, That only prosper in the wet, Through the meadows do they glide...
Page 345 - What, dost thou think I fish without a bait, wench : I bob for fools : He is mine own, I have him. I told thee what would tickle him like a trout ; And, as I cast it, so I caught him daintily', And all he has I've stow'd at my devotion.
Page 6 - twixt your love and you ! but, if there do, Inquire of me, and I will guide your moan ; Teach you an artificial way to grieve, To keep your sorrow waking. Love your lord No worse than I : but, if you love so well, Alas, you may displease him ! so did I. This is the last time you shall look on me. — Ladies, farewell. As soon as I am dead, Come all and watch one night about my hearse ; Bring each a mournful story and a tear, To offer at it when I go to earth...
Page lxxii - Renews the golden world, and holds through all The holy laws of homely pastoral, Where flowers and founts, and nymphs and semigods, And all the graces find their old abodes...
Page xxx - Their plots were generally more regular than Shakespeare's, especially those which were made before Beaumont's death ; and they understood and imitated the conversation of gentlemen much better ; whose wild debaucheries, and quickness of wit in repartees, no poet can ever paint as they have done.