Apophthegms from the plays of Shakespeare, by C. Lyndon |
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... blow of woe ; yet so far hath discretion fought with nature .. King a . 1 s . 2 It is a custom more hon- oured in the breach , than in the observance .. Ham . a . 1 S. 4 I am sorry that with bet- ter heed and judgment I had not quoted ...
... blow of woe ; yet so far hath discretion fought with nature .. King a . 1 s . 2 It is a custom more hon- oured in the breach , than in the observance .. Ham . a . 1 S. 4 I am sorry that with bet- ter heed and judgment I had not quoted ...
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... blows , Where Oxlips and the nodding violet grows quite overcanopied with bush woodbine , with sweet musk roses and with eglan- tine , & c .. & c . . Oberon a . 2 8. 2 . If you were men , as men you are in show , You would not use a ...
... blows , Where Oxlips and the nodding violet grows quite overcanopied with bush woodbine , with sweet musk roses and with eglan- tine , & c .. & c . . Oberon a . 2 8. 2 . If you were men , as men you are in show , You would not use a ...
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... blows and buffets of the world have so incens'd , that I am reckless what I do , to spite the world . — 2 MURD . III . , 1 . I'll make assurance double sure , and take a bond of fate . - MACB . IV . , 1 . I would not have such a heart ...
... blows and buffets of the world have so incens'd , that I am reckless what I do , to spite the world . — 2 MURD . III . , 1 . I'll make assurance double sure , and take a bond of fate . - MACB . IV . , 1 . I would not have such a heart ...
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... blows ; that praise , sole pure , transcends . - ÆNE . I. , 3 . The lustre of the better shall exceed , by shewing the worse first . - Ulyss . I. , 3 . ' Tis mad idolatry , to make the service greater than the god . - HECT . II . , 2 ...
... blows ; that praise , sole pure , transcends . - ÆNE . I. , 3 . The lustre of the better shall exceed , by shewing the worse first . - Ulyss . I. , 3 . ' Tis mad idolatry , to make the service greater than the god . - HECT . II . , 2 ...
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... blow . - MER . III . , 1 . G Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast ; which thou wilt propagate , to have it prest with more of thine.- ROM . I. , 1 . Go , counsellor ; thou and my bosom henceforth shall be twain . - JUL . III . , 5 ...
... blow . - MER . III . , 1 . G Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast ; which thou wilt propagate , to have it prest with more of thine.- ROM . I. , 1 . Go , counsellor ; thou and my bosom henceforth shall be twain . - JUL . III . , 5 ...
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Alongo art thou bear beauty better blows bosom breath clouds Clown cowards CYMBELINE death deeds doth Duke ears earth eyes fair faults fear fight for love fire fool fortune gentle give grace grief grow hate hath hear heart heaven Hecuba Helena Hermia honour Iach iron tongue KATH King Benry Laer live look lord lov'd love's Lysander MERCHANT OF VENICE MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM mind moon nature ne'er never night noble o'er offence Olivia patience pity play poor Portia praise Queen RICH RYDE Scene shew shine Sir Toby sleep smile sorrow soul speak spirit strong sweet sweetest things tears thee There's thine thing thou art thought tongue true truth TWELFTH NIGHT unto valour Viola virtue vows wear weep what's wild Thyme wind woman words
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Page 122 - Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth. And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion.
Page 130 - Not to a rage: patience and sorrow strove Who should express her goodliest. You have seen Sunshine and rain at once...
Page 61 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not.
Page 135 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners. But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly...
Page 61 - Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? O, think on that; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Page 165 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause ; and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honour; and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe: censure me in your wisdom; and awake your senses that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Page 96 - O, then, I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife ; and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners...
Page 148 - To do our country loss ; and if to live, The fewer men the greater share of honour. God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more. By Jove, I am not covetous for gold ; Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost ; It yearns me not if men my garments wear ; Such outward things...
Page 72 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuffd bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart?
Page 131 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, — often the surfeit of our own behaviour, — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars: as if we were villains by necessity; fools by heavenly compulsion; knaves, thieves, and treachers, by spherical predominance; drunkards, liars, and adulterers, by an enforced obedience of planetary influence; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on...