Apophthegms from the plays of Shakespeare, by C. Lyndon |
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... hold my tongue .. Ham . a . 1 s . 2 Be wary , then , best safety lies in fear .. Laer . a . 1 s . 3 Beware of entrance to a quarrel , but being in , bear it , that the oppressor may bė- ware of thee .. Pol . a . 1 s . 3 But virtue , as ...
... hold my tongue .. Ham . a . 1 s . 2 Be wary , then , best safety lies in fear .. Laer . a . 1 s . 3 Beware of entrance to a quarrel , but being in , bear it , that the oppressor may bė- ware of thee .. Pol . a . 1 s . 3 But virtue , as ...
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... hold my duty as I hold my soul , both to my God and to my gracious King .. Pol . a . 2 s . 2 I am but mad north north west , when the wind is south- erly I know a hawk from a hand - saw .. Ham . a . 2 s . 2 I'll observe his looks , I'll ...
... hold my duty as I hold my soul , both to my God and to my gracious King .. Pol . a . 2 s . 2 I am but mad north north west , when the wind is south- erly I know a hawk from a hand - saw .. Ham . a . 2 s . 2 I'll observe his looks , I'll ...
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... holds a seat , in this distract- ed world .. Ham . a . 4 s . 4 Rightly to be great , is not to stir without great argument , but greatly to find quarrel , in a straw , when ho- nour's at the stake .. Ham . a . 4 s . 4 Season your ...
... holds a seat , in this distract- ed world .. Ham . a . 4 s . 4 Rightly to be great , is not to stir without great argument , but greatly to find quarrel , in a straw , when ho- nour's at the stake .. Ham . a . 4 s . 4 Season your ...
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... hold up Adam's profession..1 Clown a . 5 s . 1 ' Tis dangerous ! when the baser nature comes between the pass , and fell incensed The head is not more na- tive to the heart , the hand more instrumental to the mouth , than is the throne ...
... hold up Adam's profession..1 Clown a . 5 s . 1 ' Tis dangerous ! when the baser nature comes between the pass , and fell incensed The head is not more na- tive to the heart , the hand more instrumental to the mouth , than is the throne ...
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... hold discourse Queen a . 3 s . 4 Your worm is your only Emperor for diet . . Ham . a . s . 3 4 You must not think that we are made of stuff so fat and dull , that we can let onr 18 he would quickly have the gift of the grave.
... hold discourse Queen a . 3 s . 4 Your worm is your only Emperor for diet . . Ham . a . s . 3 4 You must not think that we are made of stuff so fat and dull , that we can let onr 18 he would quickly have the gift of the grave.
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Page 118 - 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 126 - Not to a rage: patience and sorrow strove Who should express her goodliest. You have seen Sunshine and rain at once...
Page 57 - 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 131 - 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 57 - 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 161 - 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 92 - 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 144 - 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 68 - 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 127 - 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...