The tempest. A midsummer-night's dream. The two gentlemen of Verona. The merry wives of Windsor. Measure for measureC. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. and R. Tonson, B. Dod, G. Woodfall, J. Rivington, R. Baldwin, T. Longman, S. Crowder and Company, W. Johnson, C. Corbet, T. Lownds, and T. Caslon, 1762 - English drama |
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... Father , we are told , was a confiderable Dealer in Wool ; but having no fewer than ten Children , of whom our Shakespeare was the eldeft , the beft Education he could afford him was no better than to qualify him for his own Bufinefs ...
... Father , we are told , was a confiderable Dealer in Wool ; but having no fewer than ten Children , of whom our Shakespeare was the eldeft , the beft Education he could afford him was no better than to qualify him for his own Bufinefs ...
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... Father being obliged , thro ' Narrowness of Circumftance , to withdraw him too foon from thence , he was thereby un ... Father's Way of Bufinefs , either as an Affiftant to him , or on his own proper Account , no Notices are left to ...
... Father being obliged , thro ' Narrowness of Circumftance , to withdraw him too foon from thence , he was thereby un ... Father's Way of Bufinefs , either as an Affiftant to him , or on his own proper Account , no Notices are left to ...
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... Father could not be full 19 Years old ; who was himself born in the Year 1564. Nor was she his eldest Child , for he had another Daugh- ter , Judith , who was born before her , and who was married to one Mr. Thomas Quiney . So that ...
... Father could not be full 19 Years old ; who was himself born in the Year 1564. Nor was she his eldest Child , for he had another Daugh- ter , Judith , who was born before her , and who was married to one Mr. Thomas Quiney . So that ...
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... father ) you have The fky , it seems , would pour down ftinking pitch , But that the fea , mounting to th ' welkin's cheek , Dafhes the fire out . O ! I have fuffer'd With thofe that I faw fuffer : a brave vessel ( Who had , no doubt ...
... father ) you have The fky , it seems , would pour down ftinking pitch , But that the fea , mounting to th ' welkin's cheek , Dafhes the fire out . O ! I have fuffer'd With thofe that I faw fuffer : a brave vessel ( Who had , no doubt ...
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... father . Mira . More to know Did never meddle with my thoughts . Pro . Tis , time , I fhould inform thee farther . Lend thy hand , And pluck my magick garment from me ; fo ! [ Lays down his mantle . Lie there my Art . Wipe thou thine ...
... father . Mira . More to know Did never meddle with my thoughts . Pro . Tis , time , I fhould inform thee farther . Lend thy hand , And pluck my magick garment from me ; fo ! [ Lays down his mantle . Lie there my Art . Wipe thou thine ...
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Page 319 - 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 299 - 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 41 - Hence, bashful cunning; And prompt me, plain and holy innocence ! I am your wife, if you will marry me ; If not, I'll die your maid : to be your fellow You may deny me ; but I'll be your servant Whether you will or no.
Page 27 - All things in common nature should produce Without sweat or endeavour : treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine, Would I not have; but nature should bring forth, .Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance, To feed my innocent people.
Page 34 - Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.
Page 27 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things: For no kind of traffic Would I admit; no name of magistrate; Letters should not be known ; riches, poverty, And use of service, none; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none; No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil; No occupation; all men idle, all, And women too, but innocent and pure : No sovereignty— Seb.
Page 60 - Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes and groves, And ye that on the sands with printless foot Do chase the ebbing Neptune and do fly him When he comes back ; you demi-puppets that By moonshine do the green sour ringlets make, Whereof the ewe not bites, and you whose pastime Is to make midnight mushrooms, that rejoice To hear the solemn curfew...
Page 320 - Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be quiet, For every pelting, petty officer, Would use his heaven for thunder ; Nothing but thunder.
Page 321 - That skins the vice o' the top. Go to your bosom ; Knock there ; and ask your heart what it doth know That's like my brother's fault ; if it confess A natural guiltiness such as is his, Let it not sound a thought upon your tongue Against my brother's life.