As You Like itGinn & Company, 1893 - 159 pages |
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... honour of having contrib- uted to one of the most delightful poems ever written . A rather ambitious attempt indeed at fine writing ; pedantic in style , not a little blemished with the elaborate euphemism of the time , and occasionally ...
... honour of having contrib- uted to one of the most delightful poems ever written . A rather ambitious attempt indeed at fine writing ; pedantic in style , not a little blemished with the elaborate euphemism of the time , and occasionally ...
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... honour it would bring him , and that he was the only one to uphold the renown of the family . The youth , full of heroic thoughts , was glad of such an opportunity . When the time came , Torismond went to preside over the games , taking ...
... honour it would bring him , and that he was the only one to uphold the renown of the family . The youth , full of heroic thoughts , was glad of such an opportunity . When the time came , Torismond went to preside over the games , taking ...
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... honour , if he come in : therefore , out of my love to you , I came hither to acquaint you withal ; that either you might stay him from his intendment , or brook such disgrace well as he shall run into , in that it is a thing of his own ...
... honour , if he come in : therefore , out of my love to you , I came hither to acquaint you withal ; that either you might stay him from his intendment , or brook such disgrace well as he shall run into , in that it is a thing of his own ...
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... honour , I will ; and when I break that oath , let me turn monster : therefore , my sweet Rose , my dear Rose , be merry . Ros . From henceforth I will , coz , and devise sports . Let me see ; what think you of falling in love ? Cel ...
... honour , I will ; and when I break that oath , let me turn monster : therefore , my sweet Rose , my dear Rose , be merry . Ros . From henceforth I will , coz , and devise sports . Let me see ; what think you of falling in love ? Cel ...
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... honour ; but I was bid to come for you . Ros . Where learned you that oath , Fool ? Touch . Of a certain knight that swore by his honour they were good pancakes , and swore by his honour the mustard was naught : 4 now I'll stand to it ...
... honour ; but I was bid to come for you . Ros . Where learned you that oath , Fool ? Touch . Of a certain knight that swore by his honour they were good pancakes , and swore by his honour the mustard was naught : 4 now I'll stand to it ...
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Page 53 - The seasons' difference ; as, the icy fang, And churlish chiding of the winter's wind ; Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile, and say, — This is no flattery : these are counsellors, That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Page 69 - Tis but an hour ago since it was nine, And after one hour more 'twill be eleven ; And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot ; And thereby hangs a tale.
Page 110 - Hero had turned nun, if it had not been for a hot midsummer night ; for good youth, he went but forth to wash him in the Hellespont, and being taken with the cramp, was drowned, and the foolish chroniclers of that age found it was — Hero of Sestos. But these are all lies ; men have died from time to time, and worms have eaten them, but not for love.
Page 55 - Under an oak, whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood...
Page 73 - I thought that all things had been savage here ; And therefore put I on the countenance Of stern commandment : But whate'er you are, That in this desert inaccessible, Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time...
Page 76 - 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.
Page 5 - And, seeing ignorance is the curse of God, Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven, Unless you be possess'd with devilish spirits, You cannot but forbear to murder me.
Page 60 - And, having that, do choke their service up Even with the having : it is not so with thee. But, poor old man, thou...
Page 157 - It is to be all made of fantasy, All made of passion, and all made of wishes; All adoration, duty, and observance, All humbleness, all patience and impatience, All purity, all trial, all observance; And so am I for Phebe.
Page 75 - 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.