As You Like it: With Introduction & NotesMacmillan & Company, 1891 - 164 pages |
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Page vii
... demands of his brother the inheritance be- queathed him by his father , with liberty to seek his . fortune in the world . A violent quarrel is the result , and vii Orlando seizing Oliver by the throat , compels him to.
... demands of his brother the inheritance be- queathed him by his father , with liberty to seek his . fortune in the world . A violent quarrel is the result , and vii Orlando seizing Oliver by the throat , compels him to.
Page ix
... fortunes , and during the night make their escape with the intention of seeking the banished Duke who , followed in his exile by many of his old courtiers , is now in the forest of Arden leading a life of careless freedom , and ...
... fortunes , and during the night make their escape with the intention of seeking the banished Duke who , followed in his exile by many of his old courtiers , is now in the forest of Arden leading a life of careless freedom , and ...
Page xiv
... fortune , " her good - will is instinctively due . And as she witnesses his prowess , as she learns who he is , and marks the proud affection with which he kindles at the Duke's disparagement of his father , a warmer feeling creeps into ...
... fortune , " her good - will is instinctively due . And as she witnesses his prowess , as she learns who he is , and marks the proud affection with which he kindles at the Duke's disparagement of his father , a warmer feeling creeps into ...
Page xviii
... fortune so wills it to resume his own ; but he does so , we feel , not without a lingering regret that his days of ... fortunes , and of handing down his dukedom to one who has proved him- self worthy to be the husband of his peerless ...
... fortune so wills it to resume his own ; but he does so , we feel , not without a lingering regret that his days of ... fortunes , and of handing down his dukedom to one who has proved him- self worthy to be the husband of his peerless ...
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... fortunes . Oli . And what wilt thou do ? beg , when that is spent ? Well , sir , get you in : I will not long be troubled with you ; you shall have some part of your will : I pray you , leave me . Orl . I will no further offend you than ...
... fortunes . Oli . And what wilt thou do ? beg , when that is spent ? Well , sir , get you in : I will not long be troubled with you ; you shall have some part of your will : I pray you , leave me . Orl . I will no further offend you than ...
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Page 61 - Say a day, without the ever : No, no, Orlando ; men are April when they woo, December when they wed : maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives. I will be more jealous of thee than a Barbary cock-pigeon over his hen ; more clamorous than a parrot against rain ; more new-fangled than an ape ; more giddy in my desires than a monkey...
Page 31 - A fool, a fool ! I met a fool i' the forest, A motley fool ; a miserable world ! As I do live by food, I met a fool ; Who laid him down and bask'd him in the sun, And rail'd on Lady Fortune in good terms, In good set terms and yet a motley fool. '.Good morrow, fool,' quoth I.
Page 20 - That feelingly persuade me what I am. Sweet are the uses of adversity ; Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head : And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in every thing : I would not change it.
Page 21 - To-day, my lord of Amiens and myself Did steal behind him, as he lay along Under an oak, whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood...
Page 25 - Ay, now am I in Arden ; the more fool I : when I was at home, I was in a better place : but travellers must be content.
Page 35 - The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side, His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank ; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound.
Page 24 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty; For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood, Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo .50 The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Page 24 - When service should in my old limbs lie lame And unregarded age in corners thrown : Take that, and He that doth the ravens feed, Yea, providently caters for the sparrow, Be comfort to my age ! Here is the gold ; All this I give you.
Page 28 - Under the greenwood tree, Who loves to lie with me, And tune his merry note Unto the sweet bird's throat, Come hither, come hither, come hither; Here shall he see No enemy But winter and rough weather.
Page 31 - No, sir," quoth he, "Call me not fool till heaven hath sent me fortune." And then he drew a dial from his poke, And, looking on it with lack-lustre eye, Says very wisely, "It is ten o'clock. Thus we may see," quoth he, "how the world wags.