 Be absolute for death ; either death, or life, Shall thereby be the sweeter. Reason thus with life : — If I do lose thee, I do lose a thing That none but fools would keep : a breath thou art, Servile to all the skyey influences, That dost this habitation,...  Shakspeare's Measure for Measure: A Comedy - Page 30by William Shakespeare - 1803 - 68 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 332 pages
...miserable have no other medicine, But only hope : I have hope to live, and am prepared to die. Duke. Be absolute for death ; either death, or life, Shall thereby be the sweeter, lleason thus with life, — If I do lose thee, I dp lose a thing That none but fools would keep : a... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1819 - 560 pages
...miserable have no other medicine, But only hope : I have hope to live, and am prepaid to die. Duke. Be absolute for death ; either death, or life, Shall thereby be the sweeter. Reason thus with life,If I do lose thee, I do Jose a thing That none but fools would keep : a breath thou art, (Servile... | |
 | William Tudor - Boston (Mass.) - 1820 - 372 pages
...that will bear the support of poetry : let me recall a passage that you are well acquainted with. • Reason thus with life :— If I do lose thee, I do lose a thing That none but fools would reck ; — a breath them art, Servile to all the skyey influences, That do this habitation, where thou... | |
 | William Tudor - Boston (Mass.) - 1820 - 374 pages
...that will bear the support of poetry : let me recall a passage that yoa are well acquainted with. • Reason thus with life : — If I do lose thee, I do lose a thing That none but fools would reck ; — a breath thou art, Servile to all the skyey influences, That do this habitation, where thou... | |
 | Charlotte Smith - 1820 - 364 pages
...still were anxious to live ; and could never, as he at this moment found himself disposed to do — " Reason thus with life : If I do lose thee, I do lose a thing Which none but fools would keep." Yet he had seen many die in the field, who neither seemed to fear... | |
 | English literature - 1820 - 362 pages
...still were anxious to live; and could never, as he at this moment found himself disposed to do— " Reason thus with life : If I do lose thee, I do lose a thine; Which none but fools would keep." Yet he had seen many die in the field, who neither seemed... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 530 pages
...Philaster : " 1 had thought, thy mind " Had been of honour." STEEYENS. 94 MEASURE FOR MEASURE. ACT m. Shall thereby be the sweeter. Reason thus with life,—...thee, I do lose a thing That none but fools would keep 5 : a breath thou art, 4 Be absolute for death ;] Be determined to die, without any hope of life. Horace,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1822 - 446 pages
...no other medicine. Bat only hope : I have hope to live, and am prepar'd to die. Duke. Be absolutei for death; either death, or life, Shall thereby be...a thing That none but fools would keep : a breath them art (Servile to all the skiey influences,) That dost this hahitation, where thou keep'st, Hourly... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 322 pages
...all ages hence In them his deathless eloquence. THE ESTIMATE OF LIFE. IN THKEE PARTS. PART I. ; or, Reason thus with life ; If I do lose thee, I do lose a thing, That none but fools would weep. SHAKSP. Measure for Measure. OFFSPRING of folly and of noise, Fantastic train of airy joys, Cease,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 322 pages
...miserable have no other medicine, But only hope : I have hope to live, and am prepar'd to die. Duke. Be absolute for death ; either death, or life, Shall...skiey influences,) That dost this habitation, where tbou keep'st, Hourly afflict : merely, thou art death's fool ; For him thou labour'st by thy flight... | |
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