 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
 | English drama - 1826 - 506 pages
...such people a more correct description of the vanity of human life, than the following extract gives: Reason thus with, life — If I do lose thee, I do...skiey influences, That dost this habitation, where thott keep'st, Hourly afflict : merely, thou art death's fool ; For him thou labour's! by thy flight... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 482 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...thee, I do lose a thing That none but fools would keep3: a breath thou art, (Servile to all the skiey influences,) That dost this habitation, where thou... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 438 pages
...no other medicine, But only hope : I have hope to live, and am prepar'd to die. Duke. Be absolute 1 for death ; either death or life, Shall thereby be...thee, I do lose a thing That none but fools would keep2: a breath thou art, (Servile to all. the skiey influences), '•" ie temptation, instigation.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 444 pages
...no other medicine, But only hope : I have hope to live, and am prepar'd to die. Duke. Be absolute 1 for death ; either death or life, Shall thereby be...thee, I do lose a thing That none but fools would keep2: a breath thou art, (Servile to all the skiey influences), '7 ie temptation, instigation. ' ie... | |
 | George Daniel, John Cumberland - English drama - 1826 - 538 pages
...miserable have no other medicine, But only hope: I have hope to live, and am prepar'd to die, Duke (R.) Be absolute for death: either death or life, Shall...thereby be the sweeter. Reason thus with life — If I dolose thee, I do lose a thing That none but fools would keep : a breath thou art, Servile to all the... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 370 pages
...morning, Paterson had no sooner spoken these words, " • Keason thus with life : If I do lose thee, 1 do lose a thing That none but fools would keep; a breath thou art;" than he dropped into Mr. Moody's arms, and died instantly. He was interred at Bury St. Edmunds, and... | |
 | Michael Kelly, Theodore Edward Hook - Singers - 1826 - 418 pages
...dropped down dead, after repeating these words : — . " Reason thus with life — If I do lose thee, I lose a thing that none but fools would keep; — a breath thou Art." Alas ! poor Palmer ! his fate was a lamentable one ; he had been continually involved in difficulties,... | |
 | Michael Kelly - 1826 - 832 pages
...dropped down dead, after repeating these words : — " Reason thus with life — If I do lose thee, I lose a thing that none but fools would keep ; — a breath thou ait." Alas ! poor Palmer ! his fate was a lamentable one ; he had been continually involved in difficulties,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Theater - 1826 - 996 pages
...BITS hope to lire, and am prepar'd to die. Dale. Be absolute for death ; either death, or life, SaD BVd tbee, I do lose a thing ttal none but fools would keep : a breath tliou art, (Sirrile to ail the skiey... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1827 - 362 pages
...III. HOPE. The miserable have no other medicine, But only hope. . REFLECTIONS ON THJ3 VANITY OF LIFE. Reason thus with life, — If I do lose thee, I do...thing That none but fools would keep; a breath thou artj (Servile to all the skiey influences,) That dost this habitation, where thou keep'st, ; Hourly... | |
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