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The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the ... - Page 57
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text by G. Steevens ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 648 pages
...good now? Kath. Yes, good Griffith ; I were malicious else. Grif- This cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to much honour. From...that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he were unsatisfied in getting, (Which was -a sin,) yet in bestowing, madam, He was most princely : Ever witness...
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King Richard III. King Henry VIII. Troilus and Cressida

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 490 pages
...This cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to much honour from his cradle8. He was a scholar, and a ripe, and good one ; Exceeding...that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he were unsatisfied in getting (Which was a sin), yet in bestowing, madam, He was most princely : Ever witness...
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Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical, Volume 5

George Daniel, John Cumberland - English drama - 1826 - 530 pages
...Crom. This cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to much honour from Ms cradle : He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one...spoken, and persuading : Lofty, and sour, to them that loved him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer : And though he were unsatisfy'd...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 35

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1827 - 648 pages
...Himself with princes ;' But not without reason, for if he had faults he had also many virtues : — ' . From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good...spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not ; But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he were unsatisfied in...
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The Beauties of Shakspeare Regularly Selected from Each Play. With a General ...

William Shakespeare - 1827 - 658 pages
...that lov'd him not; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he were unsatisfied in getting, (Which was a sin,) yet in bestowing, madam,...Ever witness for him Those twins of learning, that he raisM in you, Ipswich, and Oxford ! one§ of which fell with hir Unwilling to outlive the good that...
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The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare: With a Life, Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1828 - 384 pages
...I were malicious else. Gnf. This cardinal, Though from an humhle stock, undouhtedly Was ftishion'd to much honour from his cradle. He was a scholar,...that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he were unsatisfied in getting (Which was a sin), yet, in hestowing, madam, He was most princely ; Ever witness...
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Exercises in Reading and Recitation

Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...good now? Kath. Yes, good Griffith; I were malicious else. Grif. This Cardinal, Though from a humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to much honour. From...spoken, and persuading: Lofty and sour, to them that loved him not; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he were unsatisfied in...
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Memorials of Shakspeare: Or, Sketches of His Character and Genius

Nathan Drake - Dramatists, English - 1828 - 522 pages
...Himself with princes; but not without reason, for if he had faults, he had also many virtues:— ' From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good...spoken, and persuading: Lofty and sour to them that loved him not; But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he were unsatisfied in...
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Exercises in Reading and Recitation

Jonathan Barber - Readers, American - 1828 - 266 pages
...that loved him not; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he were unsatisfied in getting, (Which was a sin) yet in bestowing, madam,...Ever witness for him Those twins of learning, that he raised in you, Ipswich and Oxford ! One of which fell with him, Unwilling to outlive the good that...
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Timbuctoo: A Poem, which Obtained the Chancellor's Medal at the Cambridge ...

Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1829 - 82 pages
...2. GRIFFITH. KATHARINE. GRIFF. THIS Cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashioned to much honour. From his cradle, He was a Scholar,...that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he were unsatisfied in getting, (Which was a sin,) yet in bestowing, Madam, He was most princely. Ever witness...
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