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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 and Poems of William Shakespeare: Printed from the Text ..., Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 494 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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Knight's Cabinet edition of the works of William Shakspere, Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 364 pages
...now 1 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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William Shakspere: A Biography, Book 2

Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 pages
...a distant day, when he held that the great glory of Wolsey was to have founded Christchurch : — " He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one : Exceeding...him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet us summer. And though he were unsatisfied in getting, (Which was a sin), yet in bestowing, madam, He...
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The works of Shakspere, revised from the best authorities: with a ..., Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 672 pages
...I were malicious else. Grif. This cardinal, Though from an humhle stock, undouhtedly Was fashioned to much honour from his cradle. He was a scholar,...spoken, and persuading: Lofty and sour to them that loved him not, But to those men thatsoughthim sweet as summer. And though he were unsatisfied in getting...
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The English Universities: From the German of V. A. Huber ...

Victor Aimé Huber - Education, Higher - 1843 - 702 pages
...of its poetic worth, is pregnant with historical truth : — "This Cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to much honour. From...one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Ixifty and sour, to them that lov'd him not ; lint , to those men that sought him, sweet as summer....
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Payne's universum, or pictorial world: engravings of ..., Issue 106, Volume 2

Albert Henry Payne - 1844 - 286 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...not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as sumnu-r And though he were unsatisfied in getting, (Which was a sin,) yet in bestowing, madam, He was...
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The Plays and Poems of Shakespeare,: According to the Improved ..., Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1844 - 348 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,...ever witness for him Those twins of learning, that he raised in you, Ipswich, and Oxford ! one of which fell with Unwilling to outlive the good that did...
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 58

American literature - 1863 - 518 pages
...told with matchless truth and beauty in the words supplied by Shakspeare to his faithful followers : " He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding...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 was unsatisfied in...
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Studies in English poetry [an anthology] with biogr. sketches and notes by J ...

Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...ill example. The bright side. THIS Cardinal Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashioned to much honour from his cradle. He was a scholar,...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 Annals of the English Bible

Christopher Anderson - Bible - 1845 - 672 pages
...came before him, were most likely to serve his purpose. At least so has Shakespeare sung his praise. " He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding...spoken, and persuading ; Lofty and sour to them that loved him not. But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer." Wolsey commenced by naming the Dean,...
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