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... woman , who disdains no means that may help to nerve and confirm her . Wonderfully in keeping , too , is her obtuse reply to her husband's agony of remorse , and affecting apostrophe to sleep : — " Still it cried , ' Sleep no more ...
... woman , who disdains no means that may help to nerve and confirm her . Wonderfully in keeping , too , is her obtuse reply to her husband's agony of remorse , and affecting apostrophe to sleep : — " Still it cried , ' Sleep no more ...
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... women promised ; —and , I fear , Thou play'dst most foully for it : -yet it was said , It should not stand in thy posterity : But that myself should be the root and father Of many kings . If there come truth from them , ( As upon thee ...
... women promised ; —and , I fear , Thou play'dst most foully for it : -yet it was said , It should not stand in thy posterity : But that myself should be the root and father Of many kings . If there come truth from them , ( As upon thee ...
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... woman , an ordinary play - writer would have followed the usual recipe for concocting a lady's maid , by making her clack like a mill- wheel . Shakespeare knew that courtly serving - women hear , see , and say nothing ; and in such a ...
... woman , an ordinary play - writer would have followed the usual recipe for concocting a lady's maid , by making her clack like a mill- wheel . Shakespeare knew that courtly serving - women hear , see , and say nothing ; and in such a ...
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... woman , are , in their respective vocations and habits , both edifying . The Doctor says : — " I have watched two nights with you , but can perceive no truth in your report . " Gent . Since his majesty went into the field , I have seen ...
... woman , are , in their respective vocations and habits , both edifying . The Doctor says : — " I have watched two nights with you , but can perceive no truth in your report . " Gent . Since his majesty went into the field , I have seen ...
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... woman's protestation , " I would not have such a heart in my bosom for the dignity of the whole body , " is one of the most solemnly affecting ap- peals ever penned . I have spoken of the duplicity to which all are compelled , who by ...
... woman's protestation , " I would not have such a heart in my bosom for the dignity of the whole body , " is one of the most solemnly affecting ap- peals ever penned . I have spoken of the duplicity to which all are compelled , who by ...
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