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... things ) may be likened to a distaff with wool on it . ( 5 ) Ancient , or ensign - bearer . Iago , on inspecting the map , may be easily conceived to be executing such an office ; the colours , in light , being considered as either ...
... things ) may be likened to a distaff with wool on it . ( 5 ) Ancient , or ensign - bearer . Iago , on inspecting the map , may be easily conceived to be executing such an office ; the colours , in light , being considered as either ...
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... thing . But I beseech If't be your pleasure and most wise consent [ you , ( As partly , I find , it is ) that your fair daughter , At this odd - even and dull watch of the night , ( 12 ) ( 12 ) Rodorigo's ( the same as Hudibras's ) hand ...
... thing . But I beseech If't be your pleasure and most wise consent [ you , ( As partly , I find , it is ) that your fair daughter , At this odd - even and dull watch of the night , ( 12 ) ( 12 ) Rodorigo's ( the same as Hudibras's ) hand ...
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... thing ? Rod . Yes , Sir , I have , indeed . [ had her . Bra . Call up my brother . Oh , ' would you had Some one way , some another - Do you know Where we may apprehend her and the Moor ? Rod . I think I can discover him , if you please ...
... thing ? Rod . Yes , Sir , I have , indeed . [ had her . Bra . Call up my brother . Oh , ' would you had Some one way , some another - Do you know Where we may apprehend her and the Moor ? Rod . I think I can discover him , if you please ...
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... things of sense , If she in chains of magic ( 21 ) were not bound , Whether a maid , so tender , fair , and happy ... thing as thou ; to fear , not to delight ? Judge me the world , if it is not gross in sense , That thou hast practis ...
... things of sense , If she in chains of magic ( 21 ) were not bound , Whether a maid , so tender , fair , and happy ... thing as thou ; to fear , not to delight ? Judge me the world , if it is not gross in sense , That thou hast practis ...
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... thing , To fall in love with what she feared to look on- It is a judgment maimed , and most imperfect , ( 13 ) That will confess , affection so could err Against all rules of nature ; and must be driven To find out practices of cunning ...
... thing , To fall in love with what she feared to look on- It is a judgment maimed , and most imperfect , ( 13 ) That will confess , affection so could err Against all rules of nature ; and must be driven To find out practices of cunning ...
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Page 249 - The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook ; And of those demons that are found In fire, air, flood, or under ground, Whose power hath a true consent With planet or with element. Sometime let gorgeous Tragedy In sceptred pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes or Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine, Or what — though rare — of later age Ennobled hath the buskin'd stage.
Page 247 - Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Page 184 - Mark you this, Bassanio, The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul, producing holy witness, Is like a villain with a smiling cheek ; A goodly apple rotten at the heart : O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath ! Shy.
Page 246 - Though justice be thy plea, consider this — That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation ; we do pray for mercy ; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.
Page 37 - tis in ourselves that we are thus, or thus. Our bodies are our gardens ; to the which our wills are gardeners : so that if we will plant nettles, or sow lettuce ; set hyssop, and weed up thyme ; supply it with one gender of herbs, or distract it with many ; either to have it sterile with idleness, or manured with industry ; why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.
Page 234 - In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique pageantry; Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream.