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" The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together : our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues. "
The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare - Page 171
by William Shakespeare - 1813
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The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish: To ..., Volume 1

Horace Smith - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1836 - 326 pages
...and soul retain their alliance, their joint offspring will ever bear a likeness to either parent. " The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and...; our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped tli em not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues." To begin with...
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Materials for thinking, extracted from the works of ancient and modern ...

1837 - 352 pages
...severe, that it consecrates to eternity or consigns to infamy. — Roger Coke. 765. Life Chequered. — The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and...not ; and our crimes would despair, if they were not cherished by our virtues. — Shakspeare. 766. Physic is of little use to a temperate person; for a...
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Complete Works: With Dr. Johnson's Preface, a Glossary, and an Account of ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 pages
...that he'll be glad of this. 1 Lord. How mightily, sometimes, we make us comforts of our losses ! it sav'd one8 1 oar faults whipped them not ; and our crimes would despair, if they were not cherish'd by our virtues....
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Gems of genius; or, Words of the wise: a collection of the most pointed ...

Andrew Steinmetz - 1838 - 360 pages
...476. It is more difficult to hinder ourselves from being governed, than to govern others.—Ib. 477. The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and...not; and our crimes would despair, if they were not cherished by our virtues.—Shakspeare. 478. Sweet are the uses of adversity; Which, like the toad,...
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The New Monthly Belle Assemblée, Volume 15

Fashion - 456 pages
...temperament. What is more true, or more justly descriptive of human nature, than this passage of Shakspeare? " The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and...not ; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues." The marked anxiety of Francisco produced a similar sensation in the bosom...
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Shakespeare's Autobiographical Poems: Being His Sonnets Clearly Developed ...

Charles Armitage Brown - Autobiography in literature - 1838 - 328 pages
..."good in every thing," without shutting his eyes to the evil. " The web of our life," he tells us, " is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together : our...not; and our crimes would despair, if they were not cherished by our virtues." This constant, undeviating, kind philosophy towards his fellow-creatures,...
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The complete works of William Shakspeare, with notes by the most ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 790 pages
...acquired for him, shall at home be encountered with a shame as ample. 1 Lord. The web of our life ia of a mingled yarn, good and ill together: our virtues...faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair, it they were not cherish 'd by our virtues. Enter a Servant. How now? where's your master? Serv. He...
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The Principles of Phrenology

Sid Smith - Phrenology - 1838 - 246 pages
...all of them contended, and the web of life of such a "mingled yarn — good and ill together — that our virtues would be proud, if our faults whipped...not; and our crimes would despair, if they were not cherished by our virtues." But the science of which we treat, is not merely confined in its advantages...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Midsummer-night's dream. Love's ...

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 550 pages
...that the word is used in both senses here. drown our gain in tears ! The great dignity that his valor hath here acquired for him, shall at home be encountered...not ; and our crimes would despair, if they were not cherished by our virtues. — Enter a Servant. How now ? where's your master ? Serv. He met the duke...
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All's well that ends well. Taming of the shrew. Winter's tale

William Shakespeare - 1841 - 394 pages
...And how mightily, some other times, we drown our gain in tears ! The great dignity, that his valor hath here acquired for him, shall at home be encountered...not ; and our crimes would despair, if they were not cherished by our virtues. Enter a SERVANT. How now ? where 's your master ? Ser. He met the duke in...
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