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" Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, . Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to spy my shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity: And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days, I am determined... "
King Henry VI, part 3. King Richard III - Page 6
by William Shakespeare - 1788
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Personal Identity: Volume 22, Part 2

Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred Dycus Miller, Jeffrey Paul - Law - 2005 - 418 pages
...a several Tale, And every Tale condemns me for a Villain; 37 The Tragedy of Richard III, 1.1.30-32: "and therefore, since I cannot prove a lover / To...well-spoken days, / I am determined to prove a villain. . . ." Perjury, in the high'st Degree, Murder, stern murder, in the dir'st degree, All several sins,...
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Shakespeare

George Ian Duthie - Art - 2005 - 216 pages
...Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass" (I, i, 14-15). And he goes on, at line 28, to say this: And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover. To entertain...well-spoken days, I am determined to prove a villain And hate the idle pleasures of these days. Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous, By drunken prophecies,...
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The Practical Shakespeare: The Plays in Practice and on the Page

Colin Butler - Drama - 2005 - 217 pages
...scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them — Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to see my shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity. And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover...
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The Shakespeare Project: An Arsenal of Scenes and Speeches from the Pen of ...

James Zager, William Shakespeare - Drama - 2005 - 70 pages
...world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them. Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to see my shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity. And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover...
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The Lives of Dwarfs: Their Journey from Public Curiosity Toward Social ...

Betty M. Adelson - History - 2005 - 482 pages
...nature Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up . . . since I cannot prove a lover. To entertain these fair well-spoken days, I am determined to prove a villain.14 A gripping monologue by a vengeful dwarf occurs in James Rees's The Dwarf, a Dramatic Poem...
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Disability Studies and the Hebrew Bible: Figuring Mephibosheth in the David ...

Jeremy Schipper - Religion - 2006 - 182 pages
...scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them... And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover To entertain...well-spoken days, I am determined to prove a villain And hate the idle pleasures of these days. Plots I have laid, inductions dangerous. To set my brother...
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Mooncalves

Kathleen McCracken - Abnormalities, Human - 2007 - 132 pages
...merlons and embrasures) has morphed into glass — the heady humour of the deathless, mortal fool. Wliy, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight...shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity. Whether Binky, Sterno, Lindo Benson Hedges or Mari Barbola I am gurning, grimacing, laughing out loud...
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Outdoor Monuments of Manhattan: A Historical Guide

Dianne L. Durante - Art - 2007 - 312 pages
...monuments, Our stern alarums changed to merry meetings, Our dreadful marches to delightful measures. And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover To entertain...well-spoken days, I am determined to prove a villain And hate the idle pleasures of these days. About the Sculpture —Shakespeare's Richard III, ca. 1600...
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Double Vision: Moral Philosophy and Shakespearean Drama

Tzachi Zamir - Philosophy - 2011 - 251 pages
...scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them — Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to see my shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity. And therefore, since I cannot prove a...
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Determined to prove a villain: Zur Charakterisierung der Hauptfigur in ...

Markus Bulgrin - 2007 - 28 pages
...scrace half made up, And that so lamely and unfashhionable That dogs barke at me as I halt by them — Why I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to see my shadow in the sun And descent on mine own deformity. (Aktl, l, 18-27) Andererseits — und dies...
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