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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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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1813 - 490 pages
...made up. And that so lamely and unfashionable, That dogs hark at me, as I halt by them ; — Why 1, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight...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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Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and ..., Volumes 22-23

1843 - 798 pages
...starts upon his course of action. There is cool self-possession, and unswerving energy of purpose. " Since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair,...well-spoken days, I am determined to prove a villain !" He redeems his pledge, through crime and blood, till he is fixed upon the throne. These are touches...
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare. Whittingham's ed, Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1814 - 520 pages
...made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable, That dogs hark at me, as I halt by them ; — Why I, m this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to...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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Shakspeare's himself again; or the language of the poet asserted

Andrew Becket - 1815 - 748 pages
...here, I think, disguising. Nature that made me a man, yet disguised me by unseemly features. B. Glo. Why I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no...in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity : And descant on mine m>n deformity :] Descant is a term in music, signifying in general that kind of harmony...
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Elegant extracts in poetry, Volume 2

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...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 spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on my own deformity: And therefore — since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair, well-spoken...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1818 - 324 pages
...time ; -And descant on mine own deformity ; Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And therefore,—since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days,— I am determined to prove a villain, And hate the idle pleasures of these days.* Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous,6 By drunken prophecies,...
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Iskander; or, The hero of Epirus

Arthur Spenser - 1819 - 670 pages
...changed from love to revenge, determined to find a gratification of hatred, if not of love. CHAPTER VI. •Since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these...well-spoken days, I am determined to prove a villain -Oh, my love ! my wife ! Death that hath suck'd the honey from thy lips Hath had no power yet upon...
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The Plays of Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 pages
...piping time of peace, Hive no delight to pass away the time ; tnless to spy iny shadow in the sun, ind descant on mine own deformity ; And therefore, —...a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days, — lam determined to prove a villain, And hate the idle pleasures of these days. Plots have I laid,...
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The life and death of king Richard iii, a tragedy restored and re-arranged ...

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 108 pages
...half made up, B 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...shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity. Then, since this earth affords no joy to me, But to command, to check, to o'erbear such As are of better...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 19

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 518 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...shadow in the sun, (And descant on mine own deformity 7 ; And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover 8, another : but nature that puts together things...
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