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The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson, George ... - Page 286
by William Shakespeare - 1807
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The Philosophy of Shakspere: Extracted from His Plays

William Shakespeare, Michael Henry Rankin - 1841 - 266 pages
...if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it; Making it momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream...the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heav'n and earth, And ere a man hath power to say ' Behold !' The jaws of darkness do devour it up...
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The Lottery of Life, Volume 1

Marguerite Gardiner (countess of Blessington.) - British literature - 1842 - 986 pages
...if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it, Making it momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream,...the collied night, That (in a spleen) unfolds both heav'n and earth , And, ere a man hath power to say behold, The jaws of darkness do devour it up —...
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The works of Shakspere, revised from the best authorities: with a ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 pages
...there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness, did lay siege to it; Making it momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream...both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say, " Behold !" The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion. Her....
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Knight's Cabinet edition of the works of William Shakspere, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 376 pages
...night, That, in a spleen,0 unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright...confusion. Her. If then true lovers have been ever cross'd, B Beteem — pour forth. b Cullicd — black, smutted. It stands as an edict in destiny : Then let...
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Midsummer-night's dream. Love's labor's lost. Merchant of Venice. As y@u ...

William Shakespeare - 1844 - 554 pages
...night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up. So quick bright...confusion. Her. If then true lovers have been ever crossed, It stands as an edict in destiny. Then let us teach our trial patience, Because it is a customary...
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Letters of the Kings of England: Now First Collected from the ..., Volume 2

James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - Great Britain - 1846 - 522 pages
...eloquent and touching passage in Shakespeare, speaking of the uncertainty of worldly affection :— " Swift as a shadow, short as any dream; Brief as the...it up : So quick bright things come to confusion." God to defend you against all evils, and that he be your shield. Farewell, dearest sister. 26th September,...
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Midsummer-night's dream. Love's labor's lost. Merchant of Venice. As you ...

William Shakespeare - 1846 - 560 pages
...momentany a as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream, Brief as the lightning in the collied 3 night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and...up. So quick bright things come to confusion. Her. O hell! to choose love by another's eye ! Her. If then true lovers have been ever crossed, It stands...
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Letters of the Kings of England: Now First Collected from Royal ..., Volume 2

James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - Great Britain - 1846 - 520 pages
...eloquent and touching passage in Shakespeare, speaking of the uncertainty of worldly affection :— " Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the...both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say, — behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion."...
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Comedies. Two gentlemen of Verona

William Shakespeare - 1847 - 760 pages
...if there were a sympathy hi choice, Wnr, death, or sickness did lay siege to it, Making it momentany as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream...both heaven and earth. And ere a man hath power to say, — behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion....
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: Twelfth night ; Measure for measure ; Much ...

William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - Azerbaijan - 1847 - 474 pages
...there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it ; Making it momentany as a sound *, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream...That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth, 1 Beteem them — ] Give them, pour out upon them. 7 momentany at a sound,] ie momentary. s the collied...
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