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" And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes ; And, like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation,... "
The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the corrected copy ... - Page 226
by William Shakespeare - 1805
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The Works of William Shakespeare: Comprising His Dramatic and ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 508 pages
...I never promised, By how much better than my word I am. By so much shall I falsify men's hopes ;'° And, like bright metal on a sullen" ground, My reformation,...Than that which hath no foil to set it off. I'll so oflèndj to make offence a skill : Redeeming time, when men think least I will. [l'..¡. (7) Fine weather...
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The Works of Shakespeare: The Text Regulated by the Recently ..., Volume 4

William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 446 pages
...debt I never promised, By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes ; And. like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation,...eyes, Than that which hath no foil to set it off. I 'll so offend, to make offence a skill, Redeeming time, when men think least I will. [Exit. SCENE...
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Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations: Exhibiting the Most Forcible ...

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 444 pages
...Before thy face repent. AC iv. 9. And begin to patch up thine old body for heaven. H. IV. PT. n. ii. 4. Like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation,...eyes, Than that which hath no foil to set it off. H. IV. PT. I. i.2. Never came reformation in a flood, With such a heavy current, scow'ring faults :...
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The New York Journal: An Illustrated Literary Periodical, Volume 3

1854 - 380 pages
...one they meet. There is genuine philosophy in it, and therefore all the more encouragement : — " And like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation,...more eyes, Than that which hath no foil to set it oíf." " I HAVE found," writes a friend Cram a town not far from our city, " I have found here a veritable...
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Lectures on English History and Tragic Poetry, as Illustrated by Shakespeare

Henry Reed - Great Britain - 1856 - 484 pages
...debt I never promised, By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes ; And like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation,...skill ; Redeeming time when men think least I will." This soliloquy, at his first introduction, sets before us the thoughtful element in the prince's character;...
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Palæstra musarum; or, Materials for translation into Greek verse, selected ...

Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1856 - 384 pages
...shall I falsify men's hopes ; And, like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glitt'ring o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly, and attract...skill, Redeeming time, when men think least I will. 489. But heare hys ruthefull end. The noble prince, pears'd with the sodeine wound, Out of his wretched...
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The Works of Shakespeare: the Text Carefully Restored According to the First ...

William Shakespeare - 1857 - 602 pages
...H. *2 Hopes is used simply for expectations, no uncommon use of the word even al ttje present day. And, like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation,...Redeeming time, when men think least I will. [Exit. SCENE III. The same. • Another Room in the Palace. Enter the KING, NORTHUMBERLAND, WORCESTER, HOTSPUR,...
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The philosophy of William Shakespeare delineating in seven hundred and fifty ...

William Shakespeare - 1857 - 710 pages
...behaviour I throw oS, And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better than my word I am, And, lite bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glittering...skill ; Redeeming time, when men think least I will. K. HEM! Y IV., PART II., A. 1, S. 2. BEGGING A PARENT'S PRAYERS. O THou, the earthly author of my blood,...
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The Plays of Shakespeare with the Poems, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1858 - 830 pages
...debt I never promised. By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes ;d C W D ; will.C" [Exit. SCENE III.— The same. A Room in tht Palace. Enter KINO HENRY, NORTHUMBERLAND, WORCESTER,...
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The Plays of Shakespeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - Registers of births, etc - 1858 - 832 pages
...debt I never promised, By how much better than my word I am. By so much shall I falsify men's hopes ;* And, like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation,...set it off. I'll so offend, to make offence a skill ; Kedeemiiig time, when men think least I SCENE III.— The game. A Room, m At Palace. KINO HENRY,...
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