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The Works of William Shakespeare - Page 148
by William Shakespeare - 1812
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Sonnets of Three Centuries: A Selection Including Many Examples Hitherto ...

Sir Hall Caine - Sonnets, English - 1882 - 384 pages
...sooner but despised straight; Past reason hunted ; and no sooner had, Past reason hated, as a swallowed bait On purpose laid to make the taker mad : ^"Mad...and in quest to have, extreme; A bliss in proof, and proved, a very woe ; Before, a joy proposed ; behind, a dream. j All this the world well knows ; yet...
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The Antiquary, Volume 5

Edward Walford, George Latimer Apperson - Antiquities - 1882 - 298 pages
...I ought not to have omitted. " She touch 'el no unknown baits, nor fear'd no hooks." " Lust is ... .no sooner had Past reason hated, as a swallow'd bait...the taker mad ; Mad in pursuit, and in possession too." Lucrèce, 103. Sonnets, 129. Among Shakespeare's descriptions of river scenery, the following...
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Sonnets of Three Centuries: A Selection Including Many Examples Hitherto ...

Sir Hall Caine - Sonnets, English - 1882 - 378 pages
...Is perjured, murderous, bloody, full of blame, Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust ; Enjoyed no sooner but despised straight ; Past reason hunted ; and no sooner had, Past reason hated, as a swallowed bait On purpose laid to make the taker mad : Mad in pursuit, and in possession so ; Had,...
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Harper's Cyclopaedia of British and American Poetry

Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1882 - 1002 pages
...despised straight ; Past reason hunted ; and no sooner had, Past rea-sou hated ; as a swallowed b;iir, of the Lord! WHEN WE TWO PARTED. When we two parted In silence and tears, Half bro haviug, and in quest to have, extreme ; Л bliss iu proof — and proved, a very woo ; Jiefore, a joy...
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Shakspereis Works XII

Kegan Paul - 1883 - 332 pages
...Is perjur'd, murderous, bloody, full of blame, Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust; Enjoy'd no sooner but despised straight; Past reason hunted...in quest to have, extreme ; A bliss in proof, and prov'd, a very woe ; Before, a joy propos'd ; behind, a dream. All this the world well knows ; yet...
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Mr. William Shakespeare's comedies, histories, tragedies ..., Issue 7, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1883 - 946 pages
...Is perjur'd, murth'rous, bloody, full of blame, Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust, Enjoy 'd no sooner but despised straight, Past reason hunted,...in quest to have, extreme ; A bliss in proof, and prov'd, a very woe ; Before, a joy propos'd ; behind, a dream. All this the world well knows ; yet...
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The Works of Shakespeare: the Text Carefully Restored According to the First ...

William Shakespeare - English drama - 1883 - 596 pages
...Is perjur'd, murderous, bloody, full of blame, Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust ; Enjoy'd no sooner but despised straight ; Past reason hunted,...in quest to have, extreme ; A bliss in proof, and, prov'd, a very woe ; " Before, a joy propos'd ; behind, a dream : All this the world well knows ; yet...
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Shakespeare Commentaries

Georg Gottfried Gervinus - 1883 - 1020 pages
...of blame, Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust, Enjoyed no sooner, but despised straight, Pust reason hunted, and no sooner had Past reason hated,...quest to have, extreme ; A bliss in proof — and proved, a very woe ; Before, a joy proposed ; behind, a dream. All this the world well knows ; yet...
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Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1883 - 944 pages
...cruel, not to trust, Enjoy'd no sooner but despised straight, Past reason hunted, and no sooner bad Past reason hated, as a swallow'd bait On purpose...in quest to have, extreme ; A bliss in proof, and prov'd, a very woe ; Before, a joy propos'd ; behind, a dream. All this the world well knows ; yet...
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The Works of Shakespeare ...

William Shakespeare - 1883 - 972 pages
...Is perjur'd, murderous, bloody, full of blame, Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust ; Enjoy'd no sooner but despised straight ; Past reason hunted,...Past reason hated, as a swallow'd bait, On purpose Inid to make the taker mad : Mad in pursuit, and in possession so ; Had, having1, and in quest to have,...
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