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" I'll example you with thievery: The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast sea: the moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun... "
Carleton's Hand-book of Popular Quotations - Page 171
1877 - 340 pages
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare. Whittingham's ed, Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1814 - 520 pages
...you rob : take wealth and lives together; Do villany, do, since you profess to do't, Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery: The sun's a thief,...her pale fire she snatches from the sun : The sea's a.thief, whose liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears: the earth's a thief, That feeds and...
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Elegant extracts in poetry, Volume 2

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...Do villany, do, since you profess to do't, Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery: The sum's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast...; the earth's a thief, That feeds and breeds by a comjxjsture stolen From gen'ral excrement : each thing's a thief ; The laws, your curb and whip, in...
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Lieder, Volume 1

Anacreon - 1816 - 344 pages
...allée trtnftl The sun's a thief, «ml with his great attraction Robs the vast sea: the moon's an arraut thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun;...liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears; the earth a thief, That feeds and breeds by a composture stolen From general excrement: each Thing's a...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1817 - 366 pages
...not suppose these t-> be imitations, but only to be similar thoughts on similar secasions. JOHiNSON. The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs...stolen From general excrement: each thing's a thief; The laws, your curb and whip, in their rough power Have uncheck'd theft. Love not yourselves ; away...
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The Family Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes; in which Nothing is Added ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1818 - 444 pages
...you rob : take wealth and lives together ; Do villainy, do, since you profess to do't, Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery : The sun's a thief,...stolen From general excrement : each thing's a thief; The laws, your curb and whip, in their rough power Have uncheck'd theft. Love not yourselves : away...
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The Plays of Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 pages
...Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery : The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Uobs the vast sea : the moon's an arrant thief, And her...a composture stolen From general excrement : each tiling's a thief; The laws, your curb and whip, in their rough power Have uncheck'd theft. Love not...
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Odes of Anacreon, tr. into Engl. verse, with notes. By T. Moore, Volume 1

Anacreon - 1820 - 196 pages
...where the thoughts of the ode before us are preserved with such striking similitude: TIMON, ACT IV. I'll example you with thievery. The sun's a thief,...The moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatehes from the sun. The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves The mounds into salt tears. The...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 676 pages
...matters may not always be so easily managed : — a plagiarism from Anacreon hath been detected : " The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction "...earth's a thief, " That feeds and breeds by a composture stol'n " From gen'ral excrement : each thing's a thief." " This (says Dr. Dodd) is a good deal in the...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 13

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 456 pages
...you rob : take wealth and lives together; Do villainy, do, since you profess to do't 9, Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery: The sun's a thief,...The moon into salt tears ' : the earth's a thief, 9 — since you PROFESS to do't,] The old copy has — •protest. The correction was made by Mr. Theobald....
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 13

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 454 pages
...you rob : take wealth and lives together; Do villainy, do, since you profess to do't 9, Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery: The sun's a thief,...whose liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears l : the earth's a thief, 9 — since you PROFESS to do't,] The old copy has— -protest. The correction...
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