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... gently hinted to the few who are in danger of being misled by an excess of the generous impulses of fancy and feeling ; but need hardly , I think , be proclaimed by sound of trumpet amid the mocks of the world . No , no ; there ...
... gently hinted to the few who are in danger of being misled by an excess of the generous impulses of fancy and feeling ; but need hardly , I think , be proclaimed by sound of trumpet amid the mocks of the world . No , no ; there ...
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... gentle Ophelia , which prove that Shakspeare thought- ( and when did he ever think other than the truth ? ) — that women have by nature " virtues that are merciful , " and can be just , tender , and true to their sister women , whatever ...
... gentle Ophelia , which prove that Shakspeare thought- ( and when did he ever think other than the truth ? ) — that women have by nature " virtues that are merciful , " and can be just , tender , and true to their sister women , whatever ...
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... gentle dew from heaven : " —but in vain ; for that blessed dew drops not more fruitless and unfelt on the parched sand of the desert , then do these heavenly words upon the ear of Shylock . She next attacks his avarice : Shylock ...
... gentle dew from heaven : " —but in vain ; for that blessed dew drops not more fruitless and unfelt on the parched sand of the desert , then do these heavenly words upon the ear of Shylock . She next attacks his avarice : Shylock ...
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... gentle , yet manly resignation— the deep pathos of his farewell , and the affectionate allusion to herself in his last address to Bassanio- Commend me to your honourable wife ; Say how I lov'd you , speak me fair in death , & c.— are ...
... gentle , yet manly resignation— the deep pathos of his farewell , and the affectionate allusion to herself in his last address to Bassanio- Commend me to your honourable wife ; Say how I lov'd you , speak me fair in death , & c.— are ...
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... gentle spirit Commits itself to yours to be directed , As from her lord , her governor , her king . Myself , and what is mine , to you and yours Is now converted . But now I was the lord Of this fair mansion , master of my servants ...
... gentle spirit Commits itself to yours to be directed , As from her lord , her governor , her king . Myself , and what is mine , to you and yours Is now converted . But now I was the lord Of this fair mansion , master of my servants ...
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Page 237 - I'd have you buy and sell so ; so give alms ; Pray so ; and, for the ordering your affairs, To sing them too. When you do dance, I wish you A wave o' the sea, that you might ever do Nothing but that...
Page 168 - Thou mayst prove false: at lovers' perjuries, They say, Jove laughs. O gentle Romeo ! If thou dost love, pronounce it faithfully: Or if thou think'st I am too quickly won, I'll frown and be perverse and say thee nay, So thou wilt woo; but else, not for the world. In truth, fair Montague, I am too fond; And therefore thou mayst think my 'haviour light: But trust me, gentleman, I'll prove more true Than those that have more cunning to be strange.
Page 93 - The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren.
Page 238 - Even here undone ! I was not much afeard : for once, or twice, I was about to speak ; and tell him plainly, The selfsame sun, that shines upon his court, Hides not his visage from our cottage, but Looks on alike.— Will 't please you, sir, be gone?
Page 113 - It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown. His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this sceptred sway : It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself, And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice.
Page 240 - Give me those flowers there, Dorcas. — Reverend sirs, For you there's rosemary and rue ; these keep Seeming and savour all the Winter long : Grace and remembrance be to you both,7 And welcome to our shearing ! Polix.
Page 12 - Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God afraid of me: Safe from the Bar, the Pulpit, and the Throne, Yet touched and shamed by ridicule alone.
Page 115 - Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be quiet, For every pelting, petty officer, Would use his heaven for thunder ; Nothing but thunder.
Page 114 - Though justice be thy plea, consider this, That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.
Page 168 - I should have been more strange, I must confess, But that thou overheard'st, ere I was ware, My true love's passion: therefore pardon me, And not impute this yielding to light love, Which the dark night hath so discovered.