The comedies, histories, tragedies and poems of William Shakspere, ed. by C. Knight. National ed. [6], Volume 1 |
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... fortune there ; Some , to discover islands far away ; Some , to the studious universities o . For any , or for all these exercises , He said that Proteus , your son , was meet : And did request me to importune you , To let him spend his ...
... fortune there ; Some , to discover islands far away ; Some , to the studious universities o . For any , or for all these exercises , He said that Proteus , your son , was meet : And did request me to importune you , To let him spend his ...
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... fortune . ANT . And how stand you affected to his wish ? PRO . As one relying on your lordship's will , And not depending on his friendly wish . ANT . My will is something sorted with his wish : Muse not that I thus suddenly proceed ...
... fortune . ANT . And how stand you affected to his wish ? PRO . As one relying on your lordship's will , And not depending on his friendly wish . ANT . My will is something sorted with his wish : Muse not that I thus suddenly proceed ...
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... fortune in your eye : Was this the idol that you worship so ? VAL . Even she ; and is she not a heavenly saint ? PRO . No ; but she is an earthly paragon . In the original this line is given to Thurio ; and we are not sure that ...
... fortune in your eye : Was this the idol that you worship so ? VAL . Even she ; and is she not a heavenly saint ? PRO . No ; but she is an earthly paragon . In the original this line is given to Thurio ; and we are not sure that ...
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... thither them importune , Do curse the grace that with such grace hath bless'd them , Because myself do want my servants ' fortune . Lets - hinders . I curse myself , for they are sent by me 36 [ ACT III . TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA .
... thither them importune , Do curse the grace that with such grace hath bless'd them , Because myself do want my servants ' fortune . Lets - hinders . I curse myself , for they are sent by me 36 [ ACT III . TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA .
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... fortune had not thwarted me . 1 OUT . What , were you banish'd thence ? VAL . I was . 2 OUT . For what offence ? VAL . For that which now torments me to rehearse : I kill'd a man , whose death I much repent ; But yet I slew him manfully ...
... fortune had not thwarted me . 1 OUT . What , were you banish'd thence ? VAL . I was . 2 OUT . For what offence ? VAL . For that which now torments me to rehearse : I kill'd a man , whose death I much repent ; But yet I slew him manfully ...
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Page 473 - 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. Therefore, Jew, 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. I have spoke thus much To mitigate the justice of thy plea, Which if thou follow, this strict court...
Page 481 - The moon shines bright : — In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees, And they did make no noise ; in such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the Trojan walls, And sigh'd his soul toward the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay that night.
Page 475 - Tarry a little ; — there is something else. — This bond doth give thee here no jot of blood ; The words expressly are a pound of flesh : Then take thy bond, take thou thy pound of flesh ; But, in the cutting it, if thou dost shed One drop of Christian blood, thy lands and goods Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate Unto the state of Venice.
Page 387 - I had. The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report, what my dream was.
Page 244 - Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, Which we ascribe to heaven : the fated sky Gives us free scope ; only, doth backward pull Our slow designs, when we ourselves are dull.
Page 456 - Is now converted : but now I was the lord Of this fair mansion, master of my servants, Queen o'er myself; and even now, but now, This house, these servants, and this same myself, Are yours, my lord...
Page 363 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.