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... nature ! " This same conception is carried to an impossible ex- treme in " The Winter's Tale . " Perdita , a king's daughter , is brought up from infancy by a shepherd and his wife , and supposes herself to be their child . She grows up ...
... nature ! " This same conception is carried to an impossible ex- treme in " The Winter's Tale . " Perdita , a king's daughter , is brought up from infancy by a shepherd and his wife , and supposes herself to be their child . She grows up ...
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... nature of your error , Should give you harbour ? Go you to France , or Flanders , To any German province , Spain , or Portugal , Nay , anywhere that not adheres to England , Why , you must needs be strangers . Would you be pleased To ...
... nature of your error , Should give you harbour ? Go you to France , or Flanders , To any German province , Spain , or Portugal , Nay , anywhere that not adheres to England , Why , you must needs be strangers . Would you be pleased To ...
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... nature she's immediate heir , And these breed honour : honours thrive , When rather from our acts we them derive Than our foregoers : What should be said ? If thou canst like this creature as a maid , I can create the rest : virtue and ...
... nature she's immediate heir , And these breed honour : honours thrive , When rather from our acts we them derive Than our foregoers : What should be said ? If thou canst like this creature as a maid , I can create the rest : virtue and ...
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... natural reformer , any one whose instinctive re- sponse to " this sorry scheme of things " is a passionate wish to " re - mold it nearer to the heart's desire , " is apt to be repelled from Shakespeare , not so much because he is ...
... natural reformer , any one whose instinctive re- sponse to " this sorry scheme of things " is a passionate wish to " re - mold it nearer to the heart's desire , " is apt to be repelled from Shakespeare , not so much because he is ...
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... natural affinities were with the court and the nobility , the wealthy and influential patrons of the stage . His usual ... nature and society , for all time ; but who else has expressed so much ? Take him for all in all , we shall hardly ...
... natural affinities were with the court and the nobility , the wealthy and influential patrons of the stage . His usual ... nature and society , for all time ; but who else has expressed so much ? Take him for all in all , we shall hardly ...
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Page 38 - I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news ; Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet...
Page 35 - And rouse him at the name of Crispian. He, that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his friends, And say — to-morrow is Saint Crispian : Then will he strip his sleeve, and show his scars, And say, these wounds I had on Crispin's day.
Page 182 - Upon the back of that, comes out a hideous monster, with fire and smoke and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a cave. While, in the meantime, two armies fly in, represented with four swords and bucklers and then what hard heart will not receive it for a pitched field?
Page 21 - And when I am king, as king I will be, — All. God save your majesty ! Cade. I thank you, good people : there shall be no money ; all shall eat and drink on my score ; and I will apparel them all in one livery, that they may agree like brothers, and worship me their lord.
Page 21 - Be brave then ; for your captain is brave, and vows reformation. There shall be, in England, seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny : the threehooped pot shall have ten hoops ; and I will make it felony to drink small beer: all the realm shall be in common, and in Cheapside shall my palfrey go to grass.
Page 188 - Triumph, my Britain, thou hast one to show, To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but for all time!
Page 51 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Page 60 - Not to-day, O Lord, O, not to-day, think not upon the fault My father made in compassing the crown ! I Richard's body have interred new ; And on it have bestow'd more contrite tears, Than from it issued forced drops of blood. Five hundred poor I have in yearly pay, Who twice...
Page 85 - The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end.
Page 35 - This story shall the good man teach his son ; And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered, We few, we happy few, we band of brothers ; For he today that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother.