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... hast thou got ! thou hast got more hair on thy chìn , than Dobbin my thill - horse has on his tail . Laun . It should seem then , that Dobbin's tail grows backward ; I am sure , he had more hair on his tail , than I have on my face ...
... hast thou got ! thou hast got more hair on thy chìn , than Dobbin my thill - horse has on his tail . Laun . It should seem then , that Dobbin's tail grows backward ; I am sure , he had more hair on his tail , than I have on my face ...
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... hast obtain'd thy suit : Shylock , thy master , spoke with me this day , And hath preferr'd thee ; if it be preferment , To leave a rich Jew's service to become The follower of so poor a gentleman . Laun . The old proverb is very well ...
... hast obtain'd thy suit : Shylock , thy master , spoke with me this day , And hath preferr'd thee ; if it be preferment , To leave a rich Jew's service to become The follower of so poor a gentleman . Laun . The old proverb is very well ...
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William Shakespeare. What , Jessica ! -thou shalt not gormandize , As thou hast done with me ; - What , Jessica ! - And sleep and snore , and rend apparel out ; Why , Jessica , I say ! Laun . Why , Jessica ! Shy . Who bids thee call ? I ...
William Shakespeare. What , Jessica ! -thou shalt not gormandize , As thou hast done with me ; - What , Jessica ! - And sleep and snore , and rend apparel out ; Why , Jessica , I say ! Laun . Why , Jessica ! Shy . Who bids thee call ? I ...
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... hast thou found my daughter ? Tub . I often came where I did hear of her , but cannot find her . 78 Shy . Why there , there , there , there ! a diamond gone , cost me two thousand ducats in Frankfort ! the curse never fell upon our ...
... hast thou found my daughter ? Tub . I often came where I did hear of her , but cannot find her . 78 Shy . Why there , there , there , there ! a diamond gone , cost me two thousand ducats in Frankfort ! the curse never fell upon our ...
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... Hast thou of me , as she is for a wife . Jes . Nay , but ask my opinion too of that .. 670 Lor . I will anon ; first , let us go to dinner . Jes . Nay , let me praise you while I have a sto- mach . Lor . No , pray thee , let it serve ...
... Hast thou of me , as she is for a wife . Jes . Nay , but ask my opinion too of that .. 670 Lor . I will anon ; first , let us go to dinner . Jes . Nay , let me praise you while I have a sto- mach . Lor . No , pray thee , let it serve ...
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Page 33 - 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 109 - 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 35 - Shylock, we would have moneys :" — you say so ; You, that did void your rheum upon my beard, And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur Over your threshold : moneys is your suit. What should I say to you ? Should I not say, " Hath a dog money ? is it possible A cur can lend three thousand ducats...
Page 42 - Tis but an hour ago since it was nine, And after one hour more 'twill be eleven ; And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot ; And thereby hangs a tale.
Page 47 - The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side ; His youthful hose, well sav'd, a world too wide For his shrunk shank ; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound.
Page 32 - I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following ; but I will not eat with you, drink with you, nor pray with you.
Page 27 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...
Page 73 - In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil? In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow Will bless it, and approve it with a text, Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?
Page 111 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines...
Page 32 - How like a fawning publican he looks ! I hate him for he is a Christian, But more for that in low simplicity He lends out money gratis and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice. If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.