Mr. William Shakespeare: His Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies, Volume 2D. Leach, 1767 |
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againſt ANGE anſwer Antiphilus Bawd Beatrice Benedick Biron BORACHIO brother CLAU Claudio Clow death doft thou doth Dromio Duke ELBO Enter ESCA Exeunt Exit eyes faid fair falſe fame faſhion fave feek fent fhall fhame fhew fifter fignior fince firſt flander fome fool foul fpeak friar ftand ftill ftrange fuch fure fwear fweet give grace hath hear heart heaven Hero himſelf hither honour houſe husband ISAB itſelf jeft juftice lady Leonato lord Angelo LUCI madam mafter maid Marry marry'd miſtreſs moft moſt muft muſt myſelf Navarre never pardon Pompey pray prince Prov Provoft ſay SCENE ſhall ſhe ſhould ſpeak ſtand ſtay ſweet Syracufan tell thee there's thou art to-morrow tongue troth villain What's wife word yourſelf
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Page 4 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not.
Page 90 - A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it...
Page 17 - Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt.
Page 42 - Be absolute for death; either death, or life, Shall thereby be the sweeter. Reason thus with life,— If I do lose thee, I do lose a thing That none but fools would keep...
Page 14 - Stands at a guard with envy ; scarce confesses That his blood flows, or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone : hence shall we see, If power change purpose, what our seemers be.
Page 55 - From women's eyes this doctrine I derive: They sparkle still the right Promethean fire ; They are the books, the arts, the academes, That show, contain, and nourish all the world...
Page 47 - Why then, take no note of him, but let him go ; and presently call the rest of the watch together, and thank God you are rid of a knave.
Page 17 - We must not make a scare-crow of the law, ' Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror.
Page 55 - But love, first learned in a lady's eyes, Lives not alone immured in the brain; But, with the motion of all elements, Courses as swift as thought in every power, And gives to every power a double power, Above their functions and their offices.
Page 32 - That skins the vice o' the top. Go to your bosom ; Knock there ; and ask your heart what it doth know That's like my brother's fault ; if it confess A natural guiltiness such as is his, Let it not sound a thought upon your tongue Against my brother's life.