The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 4F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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Page 278
... BIRON 2 . LONGAVILLE , Lords , attending on the King . DUMAIN , BOYET , MERCADE , Lords , attending on the Princess Sof France . DON ADRIANO DE ARMADO , a fantastical Spaniard . SIR NATHANIEL , a curate . HOLOFERNES , a schoolmaster ...
... BIRON 2 . LONGAVILLE , Lords , attending on the King . DUMAIN , BOYET , MERCADE , Lords , attending on the Princess Sof France . DON ADRIANO DE ARMADO , a fantastical Spaniard . SIR NATHANIEL , a curate . HOLOFERNES , a schoolmaster ...
Page 279
... BIRON , LONGAVILLE , and DUMAIN . KING . Let fame , that all hunt after in their lives , Live register'd upon our ... Birón , Dumain , and Longaville , Have sworn for three years ' term to live with me , My fellow - scholars , and to ...
... BIRON , LONGAVILLE , and DUMAIN . KING . Let fame , that all hunt after in their lives , Live register'd upon our ... Birón , Dumain , and Longaville , Have sworn for three years ' term to live with me , My fellow - scholars , and to ...
Page 280
... BIRON . I can but say their protestation over , So much , dear liege , I have already sworn , That is , To live and study here three years . But there are other strict observances : As , not to see a woman in that term ; Which , I hope ...
... BIRON . I can but say their protestation over , So much , dear liege , I have already sworn , That is , To live and study here three years . But there are other strict observances : As , not to see a woman in that term ; Which , I hope ...
Page 281
... BIRON . Let me say no , my liege , an if you please ; I only swore , to study with your grace , And stay here in your court for three years ' space . LONG . You swore to that , Birón , and to the rest . BIRON . By yea and nay , sir ...
... BIRON . Let me say no , my liege , an if you please ; I only swore , to study with your grace , And stay here in your court for three years ' space . LONG . You swore to that , Birón , and to the rest . BIRON . By yea and nay , sir ...
Page 282
... BIRON . Why , all delights are vain ; but that most vain , Which , with pain purchas'd , doth inherit pain : As , painfully to pore upon a book , To seek the light of truth ; while truth the while 8 Doth falsely blind the eyesight of ...
... BIRON . Why , all delights are vain ; but that most vain , Which , with pain purchas'd , doth inherit pain : As , painfully to pore upon a book , To seek the light of truth ; while truth the while 8 Doth falsely blind the eyesight of ...
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Page 390 - 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 20 - I have no other but a woman's reason : I think him so, because I think him so.
Page 283 - Save base authority from others' books. These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights, That give a name to every fixed star, Have no more profit of their shining nights, Than those that walk, and wot not what they are.
Page 53 - Not for the world : why, man, she is mine own ; And I as rich in having such a jewel As twenty seas, if all their sand were pearl, The water nectar, and the rocks pure gold.
Page 380 - You meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes More by your number than your light, You common people of the skies; What are you when the moon shall rise?