Tales from Shakespear, by C. [and M.] Lamb, Volume 1 |
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Here Ariel sung this pretty song : “ Where the bee sucks , there suck I , In a cowslip's bell I lie : There I couch when owls do cry . On the bat's back I do fly After summer merrily . Merrily , merrily , shall I live now Under the ...
Here Ariel sung this pretty song : “ Where the bee sucks , there suck I , In a cowslip's bell I lie : There I couch when owls do cry . On the bat's back I do fly After summer merrily . Merrily , merrily , shall I live now Under the ...
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Page 228 - Be bloody, bold, And resolute : laugh to scorn the power of man, For none of woman born shall harm Macbeth.
Page 20 - On the bat's back I do fly After summer merrily. Merrily, merrily shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
Page 152 - Why, this bond is forfeit ; And lawfully by this the Jew may claim A pound of flesh, to be by him cut off Nearest the merchant's heart : Be merciful ; Take thrice thy money ; bid me tear the bond.
Page 199 - Then they for sudden joy did weep, And I for sorrow sung, That such a king should play bo-peep, And go the fools among.
Page 143 - Signior Antonio, many a time and oft In the Rialto you have rated me About my moneys and my usances : Still have I borne it with a patient shrug, For sufferance is the badge of all our tribe. You call me misbeliever, cut-throat dog, And spit upon my Jewish gaberdine, And all for use of that which is mine own. Well, then, it now appears you need my help. Go to, then ; you come to me, and you say, Shylock, we would have moneys...
Page 101 - But whate'er you are That in this desert inaccessible, Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time ; If ever you have look'd on better days, If ever been where bells have knoll'd to church.
Page 64 - Is it possible Disdain should die while she hath such meet food to feed it as Signior Benedick? Courtesy itself must convert to disdain if you come in her presence.
Page 142 - 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. He hates our sacred nation; and he rails, Even there where merchants most do congregate, On me, my bargains, and my well-won thrift, Which he calls interest: Cursed be my tribe If I forgive him ! BASS.
Page 6 - ... tackle, sail, or mast : there he left us, as he thought, to perish. But a kind lord of my court, one Gonzalo, who loved me, had privately placed in the boat, water, provisions, apparel, and some books, which I prize above my dukedom.
Page 233 - With thy keen sword impress, as make me bleed: Let fall thy blade on vulnerable crests; I bear a charmed life , which must not yield To one of woman born.
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| Title | Tales from Shakespear, by C. [and M.] Lamb, Volume 1 Tales from Shakespear, by C. [and M.] Lamb, Charles Lamb |
| Author | Charles Lamb |
| Published | 1807 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 13 Sep 2007 |
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