Measure for measure. Comedy of errorsPrinted for, and under the direction of, John Bell, 1788 |
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... hast ; whether thou art ❝tainted , or free . “ Lucio . Behold , behold , where madam Mitigation ❝comes ! I have purchas'd as many diseases under " her roof , as come to- 62 2 Gent . To what , I pray ? 1 Gent . Judge . " 2 Gent . To ...
... hast ; whether thou art ❝tainted , or free . “ Lucio . Behold , behold , where madam Mitigation ❝comes ! I have purchas'd as many diseases under " her roof , as come to- 62 2 Gent . To what , I pray ? 1 Gent . Judge . " 2 Gent . To ...
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... hast not , still thou striv'st to get ; And what thou hast , forget'st : " Thou art not certain ; " For thy complexion shifts to strange effects , " After the moon ; " If thou art rich , thou art poor ; For , like an ass , whose back ...
... hast not , still thou striv'st to get ; And what thou hast , forget'st : " Thou art not certain ; " For thy complexion shifts to strange effects , " After the moon ; " If thou art rich , thou art poor ; For , like an ass , whose back ...
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... hast made good haste :. " Come , we will walk There's other of our friends " Will greet us here anon , my gentle Varrius . › 510 · " [ Exeunte " SCENE II . 03 " Enter ISABELLA and MARIANA . " Isab . To speak so indirectly , Lam loth ...
... hast made good haste :. " Come , we will walk There's other of our friends " Will greet us here anon , my gentle Varrius . › 510 · " [ Exeunte " SCENE II . 03 " Enter ISABELLA and MARIANA . " Isab . To speak so indirectly , Lam loth ...
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... hast suborn'd these women To accuse this worthy man ; but , in foul mouth , " And in the witness of his proper ear , " To call him villain ? . 332 And then to glance from him to the duke himself , To tax him with injustice ? —Take him ...
... hast suborn'd these women To accuse this worthy man ; but , in foul mouth , " And in the witness of his proper ear , " To call him villain ? . 332 And then to glance from him to the duke himself , To tax him with injustice ? —Take him ...
Page 109
... Hast thou or word , or wit , or impudence , That yet can do thee office ? if thou hast , Rely upon it till my tale be heard , And hold no longer out . Ang . O my dread lord , I should be guiltier than my guiltiness , To think I can be ...
... Hast thou or word , or wit , or impudence , That yet can do thee office ? if thou hast , Rely upon it till my tale be heard , And hold no longer out . Ang . O my dread lord , I should be guiltier than my guiltiness , To think I can be ...
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Page 55 - Claudio ; and I quake, Lest thou a feverous life shouldst entertain, And six or seven winters more respect Than a perpetual honour. Dar'st thou die ? The sense of death is most in apprehension; And the poor beetle, that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great As when a giant dies.
Page 15 - From too much liberty, my Lucio, liberty : As surfeit is the father of much fast, So every scope by the immoderate use Turns to restraint : Our natures do pursue, (Like rats that ravin down their proper bane,) A thirsty evil ; and when we drink, we die.
Page 39 - But man, proud man ! Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high Heaven As make the angels weep ; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves laugh mortal.
Page 8 - Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. 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 40 - 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.
Page 112 - I'll speak all. They say, best men are moulded out of faults ; And, for the most, become much more the better For being a little bad : so may my husband.
Page 37 - Well believe this, No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, The marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe, Become them with one half so good a grace, As mercy does.
Page 20 - Stands at a guard 4 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 37 - Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? O, think on that; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Page 24 - 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.