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... drop the cause of torment on my plate . Sir Thomas and the ladies all compassionated my misfortune , and each advised a dif- ferent application ; one recommended oil , another water , but all agreed that wine was the best for drawing ...
... drop the cause of torment on my plate . Sir Thomas and the ladies all compassionated my misfortune , and each advised a dif- ferent application ; one recommended oil , another water , but all agreed that wine was the best for drawing ...
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... drop the shop and the wigs , La , papa , are those young ladies in the top boxes going to bed ? Why , my dear ? Because , pa , they look half un- dressed . Half undressed my dear , that's what they call being full dressed . Full dressed ...
... drop the shop and the wigs , La , papa , are those young ladies in the top boxes going to bed ? Why , my dear ? Because , pa , they look half un- dressed . Half undressed my dear , that's what they call being full dressed . Full dressed ...
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... drop of some ' hat . Do you , then here's the drop scene . Then drop your Hey down , ho down , & c . I VANT TO FLY . DURING the last war there were a number of French officers , in an inland town , on their parole of honour . Now , one ...
... drop of some ' hat . Do you , then here's the drop scene . Then drop your Hey down , ho down , & c . I VANT TO FLY . DURING the last war there were a number of French officers , in an inland town , on their parole of honour . Now , one ...
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... drop of some- thing for the hiccups , and she'll say , ' what's o'clock you brute ? ' And I'll look at my watch and I'll say , ( hiccup ) I can't see , and if she blows me up I'll sing- ( hiccup . ) Here am I a jolly dog , As sober as ...
... drop of some- thing for the hiccups , and she'll say , ' what's o'clock you brute ? ' And I'll look at my watch and I'll say , ( hiccup ) I can't see , and if she blows me up I'll sing- ( hiccup . ) Here am I a jolly dog , As sober as ...
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... drop of gravy like an overdone mutton chop , was a fool at a simile when compared to our hero . One day , as he was ranting , kneeling , and beseeching his goddess to send him an errand to pluck the diamond from the nose of the great ...
... drop of gravy like an overdone mutton chop , was a fool at a simile when compared to our hero . One day , as he was ranting , kneeling , and beseeching his goddess to send him an errand to pluck the diamond from the nose of the great ...
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Popular passages
Page 119 - But here's a parchment, with the seal of Caesar, I found it in his closet, 't is his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read,) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins...
Page 229 - And where are they? and where art thou, My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now, The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine?
Page 106 - Twas but a kindred sound to move, For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honour, but an empty bubble...
Page 261 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean— roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore...
Page 34 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Page 207 - I have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world : And, for because the world is populous, And here is not a creature but myself, I cannot do it ; — yet I'll hammer 't out. My brain I'll prove the female to my soul, My soul the father : and these two beget A generation of still-breeding thoughts...
Page 118 - I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause ; What cause withholds you then to mourn for him ? 0 judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason!
Page 120 - I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts : I am no orator, as Brutus is, But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, That love my friend ; and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him. For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men's blood: I only speak right on; I tell you that which you yourselves do know...
Page 107 - And unburied remain Inglorious on the plain. Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew. Behold how they toss their torches on high. How they point to the Persian abodes, And glittering temples of their hostile gods!
Page 217 - ... abhorred in my imagination it is ! my gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips, that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now ? your gambols ? your songs ? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar ? Not one now, to mock your own grinning ? quite chap-fallen ? Now, get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come ; make her laugh at that. — Pr'ythee, Horatio, tell me one thing. Hor.— What's that,...