The Oxford and Cambridge Shakespeare, with notes prepared specially for the Oxford and Cambridge local examinations. [10 pt. Wanting King Lear and Midsummer night's dream]. |
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... thee do , Were all thy children kind and natural ! But see thy fault ! France hath in thee found out A nest of hollow bosoms , 4 which he fills With treacherous crowns ; and three corrupted men , -- One , Richard earl of Cambridge ; and ...
... thee do , Were all thy children kind and natural ! But see thy fault ! France hath in thee found out A nest of hollow bosoms , 4 which he fills With treacherous crowns ; and three corrupted men , -- One , Richard earl of Cambridge ; and ...
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... thee , 1Iceland dog ! thou prick - eared eur of Ice- land . Quick . Good corporal Nym , show thy valour , and put up thy sword . Nym . Will you 2 shog off ? I would have you solus . [ Sheathing his sword . Pist . 3 Solus , egregious dog ...
... thee , 1Iceland dog ! thou prick - eared eur of Ice- land . Quick . Good corporal Nym , show thy valour , and put up thy sword . Nym . Will you 2 shog off ? I would have you solus . [ Sheathing his sword . Pist . 3 Solus , egregious dog ...
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... thee again . 10 hound of Crete , think'st thou my spouse to get ? No ; to the spital go , And from the powdering tub of infamy Fetch forth the lazar kite of Cressid's kind , Doll Tear - sheet she by name , and her espouse : I have , and ...
... thee again . 10 hound of Crete , think'st thou my spouse to get ? No ; to the spital go , And from the powdering tub of infamy Fetch forth the lazar kite of Cressid's kind , Doll Tear - sheet she by name , and her espouse : I have , and ...
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... thee , And friendship shall combine , and brotherhood : I'll live by Nym , and Nym shall live by me ; - Is not this just ? -for I shall sutler be Unto the camp , and 5 profits will accrue . Give me thy hand . Nym . I shall have my noble ...
... thee , And friendship shall combine , and brotherhood : I'll live by Nym , and Nym shall live by me ; - Is not this just ? -for I shall sutler be Unto the camp , and 5 profits will accrue . Give me thy hand . Nym . I shall have my noble ...
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... thee , O Jerusalem , let my right hand forget . ' Psalm cxxxvii . 5 . 4 And , on his more advice . - There are various interpretations of this : ' His further representations .'- Staunton . ' On his return to more coolness of mind ...
... thee , O Jerusalem , let my right hand forget . ' Psalm cxxxvii . 5 . 4 And , on his more advice . - There are various interpretations of this : ' His further representations .'- Staunton . ' On his return to more coolness of mind ...
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Page 39 - I, to comfort him, bid him a' should not think of God, I hoped there was no need to trouble himself with any such thoughts yet. So a' bade me lay more clothes on his feet: I put my hand into the bed and felt them, and they were as cold as any stone; then I felt to his knees, and so upward, and upward, and all was as cold as any stone.
Page 96 - Captain, — if you look in the maps of the 'orld, I warrant, you shall find, in the comparisons between Macedon and Monmouth, that the situations, look you, is both alike. There is a river in Macedon, and there is also moreover a river at Monmouth...
Page 48 - Be copy now to men of grosser blood, And teach them how to war. And you, good yeomen, Whose limbs were made in England, show us here The mettle of your pasture; let us swear That you are worth your breeding; which I doubt not...
Page 9 - O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene...
Page 12 - Hear him but reason in divinity, And, all-admiring, with an inward wish You would desire the king were made a prelate : Hear him debate of commonwealth affairs, You would say it hath been...
Page 21 - Where some, like magistrates correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad, Others, like soldiers, armed in. their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds, Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent-royal of their emperor...
Page 48 - In peace there's nothing- so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility: But when the blast of war blows in our ears. Then imitate the action of the tiger; Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood...
Page 39 - A' made a finer end and went away an it had been any christom child ; a' parted even just between twelve and one, even at the turning o' the tide : for after I saw him fumble with the sheets and play with flowers and smile upon his fingers...
Page 127 - God's will ! I pray thee, wish not one man more. By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost ; It...
Page 48 - O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean. Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide; Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit To his full height.