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... sealed quarts . Now , in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. , there was a very wholesome law , that , for the protection of the public against " false measures , " ale should be sold only in sealed vessels of the standard capacity ...
... sealed quarts . Now , in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. , there was a very wholesome law , that , for the protection of the public against " false measures , " ale should be sold only in sealed vessels of the standard capacity ...
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... sealed quarts spoyles his market . " In Act 1. Sc . 2 , the proposal of Tranio that the rival lovers of Bianca , while they eagerly in her presence should press their suit , yet , when she is absent , should converse freely as friends ...
... sealed quarts spoyles his market . " In Act 1. Sc . 2 , the proposal of Tranio that the rival lovers of Bianca , while they eagerly in her presence should press their suit , yet , when she is absent , should converse freely as friends ...
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... sealed interchangeably , ( A business that this night may execute , ) To - morrow , cousin Percy , you and I , And my good Lord of Worcester , will set forth . It may well be imagined , that in composing this speech Shakespeare was ...
... sealed interchangeably , ( A business that this night may execute , ) To - morrow , cousin Percy , you and I , And my good Lord of Worcester , will set forth . It may well be imagined , that in composing this speech Shakespeare was ...
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... sealed by the Lord Chan- cellor , and the poor attorney was sent off to the Fleet . I must confess that I am rather mortified by the advantage given to the fat knight over my predecessor in this encounter of their wits . Sir John ...
... sealed by the Lord Chan- cellor , and the poor attorney was sent off to the Fleet . I must confess that I am rather mortified by the advantage given to the fat knight over my predecessor in this encounter of their wits . Sir John ...
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... in his poem of Venus and Adonis ' — " Pure lips , sweet seals in my soft lips imprinted , What bargains may I make , still to be sealing ? " King Lear . In Act I. Sc . 4 the 78 SHAKESPEARE'S LEGAL ACQUIREMENTS . [ TRAGEDIES .
... in his poem of Venus and Adonis ' — " Pure lips , sweet seals in my soft lips imprinted , What bargains may I make , still to be sealing ? " King Lear . In Act I. Sc . 4 the 78 SHAKESPEARE'S LEGAL ACQUIREMENTS . [ TRAGEDIES .
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Page 75 - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a {grammar-school ; and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used ; and, contrary to the king, his crown, and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill.
Page 88 - Give me leave. Here lies the water ; good : here stands the man ; good : if the man go to this water and drown himself, it is, will he, nill he, he goes ; mark you that ; but if the water come to him and drown him, he drowns not himself : argal, he that is not guilty of his own death shortens not his own life. Second Clo. But is this law ? First Clo. Ay, marry, is't ; crowner's quest law. Second Clo. Will you ha' the truth on't ? If this had not been a gentlewoman, she should have been buried out...
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Page 73 - O, they have lived long on the alms-basket of words ! I marvel, thy master hath not eaten thee for a word ; for thou art not so long by the head as honorificabilitudinitatibus : thou art easier swallowed than a flap-dragon.
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Page 38 - 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 93 - I will, a round, unvarnished tale deliver, Of my whole course of love; what drugs, what charms, What conjuration, and what mighty magic — For such proceedings I am charged withal — I won his daughter with.