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... death , And shall that tongue give pardon to a slave ? My brother kill'd no man , his fault was thought , And yet his punishment was bitter death . Who sued to me for him ? who , in my wrath , Kneel'd at my feet , and bade me be advis'd ...
... death , And shall that tongue give pardon to a slave ? My brother kill'd no man , his fault was thought , And yet his punishment was bitter death . Who sued to me for him ? who , in my wrath , Kneel'd at my feet , and bade me be advis'd ...
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... death hath catch'd it from my sight . P. Beguil'd , divorced , wronged , spited , slain ! Most detestable death , by thee beguil'd , By cruel , cruel thee quite overthrown ! — O love ! O life ! -not life , but love in death ! C. Despis ...
... death hath catch'd it from my sight . P. Beguil'd , divorced , wronged , spited , slain ! Most detestable death , by thee beguil'd , By cruel , cruel thee quite overthrown ! — O love ! O life ! -not life , but love in death ! C. Despis ...
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... Death , my lord , Now farewell ; Although no kiss , accept my parting tear , And give me leave to wear my willow here . - The Traitor . When we walk , The winds shall play soft descant to our feet , And breathe fresh odours to re - pure ...
... Death , my lord , Now farewell ; Although no kiss , accept my parting tear , And give me leave to wear my willow here . - The Traitor . When we walk , The winds shall play soft descant to our feet , And breathe fresh odours to re - pure ...
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accented acted beautiful Ben Jonson blank verse blood break broken Cæsar cæsura called character Collier comedy Comedy of Errors comic conceits Coriolanus crown curious Cymbeline death delight doth double endings dramatic dull effect enumerative eyes Falstaff fancy Farewell father feeling Fletcher flowing fourth style friends gentle Hamlet hand hath hear heart heaven Henry IV Henry VI Henry VIII honour imitation instance Jonson Julius Cæsar kind King lines long speeches look lord Love's Labour's Lost Macbeth Malone Marlow means merely Merry Wives metre mind nature never night observed old play Oldcastle Othello passage perhaps poems poet poetical poetry poor praise printed prose remarkable rhyme Richard Richard II Romeo scene seems Shake Shakespeare soliloquy sometimes Sonnets soul speak spirit sweet syllable taste tell thee thine thou art thou hast thought tongue Tybalt unbroken unto versification weak endings words writer written