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The Works of Mr. William Shakespear;: In Six Volumes. Adorn'd with Cuts - Page 1749
by William Shakespeare - 1709
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The Plays, Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 358 pages
...lady ! She's a stranger now again*. Anne. So much the more Must pity drop upon her. Verily, I swear, 'tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. Old L. Our content Is our best having •)•. Anne. By...
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A dictionary of quotations from the British poets, by the author of The ...

British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...to thrust his hand between his teeth, When he might spurn him with his foot away? CONTENT. I swear, 'tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering griefjt ,. , And wear a golden sorrow. Poor, and content, is rich and rich enough ; But...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...Quarrellcr, She's a stranger now again.1 Anne. • So much the more Must pity drop upon her. Verily, I swear, 'tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. Old L. Our content Is our best having.2 Anne. By my troth,...
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The life of Shakspeare; enquiries into the originality of his dramatic plots ...

Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 708 pages
...mistress. By a natural transition, her reflections are turned on the advantages of humble life. " I swear, 'tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow." * The entire freedom of her mind from views or projects...
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The Life of Shakespeare: Enquiries Into the Originality of His ..., Volume 1

Augustine Skottowe - Dramatists, English - 1824 - 380 pages
...mistress. By a natural transition, her reflections are turned on the advantages of humble life. " I swear, 'tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow." * The entire freedom of her mind from views or projects...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...again.' Anne. So much the more Must pity drop upon her. Verily, I swear, 'tis better to be lowly bom, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. Old L. Our content Is our best having.3 Anne. By my troth,...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text by G. Steevens ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 648 pages
...lady ! She's a stranger now again.8 Anne. So much the more Must pity drop upon her. Verily, I swear, 'tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. Old L. Our content Is our best having. 9 Anne. By my troth,...
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The Beauties of Shakspeare Regularly Selected from Each Play. With a General ...

William Shakespeare - 1827 - 658 pages
...That, when the greatest stroke of fortune falls, Will bless the king. THE BLESSINGS OF A LOW STATION. 'Tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. QUEF.N KATHARINE'S SPEECH TO HER HUSBASB Alas, sir, In...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 35

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1827 - 650 pages
...lead her, and of which her own fate was, ere long, to be another illustration — ' Verily, I swear, 'tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perked up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow — I would not be a queen !' — and the...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 35

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1827 - 648 pages
...lead her, and of which her own fate was, ere long, to be another illustration — ' Verily, I swear, 'tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to he perked up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow — I would not be a queen !' — and...
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