The Sweet Silvery Sayings of Shakespeare on the Softer SexH.S. King and Company, 1877 - 328 pages |
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... holds , Let shame say what it will : when these are gone , The woman will be out . - Adieu , my lord ! I have a speech of fire , that fain would blaze , But that this folly drowns it . King . Let's follow , Gertrude : How much I had to ...
... holds , Let shame say what it will : when these are gone , The woman will be out . - Adieu , my lord ! I have a speech of fire , that fain would blaze , But that this folly drowns it . King . Let's follow , Gertrude : How much I had to ...
Page 73
... Hold off the earth awhile , Till I have caught her once more in mine arms . [ Leaps into the grave . Now pile your dust upon the quick and dead ; Till of this flat a mountain you have made , To o'ertop old Pelion , or the skyish head Of ...
... Hold off the earth awhile , Till I have caught her once more in mine arms . [ Leaps into the grave . Now pile your dust upon the quick and dead ; Till of this flat a mountain you have made , To o'ertop old Pelion , or the skyish head Of ...
Page 74
... Hold off thy hand . King . Pluck them asunder . Queen . All . Gentlemen , — Horatio . Hamlet ! Hamlet ! Good my lord , be quiet . Hamlet . Why , I will fight with him upon this theme Until my eyelids will no longer wag . Queen . O my ...
... Hold off thy hand . King . Pluck them asunder . Queen . All . Gentlemen , — Horatio . Hamlet ! Hamlet ! Good my lord , be quiet . Hamlet . Why , I will fight with him upon this theme Until my eyelids will no longer wag . Queen . O my ...
Page 94
... hold : I were best not call ; I dare not call : yet famine , Ere clean it o'erthrow nature , makes it valiant . Plenty , and peace , breeds cowards ; hardness ever Of hardiness is mother . - Ho ! Who's here ? If any thing that's civil ...
... hold : I were best not call ; I dare not call : yet famine , Ere clean it o'erthrow nature , makes it valiant . Plenty , and peace , breeds cowards ; hardness ever Of hardiness is mother . - Ho ! Who's here ? If any thing that's civil ...
Page 107
... hold your hands in benediction o'er me ; — No , sir , you must not kneel . Lear . Pray , do not mock me : I am a very foolish fond old man , Fourscore and upward ; and , to deal plainly , I fear , I am not in my perfect mind . Methinks ...
... hold your hands in benediction o'er me ; — No , sir , you must not kneel . Lear . Pray , do not mock me : I am a very foolish fond old man , Fourscore and upward ; and , to deal plainly , I fear , I am not in my perfect mind . Methinks ...
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