Plays and PoemsG. Routledge, 1890 - 320 páginas |
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... doth not recompense the rest of their ill . It sticks out , perhaps , and is more eminent , because all is sordid and vile about it ; as lights are more discerned in a thick darkness than a faint shadow . I speak not this out of a hope ...
... doth not recompense the rest of their ill . It sticks out , perhaps , and is more eminent , because all is sordid and vile about it ; as lights are more discerned in a thick darkness than a faint shadow . I speak not this out of a hope ...
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... doth not fear who can apply . If there be any that will sit so nigh Unto the stream , to look what it doth run , They shall find things they'd think or wish were done ; They are so natural foties , but so shown As even the doers may see ...
... doth not fear who can apply . If there be any that will sit so nigh Unto the stream , to look what it doth run , They shall find things they'd think or wish were done ; They are so natural foties , but so shown As even the doers may see ...
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... doth promise . I knew ' t by certain spots , too , in his teeth , And on the nail of his mercurial finger . Face . Which finger's that ? Sub . His little finger . Look . You were born upon a Wednesday ? Drug . Yes , indeed , sir . Sub ...
... doth promise . I knew ' t by certain spots , too , in his teeth , And on the nail of his mercurial finger . Face . Which finger's that ? Sub . His little finger . Look . You were born upon a Wednesday ? Drug . Yes , indeed , sir . Sub ...
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... The same we say of lead and other metals , Which would be gold if they had time . Mam . And that Our art doth further . Sub . Ay , for ' twere absurd To think that nature in the earth bred gold Perfect 34 THE ALCHEMIST . [ ACT II .
... The same we say of lead and other metals , Which would be gold if they had time . Mam . And that Our art doth further . Sub . Ay , for ' twere absurd To think that nature in the earth bred gold Perfect 34 THE ALCHEMIST . [ ACT II .
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... doth in earth . Beside , who doth not see in daily practice Art can beget bees , hornets , beetles , wasps , Out of the carcases and dung of creatures ; Yea , scorpions of an herb , being rightly placed ? And these are living creatures ...
... doth in earth . Beside , who doth not see in daily practice Art can beget bees , hornets , beetles , wasps , Out of the carcases and dung of creatures ; Yea , scorpions of an herb , being rightly placed ? And these are living creatures ...
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Página 303 - Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine.
Página 306 - Sweet Swan of Avon! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James!
Página 273 - Here she was wont to go ! and here ! and here ! Just where those daisies, pinks, and violets grow : The world may find the Spring by following her ; For other print her airy steps ne'er left : Her treading would not bend a blade of grass, Or shake the downy blow-ball from his stalk ! But like the soft west-wind she shot along, And where she went the flowers took thickest root, As she had sowed them with her odorous foot...
Página 31 - For I do mean To have a list of wives and concubines Equal with Solomon, who had the stone Alike with me ; and I will make me a back With the elixir, that shall be as tough As Hercules, to encounter fifty a night.
Página 306 - The applause ! delight ! the wonder of our stage ! My Shakespeare, rise ; I will not lodge thee by Chaucer, or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lie A little further to make thee a room : Thou art a monument, without a tomb, And art alive still, while thy book doth live, And we have wits to read, and praise to give.
Página 307 - Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother. Death, ere thou hast slain another Fair and learn'd and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.
Página 317 - On My First Daughter Here lies, to each her parents' ruth, Mary, the daughter of their youth; Yet, all heaven's gifts being heaven's due, It makes the father less to rue. At six months...
Página 306 - For though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion ; and, that he Who casts to write a living line, must sweat, (Such as thine are) and strike the second heat Upon the Muses' anvil ; turn the same, And himself with it, that he thinks to frame ; Or for the laurel, he may gain a scorn ; For a good poet's made, as well as born. And such wert thou...
Página 10 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life!
Página 312 - ELIZABETH'S CHAPEL*. Weep with me, all you that read This little story ; And know, for whom a tear you shed Death's self is sorry. 'Twas a child that so did thrive In grace and feature, As Heaven and Nature seemed to strive Which owned the creature.