Merry wives of Windsor. Much ado about nothingPrinted for, and under the direction of, John Bell, 1785 |
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... beating oaths , under the shelter of your honour ! You will not do it , you ? 262 Pist . I do relent ; What wouldst thou more of man ? Enter ROBIN , Rob . Sir , here's a woman would speak with you . Fal . Fal . Let her approach . Enter ...
... beating oaths , under the shelter of your honour ! You will not do it , you ? 262 Pist . I do relent ; What wouldst thou more of man ? Enter ROBIN , Rob . Sir , here's a woman would speak with you . Fal . Fal . Let her approach . Enter ...
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... beat her . Mrs. Page . Heaven guide him to thy husband's cudgel ; and the devil guide his cudgel afterwards ! Mrs. Ford . But is my husband coming ? Mrs. Page . Ay , in good sadness , is he ; and talks of the basket too , howsoever he ...
... beat her . Mrs. Page . Heaven guide him to thy husband's cudgel ; and the devil guide his cudgel afterwards ! Mrs. Ford . But is my husband coming ? Mrs. Page . Ay , in good sadness , is he ; and talks of the basket too , howsoever he ...
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... [ Beats him . ] you hag , you baggage , you poulcat , you ronyon ! out ! out ! I'll conjure you , I'll fortune- tell you . [ Exit ... beat him most pitifully . Mrs. Mrs. Ford . Nay , by the mass , that 86 . A & IV . MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR .
... [ Beats him . ] you hag , you baggage , you poulcat , you ronyon ! out ! out ! I'll conjure you , I'll fortune- tell you . [ Exit ... beat him most pitifully . Mrs. Mrs. Ford . Nay , by the mass , that 86 . A & IV . MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR .
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... beat him most unpitifully , methought . Mrs. Page . I'll have the cudgel hallow'd , and hung o'er the altar ; it hath done meritorious service . Mrs. Ford . What think you ? may we , with the warrant of woman - hood , and the witness of ...
... beat him most unpitifully , methought . Mrs. Page . I'll have the cudgel hallow'd , and hung o'er the altar ; it hath done meritorious service . Mrs. Ford . What think you ? may we , with the warrant of woman - hood , and the witness of ...
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... beat me grievously , in the shape of a wo- man ; for in the shape of man , master Brook , I fear not Goliah with a weaver's beam ; because I know also , life is a shuttle . I am in haste ; go along with me ; I'll tell you all , master ...
... beat me grievously , in the shape of a wo- man ; for in the shape of man , master Brook , I fear not Goliah with a weaver's beam ; because I know also , life is a shuttle . I am in haste ; go along with me ; I'll tell you all , master ...
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Page 45 - Shall quips and sentences and these paper bullets of the brain awe a man from the career of his humour ? No, the world must be peopled. When I said I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married.
Page 73 - Fair lined slippers for the cold, With buckles of the purest gold. A belt of straw and ivy buds With coral clasps and amber studs : And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me and be my love.
Page 27 - Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love: Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues; Let every eye negotiate for itself, And trust no agent; for beauty is a witch, Against whose charms faith melteth into blood.
Page 47 - The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream, And greedily devour the treacherous bait...
Page 73 - There will we sit upon the rocks And see the shepherds feed their flocks, By shallow rivers, to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.
Page 74 - IF all the world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee and be thy love.
Page 57 - Why then, take no note of him, but let him go ; and presently call the rest of the watch together, and thank God you are rid of a knave.
Page 10 - A parliament member, a justice of peace, At home a poor scarecrow, at London an asse, If lowsie is Lucy, as some volke miscalle it, Then Lucy is lowsie, whatever befall it. He thinks himself great ; Yet an asse in his state, We allow, by his ears, but with asses to mate. If Lucy is lowsie as some volke miscall it, Then sing lowsie Lucy whatever befall it speare did not wait to brave the united puissance of a Knight of the Shire and a country attorney.