Merry wives of Windsor. Much ado about nothingPrinted for, and under the direction of, John Bell, 1785 |
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... signior Montanto return'd from the wars , " or no " ? Mess . I know none of that name , lady ; there was none such in the army of any sort . Leon . What is he that you ask for , niece ? Hero . My cousin means signior Benedick of Padua ...
... signior Montanto return'd from the wars , " or no " ? Mess . I know none of that name , lady ; there was none such in the army of any sort . Leon . What is he that you ask for , niece ? Hero . My cousin means signior Benedick of Padua ...
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... signior Benedick too much ; but he'll be meet with you , I doubt it not . Mess . He hath done good service , lady , in these wars . 48 Beat . You had musty victual , and he hath holp to cat it he's a very valiant trencher - man , he ...
... signior Benedick too much ; but he'll be meet with you , I doubt it not . Mess . He hath done good service , lady , in these wars . 48 Beat . You had musty victual , and he hath holp to cat it he's a very valiant trencher - man , he ...
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... signior Leonato , you are come to meet your trouble : the fashion of the world is to avoid cost , and you encounter it . Leon . Never came trouble to my house in the like- ness of your grace : for trouble being gone , comfort should ...
... signior Leonato , you are come to meet your trouble : the fashion of the world is to avoid cost , and you encounter it . Leon . Never came trouble to my house in the like- ness of your grace : for trouble being gone , comfort should ...
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... Signior Benedick , no ; for then were you a child . 108 Pedro . You have it full , Benedick : we may guess by this what you are , being a man . Truly , the lady fathers herself : -Be happy , lady ! for you are like an honourable father ...
... Signior Benedick , no ; for then were you a child . 108 Pedro . You have it full , Benedick : we may guess by this what you are , being a man . Truly , the lady fathers herself : -Be happy , lady ! for you are like an honourable father ...
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... Signior Claudio , and signior Benedick , my dear friend Leonato hath invited you all . I tell him , we shall stay here at the least a month ; and he heartily prays , some occasion may detain us longer : I dare swear he is no hypocrite ...
... Signior Claudio , and signior Benedick , my dear friend Leonato hath invited you all . I tell him , we shall stay here at the least a month ; and he heartily prays , some occasion may detain us longer : I dare swear he is no hypocrite ...
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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.