The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: Comprehending a Life of the Poet, and an Enlarged History of the Stage, Volume 6 |
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... how trueBut to himself so secret and so close , So far from sounding and discovery , As is the bud bit with an envious worm , Ere he can spread his sweet leaves to the air , Or dedicate his beauty to the same 9 . 8 Ben .
... how trueBut to himself so secret and so close , So far from sounding and discovery , As is the bud bit with an envious worm , Ere he can spread his sweet leaves to the air , Or dedicate his beauty to the same 9 . 8 Ben .
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... but that the other mode of expression was not uncommon in Shakspeare's time : " And whilst thou spread'st unto the rising sunne , " The fairest flower that ever saw the light , " Now joy thy time , before thy sweet be done .
... but that the other mode of expression was not uncommon in Shakspeare's time : " And whilst thou spread'st unto the rising sunne , " The fairest flower that ever saw the light , " Now joy thy time , before thy sweet be done .
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... Being purg'd , a fire sparkling in lovers ' eyes ' ; Being vex'd , a sea nourish'd with lovers ' tears : What is it else ? a madness most discreet , A choking gall , and a preserving sweet . Farewell , my coz . BEN . [ Going .
... Being purg'd , a fire sparkling in lovers ' eyes ' ; Being vex'd , a sea nourish'd with lovers ' tears : What is it else ? a madness most discreet , A choking gall , and a preserving sweet . Farewell , my coz . BEN . [ Going .
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Again , in Massinger's Virgin - Martyr : 66 with her dies " The abstract of all sweetness that's in woman . " 66 STEEVENS . Yet perhaps the present reading may be right , and Romeo means to say , in his quaint jargon , That she is poor ...
Again , in Massinger's Virgin - Martyr : 66 with her dies " The abstract of all sweetness that's in woman . " 66 STEEVENS . Yet perhaps the present reading may be right , and Romeo means to say , in his quaint jargon , That she is poor ...
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2 These with SWEET - MEATS ] i . e . kissing - comfits . artificial aids to perfume the breath , are mentioned by Falstaff , in the last Act of The Merry Wives of Windsor . MALONE . And then dreams he of smelling out a suit " 52 ROMEO ...
2 These with SWEET - MEATS ] i . e . kissing - comfits . artificial aids to perfume the breath , are mentioned by Falstaff , in the last Act of The Merry Wives of Windsor . MALONE . And then dreams he of smelling out a suit " 52 ROMEO ...
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