The Plays of William Shakspeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George Steevens ... |
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Sitting on a bank , Weeping again the king my father's wreck , This music crept by me upon the waters ; Allaying both their fury , and my passion , With its sweet air : thence I have follow'd it , Or it hath drawn me rather : -But ' tis ...
Sitting on a bank , Weeping again the king my father's wreck , This music crept by me upon the waters ; Allaying both their fury , and my passion , With its sweet air : thence I have follow'd it , Or it hath drawn me rather : -But ' tis ...
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O thou mine heir Of Naples and of Milan , what strange fish Hath made his meal on thee ! Fran . Sir , he may live ; I saw him beat the surges under him , And ride upon their backs ; he trod the water , Whose enmity he flung aside ...
O thou mine heir Of Naples and of Milan , what strange fish Hath made his meal on thee ! Fran . Sir , he may live ; I saw him beat the surges under him , And ride upon their backs ; he trod the water , Whose enmity he flung aside ...
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I have not ' scap'd drowning , to be afeard now of your four legs ; for it hath been said , As proper a man as ever went on four legs , cannot make him give ground : and it shall be said so again , while Stephano breathes at nostrils .
I have not ' scap'd drowning , to be afeard now of your four legs ; for it hath been said , As proper a man as ever went on four legs , cannot make him give ground : and it shall be said so again , while Stephano breathes at nostrils .
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Thou liest , most ignorant monster ; I am in case to justle a constable : Why , thou deboshed1 fish thou , was there ever man a coward , that hath drunk so much sack as I to - day ? Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie , being but half a fish ...
Thou liest , most ignorant monster ; I am in case to justle a constable : Why , thou deboshed1 fish thou , was there ever man a coward , that hath drunk so much sack as I to - day ? Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie , being but half a fish ...
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... or paunch him with a stake , Or cut his wezand1 with thy knife : Remember , First to possess his books ; for without them He's but a sot , as I am , nor hath not One spirit to command : They all do hate him , As rootedly as I : Burn ...
... or paunch him with a stake , Or cut his wezand1 with thy knife : Remember , First to possess his books ; for without them He's but a sot , as I am , nor hath not One spirit to command : They all do hate him , As rootedly as I : Burn ...
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