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... children . To the utmost of my ability I have con- stantly kept this in my mind ; but the subjects of most of them made this a very difficult task . It was no easy mat- ter to give the histories of men and women in terms familiar to the ...
... children . To the utmost of my ability I have con- stantly kept this in my mind ; but the subjects of most of them made this a very difficult task . It was no easy mat- ter to give the histories of men and women in terms familiar to the ...
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... child . You are igno- Can rant who you are , or where you came from , and you know no more of me , but that I am your father , and live in this poor cave . you remember a time before you came to this cell ? I think you cannot , for you ...
... child . You are igno- Can rant who you are , or where you came from , and you know no more of me , but that I am your father , and live in this poor cave . you remember a time before you came to this cell ? I think you cannot , for you ...
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... child , " answered her father , " they durst not , so dear was the love that my people bore me . Antonio carried us on board a ship , and when we were some leagues out at sea , he forced us into a small boat , without either tackle ...
... child , " answered her father , " they durst not , so dear was the love that my people bore me . Antonio carried us on board a ship , and when we were some leagues out at sea , he forced us into a small boat , without either tackle ...
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... child , " said he ; " I have overheard , and approve of all you have said . And , Ferdinand , if I have too severely used you , I will make you rich amends by giving you my daughter . All your vexations were but my trials of your love ...
... child , " said he ; " I have overheard , and approve of all you have said . And , Ferdinand , if I have too severely used you , I will make you rich amends by giving you my daughter . All your vexations were but my trials of your love ...
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... child forgiveness . " " No more of that , " said Prospero : " let us not remember our troubles past , since they so happily have ended . " And then Prospero em braced his brother , and again assured him of his forgiveness ; and said ...
... child forgiveness . " " No more of that , " said Prospero : " let us not remember our troubles past , since they so happily have ended . " And then Prospero em braced his brother , and again assured him of his forgiveness ; and said ...
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Aliena answered Anthonio Ariel banished Banquo Bassanio Beatrice began Bellarius Benedick brother Caius Caliban called Camillo cave Celia child Claudio Cordelia court Cymbeline daughter dead dear death Demetrius distress duke duke of Albany earl eyes fair fairy faithful father fear Ferdinand forest forest of Arden Ganimed gave give Gonerill Gratiano hear heard heart Helena Hermia Hermione Hero honour husband Iachimo Imogen Julia king king's knew lady Lear Leonato Leontes lived look lord lover Lysander Macbeth Macduff maid marry master Milan Miranda Nerissa never night noble Oberon Orlando palace Paulina Perdita Pisanio pity Polidore Polixenes Portia Posthumus prince Prospero Protheus Puck queen Regan replied ring Rosalind saying shepherd shewed Shylock Silvia sisters sleep speak speeches spirit strange sweet Sycorax talk tell thing thought Thurio Titania told took Valentine wicked wife wished wonder wood words young youth
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Page 228 - Be bloody, bold, And resolute : laugh to scorn the power of man, For none of woman born shall harm Macbeth.
Page 20 - On the bat's back I do fly After summer merrily. Merrily, merrily shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
Page 152 - Why, this bond is forfeit ; And lawfully by this the Jew may claim A pound of flesh, to be by him cut off Nearest the merchant's heart : Be merciful ; Take thrice thy money ; bid me tear the bond.
Page 199 - Then they for sudden joy did weep, And I for sorrow sung, That such a king should play bo-peep, And go the fools among.
Page 143 - Signior Antonio, many a time and oft In the Rialto you have rated me About my moneys and my usances : Still have I borne it with a patient shrug, For sufferance is the badge of all our tribe. You call me misbeliever, cut-throat dog, And spit upon my Jewish gaberdine, And all for use of that which is mine own. Well, then, it now appears you need my help. Go to, then ; you come to me, and you say, Shylock, we would have moneys...
Page 101 - But whate'er you are That in this desert inaccessible, Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time ; If ever you have look'd on better days, If ever been where bells have knoll'd to church.
Page 64 - Is it possible Disdain should die while she hath such meet food to feed it as Signior Benedick? Courtesy itself must convert to disdain if you come in her presence.
Page 142 - I hate him for he is a Christian : But more, for that, in low simplicity, He lends out money gratis, and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice. If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. He hates our sacred nation; and he rails, Even there where merchants most do congregate, On me, my bargains, and my well-won thrift, Which he calls interest: Cursed be my tribe If I forgive him ! BASS.
Page 6 - ... tackle, sail, or mast : there he left us, as he thought, to perish. But a kind lord of my court, one Gonzalo, who loved me, had privately placed in the boat, water, provisions, apparel, and some books, which I prize above my dukedom.
Page 233 - With thy keen sword impress, as make me bleed: Let fall thy blade on vulnerable crests; I bear a charmed life , which must not yield To one of woman born.