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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Richard II. Henry IV, pt. 1-2 ... - Page 306
by William Shakespeare - 1826
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1829 - 420 pages
...Soliloquy on Sleep. — SHAKESPEARE. How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O gentle sleep ! Nature's soft nurse! how have I frighted...in forgetfulness ? Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoaky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with buzzing night flies to thy slumber....
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare, George Steevens - 1829 - 506 pages
...my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! — bleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how hare I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids...thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching tliee, And hush'd with buzzing night- flies to thy slumber ; Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great,...
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The Southern Review, Volume 6

1830 - 566 pages
...to Sleep. ** " Oh Sleep — oh gentle Sleep — Nature's soft nurse — how have I frighted thee 1 That thou, no more, wilt weigh my eyelids down And...And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, &c." But for some redeeming passages in Jonson's masques, and occasionally in his plays, we should...
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The Southern Review, Volume 6

1830 - 570 pages
...to Sleep. . " Oh Sleep—oh gentle SleepNature's soft nurse—how h'ave I frighted thee 1 That thon, no more, wilt weigh my eyelids down And steep my senses...And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, &c." But for some redeeming passages in Jonson's masques, and 'occasionally in his plays, we should...
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Henry IV, pt. 2. Henry V. Henry VI, pts. 1-3

William Shakespeare - 1836 - 556 pages
...[Within.] Bid mistress Tear-sheet come to my master. Host. O run, Doll, run ; run, good Doll. [Exeunt. ACT III. SCENE I. A Room in the Palace. Enter KING...have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh ray eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs,...
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The poetic reciter; or, Beauties of the British poets: adapted for reading ...

Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...HENRY IV.'S SOLILOQUY ON SLEEP. How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hushed with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfumed chambers of the Great, Under the...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Henry IV, pt. 2. Henry V. Henry VI ...

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 550 pages
...[Within.~\ Bid mistress Tear-sheet come to my master. Host. O run, Doll, run ; run, good Doll. [Exeunt. ACT III. SCENE I. A Room in the Palace. Enter KING...smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hushed with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Henry IV, pt. 2. Henry V. Henry VI ...

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 554 pages
...Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, Are at this hour asleep!—O Sleep, O gentle Sleep, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And...smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hushed with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the...
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The book of poetry [ed. by B.G. Johns].

Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...by Heav'n design'd." The tumult ceas'd. The colt submitted ; And like his ancestors was bitted. GAY. How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this...have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh mine eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness ! Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs,...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Printed from the Text ..., Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 470 pages
...Exeunt. ACT III. SCENE I. A Room in the Palace. Enter King HENRY in his Nightgown, with a Page. K.Hen. Go, call the earls of Surrey and of Warwick; But,...uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with buzzing night-flics to thy slumber, Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great , Under the canopies of costly...
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