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" How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness... "
King Richard II. King Henry IV, part 1. King Henry IV, part 2. Henry V - Page 310
by William Shakespeare - 1826
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The English Orator: a Selection of Pieces for Reading & Recitation

James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 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...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest...
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Cambrian and Caledonian Quarterly Magazine and Celtic Repertory, Volume 5

English literature - 1833 - 642 pages
...APOSTROPHE TO SLEEP. " SLEEP, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That tliou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down And steep my senses...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perFumed chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest...
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The wisdom and genius of Shakspeare: comprising moral philosophy ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...in sleep, as guiltless labour When it lies starkly3 in the traveller's bones. 5— iv. 2. 157 Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber ; Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest...
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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
...years, come peascod-time ; but an honester, and truer-hearted man, — well, fare thee well. Bard. [Within.'] Mistress Tear-sheet, Host. What's the matter...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 Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare: Comprising Moral Philosophy ...

William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 478 pages
...in sleep, as guiltless labour When it lies starklyf in the traveller's bones. 5— iv. 2. 157 Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber ; Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest...
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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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Commentaries on the Historical Plays of Shakspeare, Volume 1

Thomas Peregrine Courtenay - Historical drama, English - 1840 - 342 pages
...asleep! Sleep, gentle sleep. Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee. That thou no more will weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lulled with sounds of sweetest...
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The plays and poems of Shakespeare, according to the improved text ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1842 - 472 pages
...mistress Tear-sheet come to my master. Host. O, run, Doll, run ; run, good Doll. [Exeunt. ACT III. A room in the palace. Enter KING HENRY in his night-gown,...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber ; Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest...
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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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