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" Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honour's at the stake. "
Bausteine: Zeitschrift für neuenglische Wortforschung - Page 122
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Romeo and Juliet ; Timon of Athens ; Julius Caesar ; Macbeth ; Hamlet ; King ...

William Shakespeare, Nicholas Rowe - 1709 - 602 pages
...mortal and unfure Is not to ftir without great Argument, Even for an Egg-ftiell. Rightly to be great But greatly to find quarrel in a Straw, When Honour's at the Stake. How ftand I then, That have a Father kill'd, a Mother ftain'd, Excitements of my Reafon and my Blood,...
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Hamlet. Titus Andronicus

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 522 pages
...what is mortal, and unsure, . .' To all that fortune, death, and danger, dare, Even for an egg-shell. Rightly, to be great Is not to stir without great...find quarrel in a straw, When honour's at the stake. How stand I then, That have a father kill'd, a mother stain'd, Excitements of my reason, and my blood,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 10

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 446 pages
...Exposing what is mortal, and unsure, To all that fortune, death, and danger, dare, Even for an egg-shell. Rightly to be great, Is, not to stir without great...find quarrel in a straw, When honour's at the stake. How stand I then, That have a father kill'd, a mother stain'd, Excitements of my reason, and my blood,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 642 pages
...Exposing what is mortal, and unsure, To all that fortune, death, and danger, dare, Even for an egg-shell. Rightly to be great, Is, not to stir without great...find quarrel in a straw, When honour's at the stake. How stand I then, That have a father kill'd, a mother stain'd, Excitements of my reason, and my blood,...
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Remarks, Critical, Conjectural, and Explanatory, Upon the Plays of ..., Issue 2

E. H. Seymour - 1805 - 454 pages
...prime of life, the time at which he ought to exert his faculties to the best advantage and profit. " - Rightly to be great, " Is, not to stir without great...argument ; " But greatly to find quarrel in a straw" L e. Magnanimously to find quarrel, &c. A kindred sentiment we find in the First Part of K. Henry IV....
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The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 10

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...danger, dare, Even for an egg-shell. Rightly to be great, Is, not to stir without great argument;9 But greatly to find quarrel in a straw, When honour's at the stake. How stand I then, That have a father kill'd, a mother stain'd, Excitements of my reason, and my blood,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...danger, dare, Even for an egg-shell. Rightly to be great, Is, not to stir without great argument;*9 But greatly to find quarrel in a straw, When honour's at the stake. How stand I then, That have a father kill'd, a mother stain'd, Excitements of my reason, and my blood,...
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Remarks critical, conjectural, and explanatory, upon ..., Volume 2; Volume 23

E H. Seymour - 1805 - 456 pages
...of life, the time at which he ought to exert his faculties to the best advantage and profit. " • Rightly to be great, " Is, not to stir without great argument ; " But greatly tofind quarrel in a straw." ie Magnanimously to find quarrel, &c. A kindred sentiment we find in the...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 14

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 420 pages
...Exposing what is mortal, and unsure, To all that fortune, death, and danger, dare, Even for an egg-shell. Rightly to be great, Is, not to stir without great...find quarrel in a straw, When honour's at the stake. How stand I then, That have a father kill'd, a mother stain'd, Excitements of my reason, and my blood,...
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The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson ..., Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1807 - 374 pages
...Exposing what is mortal, and unsure, To all that fortune, death, and danger, dare, Even for an egg-shell. Rightly to be great, Is, not to stir without great...greatly to find quarrel in a straw, When honour's at the shake. How stand I then, That have a father kill'd, a mother stain'd, Excitements of my reason, and...
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