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The wisdom and genius of Shakspeare: comprising moral philosophy ... - Page 130
by William Shakespeare - 1838
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The Poems of William Shakespeare: Comprehending Venus and Adonis, Tarquin ...

William Shakespeare - 1808 - 224 pages
...breeds. Thence comes it, that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdu'd To what it works in, like the dyer's hand, Pity me then, and...Whilst like a willing patient I will drink Potions of eysel 'gainst my strong infection ; Nor double penance to correct correction. Pity me then, dear friend,...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 5

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 728 pages
...breeds. Thence comes it that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdu'd To what it works in, like the dyer's hand. Pity me then, and...Whilst, like a willing patient, I will drink Potions of eyesell, 'gainst my strong infection ; No bitterness that I will bitter think, Nor double penance to...
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Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1872 - 480 pages
...is, that I have look'd on truth Askance and strangely. " 0, for my sake do you with Fortune chide, The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not...name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdn'd To what it works in, like the dyer's hand. •' Accuse me thus: That I have scanted all Wherein...
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The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, Volume 45

1835 - 564 pages
...with the throes of which his breast was heaving then : — " Oh, for my sake do you with Fortune chide The guilty Goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not...in, like the dyer's hand ! Pity me, then, and wish T were renew'dt * Sonnet CO. i Sonnet 111. In this, addressed, as all the sonnets of this description...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 20

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 486 pages
...BOSWELL. Thence comes it that my name receives a brand ; And almost thence my nature is subdu'd To what it works in, like the dyer's hand : Pity me then,...drink Potions of eysell, 'gainst my strong infection J ; No bitterness that I will bitter think, Nor double penance, to correct correction. Pity me then,...
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The Literary Character, Volume 2

Isaac Disraeli - 1822 - 344 pages
...degradation by a novel image. " Chide Fortune," cries the bard, — " The guilty goddess of my harmless deeds, That did not better for my life provide Than...my nature is. subdued To what it works in, LIKE THE DYER'S HAND." Such is the fate of that author, who, in his variety of task-works, blue, yellow, and...
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Retrospective Review, Volume 7

Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1823 - 426 pages
...shall have no end, &c." And again in the lllth Sonnet: " O for my sake do thou with fortune chide, The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not...name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdu'd To what it works in, like the dyer's hand. Pity me then, and wish 1 were renew'd ; Whilst,...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 7

1823 - 428 pages
...shall have no end, &c." And again in the lllth Sonnet: " O for my sake do thou with fortune chide, The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not...name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdu'd To what it works in, like the dyer's hand. Pity me then, and wish 1 were renew'd; Whilst, like...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 7

1823 - 428 pages
...shall have no end, &c." And again in the 1 1 1 th Sonnet : " O for my sake do thou with fortune chide, The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not...name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdu'd To what it works in, like the dyer's hand. Pity me then, and wish 1 were renew'd ; Whilst,...
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The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 216 pages
...deeds, That (lid not better for my life provide, Than public means, which public manners In-red:,. Thence comes it that my name receives a brand, And...dyer's hand. Pity me then, and wish I were renew'd ; rhilst, like a willing patient, I will drink Potions of cysell, 'gainst my strong infection; No bitterness...
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