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The Plays and Poems of Shakespeare,: According to the Improved Text of ... - Page 128
by William Shakespeare - 1844
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Forty Years in the World: Or, Sketches and Tales of a Soldier's Life, Volume 2

Robert Grenville Wallace - 1825 - 354 pages
...but that most rain Which, with pain purchas'd, doth inherit pain." SHAKSPEARE. N". II. THE PANJAIT. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice...: Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it. THE engine of Hindoo government, in ancient times, was beautifully simple ; and so well calculated...
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Cymbeline. Titus Andronicus. Pericles. King Lear

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 576 pages
...office. Thou rascal beadle, hold thy bloody hand : Why dost thou lash that whore ? Strip thine own back; Thou hotly lust'st to use her in that kind For...vices do appear ; Robes, and furr'd gowns, hide all 29. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks: Arm it in rags, a pigmy's...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 572 pages
...office. Thou rascal beadle, hold thy bloody hand : Why dost thou lash that whore ? Strip thine own back; Thou hotly lust'st to use her in that kind For...small vices do appear ; Robes, and furr'd gowns, hide all29. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks: Arm it in rags, a pigmy's...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Cymbeline. Titus Andronicus ...

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 572 pages
...the cozener. Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear ; Robes, and furr'd gowns, hide all 39. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice...doth pierce it. None does offend, none, I say, none ; I'll able 'em ^ : Take that of me, my friend, who have the power To seal the accuser's lips. Get...
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Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and ..., Volume 6

1826 - 502 pages
...thee, the usurer hangs the cozener. Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear ; Robes and fur gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong...Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it.— Why there 'tis for thee, friend; make much of it ; It has the power to seal the accuser's lips. Get...
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The Beauties of Shakspeare Regularly Selected from Each Play. With a General ...

William Shakespeare - 1827 - 658 pages
...thine own back; Thou hotly lust'st to use her in that kind * Daws. t A vegetable gathered for pickling. for which thou whipp'st her. The usurer hangs the....in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it. None does onend, none, I say, none; I'll able 'em: Take that of me, my friend, who have the power To seal the...
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The Beauties of Shakspeare Regularly Selected from Each Play. With a General ...

William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1827 - 362 pages
...pickling. * H« ceek-t>o»t. || Tumble. For which thou whipp'st her. The usurer hangs the cozener. j r" • Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear; Robes,...in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it. None does onend, none, I say, none; I'll able 'em: Take that of me, my friend, who have the pow«r Vo seal the...
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Memorials of Shakspeare: Or, Sketches of His Character and Genius

Nathan Drake - 1828 - 534 pages
...satire is couched in two different metaphors, that are carried on with much propriety and elegance : Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear ; Robes...lance of justice hurtless breaks; Arm it in rags, a pigmy straw doth pierce it. We are moved to find that Lear has some faint knowledge of his old and...
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The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare: With a Life, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1828 - 448 pages
...office. Thou rascal headle, hold thy hloody hand : Why dost thou lash that whore? Strip thine own hack; Thou hotly lust'st to use her in that kind For which...cozener. Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear; Rohes, and furr'd gowns, hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless hreaks...
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Memorials of Shakspeare: Or, Sketches of His Character and Genius

Nathan Drake - 1828 - 522 pages
...satire is couched in two different metaphors, that are carried on with much propriety and elegance: Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear ; Robes...Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtlesg breaks; Arm it in rags, a pigmy straw doth pierce it. We are moved to find that Lear has some...
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