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" By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash By any indirection... "
The Monthly Magazine - Page 265
1796
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the ..., Volume 16

William Shakespeare - 1813 - 446 pages
...certain sums of gold, which you denied me;— • For I can raise no money by vile means : By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash,7 By any indirection. I did send To you for...
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts ..., Volume 23

1816 - 852 pages
...he would have been an excellent man of bufinefs. Clarendon. 6. To force by violence ; to extort.— I had rather coin my heart! And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peafants their vile train By any indirection. Shak. Who can be bound by...
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Elegant extracts in poetry, Volume 2

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...For certain turns of gold, which you denied me; For I can raise no money by vile means : % Heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash, By any indirection. I did send To you for gold...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - 1817 - 416 pages
...the idle wind, Which I respect not. I did send to you For certain sums of gold, which you denied me ; I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants, their vile trash, By any indirection. I did send To you for...
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The Family Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes; in which Nothing is Added ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1818 - 444 pages
...certain sums of gold, which you denied me ; — For I can raise no money by vile means : By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash, By any indirection. I did send To you for gold...
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Crokeriana, Or, "Familiar Epistles": Republished and Dedicated to Trinity ...

1818 - 66 pages
...to rise by honest fame, for like Brutus, he may say, I can raise no money by vile means. By Heaven ! I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for Drachmas than to wring From the hard hands of peasants * their vile trash By any indirection. —— When Nich. V*n*s*tt*rt...
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Principles of Elocution: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and ...

Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 pages
...For certain sums of gold, which you denied me : For I can raise no money by vile means : By Heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hands of peasants their vile trash, By any indirection. I did send To you for gold to...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - 1820 - 422 pages
...(he idU wind, Which ["respect not. I did send to you F -r certain sums of gold, which you denied me; I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas than to wring From the hard hands of peasants, their vile trash, By any indirection. I aid send To you for...
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The American Preceptor Improved:: Being a New Selection of Lessons for ...

Caleb Bingham - 1820 - 226 pages
...life you durst not. Co*. Do not presume too much upon my love; I may do what I shall be sorry for. I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hand of peasants their viie trash, By any indirection. I did tend To you for gold...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - 1819 - 366 pages
...the idle wind, * Which I respect not. I did send to you For certain sums of gold, which you denied m I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring rrom the hard hands of peasants, their vile trash, By any indirection. 1 did send To you for...
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