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Much ado about nothing. The merchant of Venice. Love's labour's lost. As you ... - Page 283
by William Shakespeare - 1762
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The Dramatic Censor: Or, Critical Companion ...

Francis Gentleman - 1770 - 510 pages
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The Dramatic Censor: Or, Critical Companion ...

Francis Gentleman - 1770 - 504 pages
...fmileand fay This is no flattery — Thefe are counfellors That feelingly perfuademe what I arn — Sweet are the ufes of adverfity, Which, like the toad, ugly...jewel in his head, And this our life, exempt from pub'.ic haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in ftones and good in ev'ry...
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The plays of Shakespeare, from the text of S. Johnson, with the ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1771 - 514 pages
...finile, and fay, This is no flattery: thefe are counfellors, That feelingly perfuade me what I am. Sweet are the ufes of adverfity, Which, like the toad, ugly...jewel in his head : And this our life, exempt from pnblick haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in ftones, and good in...
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The works of Shakespear [ed. by H. Blair], in which the beauties observed by ...

William Shakespeare - 1771 - 378 pages
...perfuade me what I am. Sweet are the ufes of adverfity. Which, like the toad, ugly and venom ons',.. Wears yet a precious jewel in his head : - •'• •' , : And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running broo&sy Sermons in ftones, and good in every thing.'...
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The Works of Shakespeare in Twelve Volumes: Collated with the ..., Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1772 - 350 pages
...fay, This is no flattery ; thde are counfellors. , < That feelingly perfuade me what I am. , ^ Sweet are the ufes of adverfity, Which like the toad, ugly...in his head : And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Serrn«as in ftoaes, and good in every...
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The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated

Mrs. Griffith (Elizabeth), Elizabeth Griffith - 1775 - 626 pages
...Gentlemen of V»tan». 0.1 the pane: »f Uf; or Habit. Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head * : And this our life, exempt from public haunt, FiaJi tongues in Irtti, took' in the >unnmg brooks, Sfmtris i" Jlones, and s^iod in every thing....
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Stockdale's edition of Shakespeare, with explanatory notes

William Shakespeare - 1784 - 1118 pages
...peiiiwde me what i зпь Sweet are the ufes of adverfrty ; Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head ' : And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Kinds tongueb in trees, books in the minting brooks, Strnv.ni in ItoiKs, and good in every thing,...
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The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - 1785 - 460 pages
...fmile, and fay, This is no flattery ; thefe are counfellors, That feelingly perfuade me what I am. Sweet are the ufes of adverfity, Which, like the toad, ugly...brooks, Sermons in ftones, and good in every thing. Come, fhall we go, and kill us venifon ! And yet it irks me, the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers...
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The Dramatic Works of Shakspeare: In Six Volumes, Volume 2

William Shakespeare, Joseph Rann - 1787 - 700 pages
...and fay, — This is no flattery : thele are counfellors That feelingly perfuade me what I am. Sweet are the ufes of adverfity ; Which, like the toad,...jewel in his head : And this our life, exempt from publick haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in ftones, and good in...
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The Dramatic Works: Of Shakespeare, in Six Volumes; with Notes by Joseph ...

William Shakespeare - 1787 - 694 pages
...body, Even 'till I fhrink with cold, I fmile, and fay,— That feelingly perfuade me what I am. Sweet are the ufes of adverfity; Which, like the toad, ugly...jewel in his head : And this our life, exempt from publick haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,' Sermons in ftones, and good in...
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