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" I were at the strappado, or all the racks in the world, I would not tell you on compulsion. Give you a reason on compulsion ! if reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion, I. "
The Prince and the Pedlar; Or, The Siege of Bristol - Page 182
by Ellen Pickering - 1839 - 311 pages
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Carleton's Hand-book of Popular Quotations: A Book of Ready Reference for ...

G.W. Carleton & Co - 1878 - 360 pages
...well-bred whisper close the scene. COWPER, Task, book ii. Reason. — Give you a REASON on compulsion I If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion. — SHAKESPERE, Henry IV., act ii. sc. 4. — Human REASON is like a drunken man on...
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The Complete Dramatic and Poetical Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1879 - 494 pages
...'Zounds, an I were at the strappado, or all the racks in the world, I would not tell you on compulsion. Give you a reason on compulsion ! if reasons were...plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion, I. Prince. I '11 be no longer guilty of this sin : tins sanguine coward, this bed-presser,...
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Kottabos: College Miscellany, Volume 3

1881 - 364 pages
...'Zounds, an I were at the strappado, or all the racks in the world, I would not tell you on compulsion. Give you a reason on compulsion ! if reasons were...plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion, I. Prince. I 'll be no longer guilty of this sin; this sanguine coward, this bed-presser,...
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The Miles Gloriosus of T. Maccius Plautus

Titus Maccius Plautus - 1881 - 345 pages
...'Zounds, an I were at the strappado, or all the racks in the world, I would not tell you on compulsion. Give you a reason on compulsion! if reasons were as...plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion—I. Prince. I'll be no longer guilty of this sin; this sanguine coward, this bed-presser,...
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Histories

William Shakespeare - 1881 - 982 pages
...'Zounds, an I were at the strappado, or all the racks in the world, I would not tell you on compulsion. Give you a reason on compulsion! if reasons were as...plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion, L Prince. I'll be no longer guilty of this sin; this sanguine coward, this bed-presser,...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1881 - 978 pages
...'Zounds, an I were at the strappado, or all the racks in the world, I would not tell you on compulsion. Give you a reason on compulsion! if reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would give uo man a reason upon compulsion, I. Prince. I'll be no longer guilty of this sin; this sanguine coward,...
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The Shakespeare Phrase Book

John Bartlett - 1881 - 1046 pages
...I would not tell you on compulsion. Give you a reason on compulsion! . . . i Henry /£•*, ij. 4. you see yonder cloud that 's almost in shape of a camel ?— By the mass, upon compulsion . iL 4. As if we were villains by necessity ; fools by heavenly compulsion King Lear,...
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The Shakespeare Phrase Book

John Bartlett - 1881 - 1054 pages
...John* vz I would not tell you on compulsion. Give you a reason on compulsion! . . . i Henry II'. ii. 4. If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion . ii. 4. As if we were villains by necessity; fools by heavenly compulsion King Lear,...
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The Shakspere reading book, being seventeen of Shakspere's plays abridged ...

William Shakespeare - 1883 - 202 pages
...'Zounds, an I were at the strappado, or all the racks in the world, I would not tell you ou compulsion. Give you a reason on compulsion ! If reasons were...plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion, I. Prince. I'll be no longer guilty of this sin; this sanguine coward, this horse...
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Familiar quotations [compiled] by J. Bartlett. Author's ed

Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pages
...rogues in tmckram let drive at me — Ibid. Three misbegotten knaves in Kenclal green. Ibid. Give yon a reason on compulsion ! if reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion, I. Ibid. Mark now, how a plain tale shall put you down. Ibid. I was now a coward on...
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