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Page 175 - is murky!—Fie, my lord, fie! a soldier, and afeard ? What need we fear wh'o knows it, when none can call our power to account?—Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him ! Doctor. Do you mark that ? Lady M. The thane of Fife had a wife ; where is she now
Page 226 - pantaloon, With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side ; His youthful hose, well-saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shanks ; and his big, manly voice Turning again towards childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this
Page 220 - hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says, he was ambitious ; And Brutus is an honourable man. You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, "Which he did thrice refuse.
Page 86 - Dressed in a little brief authority, (Most ignorant of what he's most assured, His glassy essence), like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high Heaven As make the angels weep.' In the third place, there are those who seem great simply because they look great. A man bought a parrot from a sailor on the understanding that it
Page 87 - dressed in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, " I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips let no dog bark." " There was once an English lawyer who rose to the highest
Page 222 - We'll hear the will: read it, Mark Antony. Citizens. The will, the will! we will hear Cesar's will. Ant. Have patience, gentle friends, I must not read it; It is not meet you know how Csesar loved you. You are not wood, you are not stones, but men ; And, being men, hearing the will of
Page 222 - shall read us the will; Caesar's will. Ant. Will you be patient ? will you stay awhile ? I have o'ershot myself to tell you of it. I fear I wrong the honourable men Whose daggers have stabb'd Caesar : I do fear it. 4
Page 221 - Marked ye his words? He would not take the crown; Therefore, 'tis certain he was not ambitious. 1 Cit. If it be found so, some will dear abide it. 2 Cit. Poor soul! his eyes are red as fire with weeping. 3 Cit. There's not a nobler man in
Page 186 - hereafter, I pray you, mock at 'em ; that is all. Pist. Good. Flu. Ay, leeks is goot:—Hold you, there is a groat to heal your pate. Pist. Me a groat! Flu, Yes, verily and in truth, you shall take it; or I have another leek in my pocket which you shall eat.
Page 183 - Dogb. True, and they are to meddle with none but the prince's subjects.—You shall also make no noise in the streets ; for, for the watch to babble and talk, is most tolerable and not to be endured. 2 Watch. We will rather sleep than talk ; we know what belongs to a watch.