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" How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! — O Sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down... "
The Works of William Shakespeare: King John. King Richard II. First part of ... - Page 352
by William Shakespeare - 1866
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The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere: Comedies ...

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 544 pages
...good speed. [Exit Page. How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! 0 sleep, 0 gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest melody? 0 thou dull god, why liest...
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The speaker: or, Miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers ...

William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 pages
...HENRY IV.'S SOLILOQUY ON SLEEP. How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...Than in the perfum'd chambers of the Great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest melody? O thou dull God ! why liest...
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The Illustrated London Reading Book

English language - 1851 - 278 pages
...HENRY IV .'S SOLILOQUY ON SLEEP. How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest...
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The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 548 pages
...hour asleep ! O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou 110 more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses...<Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest melody? O thou dull god, why liest...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. [Followed by] The journal of a tour to ..., Volume 5

James Boswell - 1851 - 410 pages
...in short, with a crowd of sensations with which sober rationality has nothing to do. * " O sleep ! 0 gentle sleep ! Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hushed with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With a Life of the Poet, and ...

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 744 pages
...speed. [Exit Page. How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! — 0 Sleep, 0 gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hushed with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the...
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Selections from the British Poets: Chronologically Arranged from Chaucer to ...

English poetry - 1851 - 496 pages
...Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That tiough no more wit •weigh iny eyelids down. And steep my senses in forgetfulness...Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest melody ; 0 thou dull god, why liest...
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First collection of instructive extracts

Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 248 pages
...ON SLEEP. How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! — O gentle sleep 1 Nature's soft nurse ! How have I frighted thee. That...Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest melody? O thou dull god ! Why liest...
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The Class Book of Poetry

Class-book - Poetry - 1852 - 152 pages
...grief, Need friends : — subjected thus, How can you say to me — I am a king ? • S>\ety. Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest...
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Dramatic Works: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens and Reed; with ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1852 - 550 pages
...good speed. [Exit PAGE. How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! — Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber ; Thau in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds...
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