William Shakespeare ( 10 of 1881 )
Master, if you do, expect spoon-meat, or bespeak a long spoon.
Master, if you do, expect spoon-meat, or bespeak a long spoon.
A coward, a most devout coward; religious in it.
A coward, a most devout coward; religious in it.
Even in the afternoon of her best days. -King Richard III. Act iii. Sc. 7.
Even in the afternoon of her best days. -King Richard III. Act iii. Sc. 7.
Eating the bitter bread of banishment. -King Richard II. Act iii. Sc. 1.
Eating the bitter bread of banishment. -King Richard II. Act iii. Sc. 1.
O that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth!
Then with passion would I shake the world,
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O that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth!
Then with passion would I shake the world,
And rouse from sleep that fell anatomy
Which cannot hear a lady's feeble voice,
Which scorns a modern invocation.
He seems to be of great authority. Close with him, give him
gold; and though authority be a stubborn read more
He seems to be of great authority. Close with him, give him
gold; and though authority be a stubborn bear, yet he is oft led
by the nose with gold.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound
He jests at scars that never felt a wound
O that I were a mockery king of snow,
Standing before the sun of Bolingbroke
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O that I were a mockery king of snow,
Standing before the sun of Bolingbroke
To melt myself away in water drops!
There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.
There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.
Nay, master, said not I as much when I saw the porpoise, how he
bounced and tumbled? They say read more
Nay, master, said not I as much when I saw the porpoise, how he
bounced and tumbled? They say they're half fish, half flesh. A
plague on them! They ne'er come but I look to be washed.
