The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, and Isaac Reed, Volume 5Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807 |
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... Wife to EGEON , an Abbess at Ephesus . ADRIANA , Wife to ANTIPHOLUS of Ephesus . LUCIANA , her Sister . LUCE , her Servant . A Courtezan . Gaoler , Officers , and other Attendants . SCENE , Ephesus . COMEDY OF ERRORS . ACT I. SCENE I. - A.
... Wife to EGEON , an Abbess at Ephesus . ADRIANA , Wife to ANTIPHOLUS of Ephesus . LUCIANA , her Sister . LUCE , her Servant . A Courtezan . Gaoler , Officers , and other Attendants . SCENE , Ephesus . COMEDY OF ERRORS . ACT I. SCENE I. - A.
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... wife , not meanly proud of two such boys , Made daily motions for our home return : Unwilling I agreed ; alas , too soon . We came aboard : A league from Epidamnum had we sail'd , Before the always - wind - obeying deep Gave any tragick ...
... wife , not meanly proud of two such boys , Made daily motions for our home return : Unwilling I agreed ; alas , too soon . We came aboard : A league from Epidamnum had we sail'd , Before the always - wind - obeying deep Gave any tragick ...
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... wife , Weeping before for what she saw must come , And piteous plainings of the pretty babes , That mourn'd for fashion , ignorant what to fear , Forc'd me to seek delays for them and me . And this it was , -for other means was none ...
... wife , Weeping before for what she saw must come , And piteous plainings of the pretty babes , That mourn'd for fashion , ignorant what to fear , Forc'd me to seek delays for them and me . And this it was , -for other means was none ...
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... wife , my mistress at the Phoenix ; She , that doth fast , till you come home to dinner , And prays , that you will hie you home to dinner . Ant . S. What , wilt thou flout me thus unto my face , Being forbid ? There , take you that ...
... wife , my mistress at the Phoenix ; She , that doth fast , till you come home to dinner , And prays , that you will hie you home to dinner . Ant . S. What , wilt thou flout me thus unto my face , Being forbid ? There , take you that ...
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... wife . Dro . E. Why , mistress , sure my master is horn - mad . Adr . Horn - mad , thou villain ? Dro . E. I mean not cuckold - mad ; but , sure , he's stark - mad : When I desir'd him to come home to dinner , He ask'd me for a thousand ...
... wife . Dro . E. Why , mistress , sure my master is horn - mad . Adr . Horn - mad , thou villain ? Dro . E. I mean not cuckold - mad ; but , sure , he's stark - mad : When I desir'd him to come home to dinner , He ask'd me for a thousand ...
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ANTIPHOLUS Aquitain ARMADO Baptista Bian Bianca Bion BIONDELLO Biron Boyet chain comes Cost COSTARD Curt daughter dost thou doth Dromio ducats Duke Dull Dumain Enter Ephesus Exeunt Exit eyes face fair father fool forsworn gentle gentleman give grace Grumio hand hath hear heart hither horse Hortensio husband Kate Kath KATHARINA King knock l'envoy lady Long Longaville look lord Lucentio madam Marry master merry mistress Moth Nath Navarre ne'er never oath Padua Petruchio Pisa Pompey pray Prin princess quoth Rosaline SCENE Servant shrew signior Gremio Sirrah sister speak stay sweet Syracusan Syracuse tell thee There's thine thou art thou hast to-day tongue Tranio unto villain Vincentio wench What's wife wilt withal woman word
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Page 262 - When all aloud the wind doth blow And coughing drowns the parson's saw And birds sit brooding in the snow And Marian's nose looks red and raw, When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whit; Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
Page 260 - A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it...
Page 209 - Sir, he hath never fed of the dainties that are bred in a book ; he hath not eat paper, as it were ; he hath not drunk ink : his intellect is not replenished ; he is only an animal, only sensible in the duller parts...
Page 261 - When shepherds pipe on oaten straws And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men; for thus sings he, Cuckoo; Cuckoo, cuckoo: O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear!
Page 160 - Such duty as the subject owes the prince, Even such a woman oweth to her husband...