The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher: The First Printed from the Text, Volume 1J. Stockdale, 1811 |
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Page 485 - Sheds itself through the face, As alone there triumphs to the life All the gain, all the good, of the elements
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Page 10 - As breath with life, or colour with the blood. But now, his course is so irregular, So loose, affected, and deprived of grace, And he himself withal so far fallen off From that first place, as scarce no note remains, To tell men's judgments where he lately stood. He's grown a stranger to all due respect, Forgetful of his friends ; and not content To stale himself in all societies, He makes my house here, common as a mart...
Page 238 - Men of your large profession, that could speak To every cause, and things mere contraries, Till they were hoarse again, yet all be law; That, with most quick agility, could turn, And return; make knots, and undo them; Give forked counsel; take provoking gold On either hand, and put it up; these men, He knew, would thrive with their humility.
Page 447 - Busy. Only pig was not comprehended in my admonition, the rest were: for long hair, it is an ensign of pride, a banner; and the world is full of those banners, very full of banners. And bottle-ale is a drink of Satan's, a diet-drink of Satan's, devised to puff us up, and make us swell in this latter age of vanity; as the smoke of tobacco, to keep us in mist and error...
Page 343 - But raise you friends. Withal, to be of power To pay an army in the field, to buy The King of France out of his realms, or Spain Out of his Indies. What can you not do Against lords spiritual or temporal, That shall oppone* you? TRI. Verily, 'tis true. We may be temporal lords ourselves, I take it. SUB. You may be anything, and leave off to make Long-winded exercises; or suck up Your ha! and hum!
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Page 485 - Do but look on her eyes, they do light All that Love's world compriseth. Do but look on her hair, it is bright As Love's star when it riseth. Do but mark, her forehead's smoother Than words that soothe her.
Page 334 - I'll say unto my cook, There's gold, Go forth, and be a knight.