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... merry : these yo ir frowns a man , Whereas a bad one make a man a beast . Come , you and I are friends . Brach . Most wishedly ; Like bones which , broke in sunder , and well set , Knit the more strongly . F. de Med . Call Camillo ...
... merry : these yo ir frowns a man , Whereas a bad one make a man a beast . Come , you and I are friends . Brach . Most wishedly ; Like bones which , broke in sunder , and well set , Knit the more strongly . F. de Med . Call Camillo ...
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... merry , my lord . Flam . O thou curs'd antipathy to nature ! look , his eye's bloodshed , like a needle a chi- rurgeon stitcheth a wound with : let me embrace thee , toad , and love thee : 0 thou abominable loathsome gargarism , that ...
... merry , my lord . Flam . O thou curs'd antipathy to nature ! look , his eye's bloodshed , like a needle a chi- rurgeon stitcheth a wound with : let me embrace thee , toad , and love thee : 0 thou abominable loathsome gargarism , that ...
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... merry . Cam . Merry , my lord ! o'th ' captains humour right , I am resolved to be drunk this night . [ Exit . F. de Med . So , ' twas well fitted : now shall we discern How his wish'd absence will give violent way To duke Brachiano's ...
... merry . Cam . Merry , my lord ! o'th ' captains humour right , I am resolved to be drunk this night . [ Exit . F. de Med . So , ' twas well fitted : now shall we discern How his wish'd absence will give violent way To duke Brachiano's ...
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... merry heart , Aud a good stomach to a feast , are all , All the poor crimes that you can charge me with . In faith , my lord , you might go pistol flies , The sport would be more noble . Mon. Very good . Vit . Cor . But take you your ...
... merry heart , Aud a good stomach to a feast , are all , All the poor crimes that you can charge me with . In faith , my lord , you might go pistol flies , The sport would be more noble . Mon. Very good . Vit . Cor . But take you your ...
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... merry , Do it i'th ' like posture , as if some great man Sate while his enemy were executed ; Tho ' it be very leachery unto thee , Do't , with a crabbed politician's face . Lod . Your sister is a damnable whore . Flam . Ha ? Lod . Look ...
... merry , Do it i'th ' like posture , as if some great man Sate while his enemy were executed ; Tho ' it be very leachery unto thee , Do't , with a crabbed politician's face . Lod . Your sister is a damnable whore . Flam . Ha ? Lod . Look ...
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AKERCOCK Andromana Antonio art thou Artemia Blan blood Brach Bran brother Capt captain Clown cuckold dare death devil Don JULIO Don ZANCHO doth Dotterel Duke Dutch Enter Don Euph Evadne Exeunt Exit eyes faith father fear Flam fool fortune Fran FRANCISCA gentleman give hand happy hast hath hear heart Heaven HENGIST honest honour hope husband king king of Kent lady leave live look lord madam marriage marry master master constable means merry methinks mistress ne'er never night noble Octavio on't Pambo pardon Plangus play poison'd Porcia pr'ythee pray prince servant shew sister soul speak stay sure sweet sword tell thee Theod there's thing thou art thought twas twill unto wench what's Whaw wife Wild woman
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Page 38 - Oh thou soft natural death ! that art joint-twin To sweetest slumber !— no rough-bearded comet Stares on thy mild departure : the dull owl Beats not against thy casement : the hoarse wolf Scents not thy carrion. Pity winds thy corse, Whilst horror waits on princes.
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Page 48 - The Tragedy of Paulo Giordano Ursini, Duke of Brachiano : With the Life and Death of Vittoria Corombona, the famous Venetian Curtizan.