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" What is a man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more. Sure he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and god-like reason To fust in us unus'd. "
Characters of Shakespeare's Plays - Page 73
by William Hazlitt - 1845 - 229 pages
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Hamlet. Titus Andronicus

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 522 pages
...before, and after, gave us not . ••! <.-' That capability and god-like reason •- jro To fust in us unus'd. Now, whether it be Bestial oblivion,...or some craven scruple Of thinking too precisely on the event, — A thought, which, quarter'd, hath but one part wisdom, And, ever, three parts coward,—...
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Mrs. Jordan, Volume 2

James Boadan - 1800 - 380 pages
...who resembled Hamlet — ecce signum ! as Falstaff would say. Hamlet is a character of indecision. " Sure, he that made us, with such large discourse,...gave us not That capability and God-like reason, To fust in us unused. Now whether it be Bestial oblivion or some craven scruple, Of thinking too precisely...
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The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners : with Strictures ..., Volume 14

1802 - 436 pages
...Hamlet, Aft iv. scene 4. " What is a man,' "' " If his chief good, and market of his time,, " Be but to sleep, and feed ? A beast, no more. « " Sure, he...gave us not^ " That capability and godlike reason " "Jko fust in us unus'd." My conjefture gathers further strength from the follcwing passages, ItaMassingir,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 10

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 446 pages
...me, And spur my dull revenge ! What is a man, If his chief good, and market 1 of his time, Be but to sleep, and feed ? a beast, no more. Sure, he, that...gave us not That capability and godlike reason To fust 4 in us unus'd. Now, whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven * scruple Of thinking too...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 642 pages
...me, And spur my dull revenge! What is a man, If his chief good, and market of his time, I3e but to sleep, and feed? a beast, no more. Sure, he, that...gave us not That capability and godlike reason To fust in us unus'd. Now, whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple Of thinking too precisely...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 14

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 420 pages
...me, And spur my dull revenge ! What is a man, If his chief good, and market of his time. Be but to sleep, and feed ? a beast, no more. Sure, he, that...gave us not That capability and godlike reason To fust in us unus'd. Now, whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple Of thinking too precisely...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With Explanatory Notes ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 562 pages
...me, And spur my dull revenge ! What is a man, If his chief good, and market of his time, Be but to sleep and feed ? a beast, no more. ' Sure, He, that...gave us not That capability and god-like reason To fust in us unus'd. Now, whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple Of thinking too preciselv...
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The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson ..., Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1807 - 374 pages
...me, And spur my dull revenge ! What is a man, If his chief good, and market of his time, Be but to sleep, and feed ? a beast, no more. Sure, he, that...gave us not That capability and godlike reason To fust in us unus'd. Now, whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple Of thinking too precisely...
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A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine: I. Ancient ...

Anecdotes - 1809 - 562 pages
...insertion in your use* ful Miscellany, they are much at your service. Sure he that made us, with suck large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us...That capability and God-like reason To rust in us unused.— 4 Act Ham. Shak. Theobald produces two passages from Homer, where this thought occurs See...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory: Delivered to the Classes of ..., Volume 1

John Quincy Adams - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1810 - 466 pages
...addressed to the Author of the universe. How justly then, with the great dramatic poet, may we exclaim, u Sure, he that made us with such large discourse,....capability and God-like reason, To rust in us, unus'd." A faculty thus elevated, given us for so subfime a purpose, and destined to an end so excellent, was...
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