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Lectures on the Literature of the Age of Elizabeth: And Characters of ... - Page 215
by William Hazlitt - 1878 - 515 pages
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Midsummer-night's dream. Love's labor's lost. Merchant of Venice. As you ...

William Shakespeare - 1836 - 554 pages
...way to choke a gibing spirit, Whose influence is begot of that loose grace, Which shallow, laughing hearers give to fools. A jest's prosperity lies in...tongue Of him that makes it. Then, if sickly ears, Deafed with the clamors of their own dear ' groans, Will hear your idle scorns, continue then, And...
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Essays and Selections

Basil Montagu - Fore-edged painting - 1837 - 382 pages
...way to choke a gibing spirit, Whose influence is begot of that loose grace, Which shallow laughing hearers give to fools : A jest's prosperity lies in...hears it ; never in the tongue Of him that makes it. Reason. The reason is clear : ignorance sees only the most obvious appearances that are contained in...
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Complete Works: With Dr. Johnson's Preface, a Glossary, and an Account of ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 pages
...way to choke a gibing spirit, Whose influence is begot of that loose grace. Which shallow laughing grave shall be for both ; upon them shall The causes of their Deafd with the clamours of their own dear groans, Will hear your idle scorns, continue then, And I...
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The wisdom and genius of Shakspeare: comprising moral philosophy ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...dissected and laid open, by the squandering glances or random shots of a fool. h Short arrows. 268 Jests. A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it. 8— v. 2. 269 Folly, its effects. None are so surely caught,' when they are cateh'd, As wit turn'd...
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Selections from the Works of Taylor, Latimer, Hall, Milton, Barrow, South ...

Basil Montagu - Conduct of life - 1839 - 404 pages
...way to choke a gibing spirit, Whose influence is begot of that loose grace, Which shallow laughing hearers give to fools : " A jest's prosperity lies...hears it ; never in the tongue Of him that makes it." NATURE AND ART. NATURE is not at variance with art; nor art with nature ; they being both the servants...
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The Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare: Comprising Moral Philosophy ...

William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 478 pages
...anatomized, ie dissected and laid : by the squandering glances or random shots of a fuol. 268 Jests. A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it. 8— v. 2. 269 Folly, its effects. None are so surely caught,* when they are catch'd, As wit turn'd...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: Measure for measure ; Comedy of errors ...

William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1842 - 582 pages
...way to choke a gibing spirit, Whose influence is begot of that loose grace, Which shallow laughing hearers give to fools. . A jest's prosperity lies...dear groans, Will hear your idle scorns, continue then, And I will have you, and that fault withal ; But, if they will not, throw away that spirit, And...
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Knight's Cabinet edition of the works of William Shakspere, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 360 pages
...the way to choke a gibing spirit, Whose influence is begot of that loose grace Which shallow laughing hearers give to fools : A jest's prosperity lies in...dear groans, Will hear your idle scorns, continue then, And I will have you, and that fault withal ; But, if they will not, throw away that spirit, And...
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The family Shakespeare [expurgated by T. Bowdler]. in which those words are ...

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 1008 pages
...the way to choke a gibing spirit, Whose influence is begot ofthat loose grace, Which shallow laughing h h 4 4 4 Deaf'd with the clamours of their own dear groans, Will hear your idle scorns, continue then, And I...
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The works of Shakspere, revised from the best authorities: with a ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 pages
...the way to choke a gibing spirit, Whose influence is begot of that loose grace Which shallow laughing hearers give to fools. A jest's prosperity lies in...never in the tongue Of him that makes it. Then, if sicklv ears, Deafed with the clamours of their own deargroans, Will hear your idle scorns, continue...
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