Shakespeare's Tragedy of Timon of AthensJ.M. Dent, 1896 - 130 pages |
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Alcib Apem Apemantus Athenian Banditti beast beggar bounty breath Caph Caphis cave confound curse debt dost thou doth e'en Enter Flavius Enter Timon epitaph Exeunt Exit eyes feast Flam Flaminius flatterer Flav fool fortunes friends give gods gold hadst Hanmer hate hath hear heart honest honour jewel Julius Cæsar knaves live look Lord Timon lordship Lucilius Lucius Lucul Lucullus mankind master meat medlar nature ne'er noble Timon numbered Old Ath Pain Philotus Phrynia plague play Plutus Poet poor pray prithee rich Scene Senators Serv Servants Servilius Shakespeare slaves speak steward Stran talents thee There's thieves thine Third Lord thou art thou hast thou wert thou wilt thou wouldst thyself Timan Timandra Timon of Athens Timon's house Troilus and Cressida usurers Varro Ventidius villains wealth whore wretched ΙΟ
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Page 109 - Come not to me again : but say to Athens, Timon hath made his everlasting mansion Upon the beached verge of the salt flood ; Who once a day with his embossed froth The turbulent surge shall cover : thither come, And let my grave-stone be your oracle.
Page 2 - A thing slipp'd idly from me. Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes From whence 'tis nourish'd: the fire i' the flint Shows not till it be struck; our gentle flame Provokes itself, and like the current flies Each bound it chafes.
Page 70 - Thy mistress is o' the brothel! Son of sixteen, pluck the lined crutch from thy old limping sire, With it beat out his brains! Piety, and fear, Religion to the gods, peace, justice, truth, Domestic awe, night-rest, and neighbourhood, Instruction, manners, mysteries, and trades, Degrees, observances, customs, and laws, Decline to your confounding contraries, And let confusion live!