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" I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling Nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them... "
The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the ... - Page 4
by William Shakespeare - 1803
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The Bachelor's Wife: A Selection of Curious and Interesting Extracts, with ...

John Galt - 1824 - 470 pages
...degrees, has expressly stated it in the soliloquy with which the play opens :— " I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling...Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on my own deformity ; And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken...
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The bachelor's wife, a selection of curious and interesting extracts

John Galt - 1824 - 462 pages
...degrees, has expressly stated it in the soliloquy with which the play opens : — " I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling...Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on my own deformity ; And therefore,— since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken...
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The Beauties of Shakespeare: Selected from Each Play : with a General Index ...

William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1824 - 428 pages
...rudely stamp'd, and want love's majesty, To strut before a wanton ambling nymph; I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling...time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time, * Dances. -J- Armed. Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And therefore,—since I cannot prove a lover,...
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The British Theatre: Or, A Collection of Plays, which are Acted at ..., Volume 5

Mrs. Inchbald - 1824 - 486 pages
...stamp'd, and want love's majesty, To strut before a wanton, ambling nymph ; I, that am curtail'd of man's fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling...piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away my hours, Unless to see my shadow in the sun, And descant on my own deformity : Then, since this earth...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...rudely stamp'd, and want lore's majesty, To strut before a wanton ambling nymph ; I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling...made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable, That dogi bark at me, n* I halt by them ; — Why I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight...
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A dictionary of quotations from the British poets, by the author of The ...

British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...stfe'tcri'thy chest, and let thy eyes spout blood ; Thou blow'st for Hector. DEFORMITY. Deform'd, unfinished, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce...unfashionable, That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them. But I, — that am not shap'd for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass ; I,...
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The Plays, Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 358 pages
...rudely stamp'd and want love's majesty, To strut before a wanton ambling nymph ; I, that am curtaiPd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling...time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, • Dances. •}- Armed. And that so lamely and unfashionable, That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them...
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's Sämmtliche Schriften: Erster [-Zwei und ...

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1825 - 670 pages
...And that so lamely and unfashionable,. That dogs bark at me, as 1 halt by them; '— •_ Why I (iu, this weak piping time of Peace) Have no delight to...descant on mine own deformity. And therefore, since 1 cannot prove a Lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days, I am determined , to prove a Villain...
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessings sämmtliche Schriften

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1825 - 666 pages
...this breathingjworldj scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable, That dogs bark at we, as I halt by them ; — ..Why I (in this weak piping...of Peace) Have no delight to pass away the time;. v Unless to spy my shadow in the sun. And descant on mine own deformity. ' " And therefore, since I...
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The Works of Thomas Gray, Esq

Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1827 - 468 pages
...down for supporting the diction of it ; particularly with respect to the drama. I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling...this breathing world, scarce half made up — And what follows. To me they appear untranslatable ; and if this be the case, our language is greatly degenerated....
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