Taming of the Shrew: A ComedyPrivately printed, 1887 - 75 pages |
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... ready when he wakes , To make a dulcet and a heavenly sound ; And if he chance to speak , be ready straight , And , with a low submissive reverence , Say , -What is it your honor will command ? Some one be ready with a costly suit , And ...
... ready when he wakes , To make a dulcet and a heavenly sound ; And if he chance to speak , be ready straight , And , with a low submissive reverence , Say , -What is it your honor will command ? Some one be ready with a costly suit , And ...
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... , home thy ancient thoughts from banishment , I banish hence these abject lowly dreams . [ Servants approach bed . k how thy servants do attend on thee , Each in his office ready at thy beck . Wilt 17 TAMING OF THE SHREW .
... , home thy ancient thoughts from banishment , I banish hence these abject lowly dreams . [ Servants approach bed . k how thy servants do attend on thee , Each in his office ready at thy beck . Wilt 17 TAMING OF THE SHREW .
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A Comedy William Shakespeare Augustin Daly. Each in his office ready at thy beck . Wilt thou have music ? hark ! Apollo plays , And twenty caged nightingales do sing : [ The music of lutes is heard outside and several v sing : Say that ...
A Comedy William Shakespeare Augustin Daly. Each in his office ready at thy beck . Wilt thou have music ? hark ! Apollo plays , And twenty caged nightingales do sing : [ The music of lutes is heard outside and several v sing : Say that ...
Page 49
... ready ; the oats have eaten the horses . Kath . Nay , then , Do what thou canst , I will not go to - day ; No , nor to - morrow , not till I please myself . The door is open , sir , there lies your way , You may be jogging whiles your ...
... ready ; the oats have eaten the horses . Kath . Nay , then , Do what thou canst , I will not go to - day ; No , nor to - morrow , not till I please myself . The door is open , sir , there lies your way , You may be jogging whiles your ...
Page 54
... ready and willing With one consent to have her so bestow'd ; For curious I cannot be with you , Signior Baptista , of whom I hear so well . Bap . Sir , pardon me in what I have to say ; - Your plainness and your shortness please me well ...
... ready and willing With one consent to have her so bestow'd ; For curious I cannot be with you , Signior Baptista , of whom I hear so well . Bap . Sir , pardon me in what I have to say ; - Your plainness and your shortness please me well ...
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acted apparel AUGUSTIN DALY Bian Bion BIONDELLO bride comedy comes curst Curt Curtis Daly's Theatre daughter doth dream duty Edwin Booth English peasants Enter GRUMIO Enter KATHARINE Enter PETRUCHIO entreat Exeunt Exit fair father fool Garrick gentleman gown hath hear heard hither honor horse HORTENSIO HUNTSMAN husband Induction Kath kiss Kitty Clive knock lady Licio look lord LUCENTIO and BIANCA lute Madam maid marry master mistress moon Nath ne'er never Padua PEDANT piece Pisa play players pray Re-enter ready right Vincentio scene servant Shakespeare Shakspere's Shrew Signior Baptista signior Gremio signior Lucentio Sirrah Slie stay suitor sweet Kate Taming tell thee Thomas Hardy thou canst thou hast thou liest Tranio unto Verona villain Warwickshire wench What's wife wilt win my love
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Page 75 - Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign ; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance : commits his body To painful labour, both by sea and land ; To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, While thou liest warm at home, secure and safe; And craves no other tribute at thy hands, But love, fair looks, and true obedience, — Too little payment for so great a debt.
Page 75 - While thou liest warm at home, secure and safe, And craves no other tribute at thy hands, But love, fair looks, and true obedience; Too little payment for so great a debt. Such duty as the subject owes the prince, Even such, a woman oweth to her husband...
Page 75 - I am ashamed that women are so simple To offer war where they should kneel for peace, Or seek for rule, supremacy and sway, When they are bound to serve, love and obey.
Page 50 - I will be master of what is mine own : She is my goods, my chattels ; she is my house, My household stuff, my field, my barn, My horse, my ox, my ass, my any thing...