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Current Encyclopedia, a Monthly Record of Human Progress - Page 1736
1902
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ..., Part 2, Volume 13

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 440 pages
...mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever med'cine thee to that sweet sleep. ShtJupeart. And shrieks like mandrakes, torn out of the earth, That living mortals, hearing them, run mad. Id. Among other virtues, mandrake has been falsely celebrated for rendering barren women fruitful :...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 638 pages
...resort ; — Alack, alack ! is it not like, that I," So early waking, — what with loathsome smells ; And shrieks like mandrakes, torn out of the earth, That living mortals, hearing them, run mad ; — O ! if I wake, shall I not be distraught,6 Environed with all these hideous fears ? And madly...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 654 pages
...Alack, alack! is it not like, that I," So early waking,—what with loathsome smells; And shrieks ltke mandrakes, torn out of the earth, That living mortals, hearing them, run mad;— 0! if I wake, shall I not be distraught, 1 " Environed with all these hideous fears ? And madly play...
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The Dramatic Works, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1831 - 528 pages
...resort ;— Alack, alack ! is it nut like, that I, So early waking— what with loathsome smells ; And shrieks like mandrakes' torn out of the earth, That living mortals, hearing them, run mad;1 — O! if I wake, shall I not be distraught,1 Environed with «II these hideous fear« ? And...
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An appeal to the medical profession, on the utility of the ..., Volume 14

John Read (maker to the army.) - 1833 - 814 pages
...quodammodo etiam vocem quum evellitur, si vera tradunt referat ejulans?" To this Shakspeare adverts: " And shrieks like mandrakes torn out of the earth: That living mortals, hearing them, run mad." — R.fyjul. a.iy. 8.2. Again, " Would curses kill as doth the mandrake's groan, I'd—" 2d Part K....
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King Lear. Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello

William Shakespeare - 1836 - 534 pages
...resort ; — Alack, alack ! is it not like, that I, So early waking, — what with loathsome smells, And shrieks like mandrakes torn out of the earth, That living mortals, hearing them, run mad ; a — O ! if I wake, shall I not be distraught, Environed with all these hideous fears ? And madly...
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Magazine of Botany and Gardening British and Foreign ..., Volume 3

1837 - 276 pages
...quodammodo etiam vocem quum evellitur, >i vera tradunt référât ejnlans P" To this Shakspeare adverts : " And shrieks like mandrakes torn out of the earth : That living mortals, hearing them, run mad." it. íí Jul, act. iv. sc. 2. Again, " Would curses kill as doth the mandrake's groan, I'd—" 2d Part...
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Flora's Dictionary

Elizabeth Washington Wirt - 1837 - 264 pages
...would invent as hitter, searching terms, As curst, as harsh, and horrible to hear. Simla. And shricks, like mandrakes, torn out of the earth, That living mortals, hearing them, run mad. Same. The Mandrake has a soporific quality, and the ancients used It when they wanted a narcotic of...
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The Monthly review. New and improved ser. New and improved ser, Volume 2

1838 - 654 pages
...ctiam vocem quum evellitur, si vera trail unt referat ejulans ?' To this Shakspeare adverts : — ' And shrieks like mandrakes torn out of the earth : That living mortals, hearing^them, run mad.' Romeo and Juliet, act iv. sc. 2. Again, ' Would curses kill as doth the mandrake's...
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The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music & Romance

1867 - 740 pages
...presumption to dig it up, became mad and died when h: heard this groan. To this Shakespeare alludes : " And shrieks like mandrakes torn out of the earth, That living mortals, hearing them, run mad." To obviate this danger, and yet obtain possesfion of the magical root, it is said that the men of old...
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