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" If music be the food of love, play on ; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again ! it had a dying fall : O ! it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing... "
The Beauties of Shakespear: Regularly Selected from Each Play. With a ... - Page 60
by William Shakespeare - 1780
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The Romance of Nature, Or, The Flower-seasons Illustrated

Mrs. Charles Meredith - 1836 - 400 pages
..." Twelfth Night," is the comparison of soft music to the breath of wind upon the Violet ! That song again — it had a dying fall. O ! it came o'er my ear like the sweet south That breathes upon a bank of Violets, Stealing and giving odour. The Violets from which...
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The Carthusian, Issue 1

1837 - 574 pages
...from his works, but rather to treat my readers with a feast of melody,— Of music,— " That strain again !—it had a dying fall: O, it came o'er my ear, like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour;"— a horse-laugh—...
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A commentary on the Act for the commutation of tithes in England and Wales

George Burges - 1838 - 142 pages
...most admired complaisance, should respond, as if we were bewitched out of our very senses, That strain again ; it had a dying fall : O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour. Truly, I see nothing...
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Complete Works: With Dr. Johnson's Preface, a Glossary, and an Account of ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 pages
...play on, Give me excess of it ; that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain illiam Shakespeare sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour. — Enough ; no more...
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The wisdom and genius of Shakspeare: comprising moral philosophy ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...play on, Give me excess of it ; that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again; it had a dying fall: O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour. 4 — i. 1. 300 Love...
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The Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare: Comprising Moral Philosophy ...

William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 478 pages
...love, play on, Give me excess of it; that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again ; it had a dying fall : O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour. 4 — i. 1. 300 Love...
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Twelfth night. Much ado about nothing. As you like it

William Shakespeare - 1841 - 362 pages
...play on, Give me excess of it ; that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. — That strain again ; — it had a dying fall. O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south. That breathes upon a bank of violets. Stealing, and giving odor. — Enough ; no more...
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The album of love, containing love thoughts [in verse] by many contributors

Album - 1841 - 158 pages
...again ! — it had a dying fall : Oh, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour. — Enough ; no more ; , Tis not so sweet now as it was before. O spirit of love, how quick and fresh art thou ! That, notwithstanding...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: As you like it. The taming of the shrew ...

William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1842 - 560 pages
...play on : Give me excess of it ; that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again ; — it had a dying fall : O ! it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets', Stealing, and giving odour. — Enough ! no more...
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An Essay on Punctuation: With Incidental Remarks on Composition

F. Francillon - 1842 - 118 pages
...play on, Give me excess of it ; that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again ; — it had a dying fall : ' O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet South, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour. — Shakspeare. It was...
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