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Elements of Elocution: In which the Principles of Reading and Speaking are ... - Page 338
by John Walker - 1810 - 379 pages
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 638 pages
...die before thee, pr'ythee, shroud me In one of those same sheets. Emil. Come, come, you talk. Des. My mother had a maid call'd — Barbara ; She was...thing 'twas, but it express'd her fortune, And she died singing it : That soug, to-night, Will not go from my mind ; I have much to do, But to go hang...
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The Dramatic Works, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1831 - 522 pages
...talk Des. My mother had a maid eall'd — Barbara ; She was in love ; and he, she lov'd, prov'd mad,1 And did forsake her: she had a song of — willow,...thing 'twas, but it express'd her fortune, And she died singing it : That song, to-night, Will not go from my mind ; I have much to do, But to go hang...
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The Dramatic Works, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1831 - 528 pages
...do die before thee, pr'ythee, shroud me In one of those same sheets. Emu. Come, come, you talk. Da, My mother had a maid call'd — Barbara ; She was in love ; and he, she lov'd, pror'd mad, ' And did forsake her : she had a song of— willow, An old thing 'twas, but it express'd...
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English country gentlemen

Washington Irving - 1835 - 276 pages
...drawn by Desdemona:— My mother had a maid, called Barbara; She was in love; and he she loved proved mad. And did forsake her; she had a song of willow,...thing 'twas; but it express'd her fortune, And she died singing it. I hope, however, that a better lot is in reserve for Phoebe Wilkins, and that she...
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King Lear. Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello

William Shakespeare - 1836 - 534 pages
...talk. Des. My mother had a maid called — Barbara ; She was in love ; and he she loved, proved mad,2 And did forsake her. She had a song of — willow ; An old thing 'twas, but it expressed her fortune, And she died singing it. That song, to-night, Will not go from my mind ; I have...
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The Complete Works of William Shakspeare: With Dr. Johnson's ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1845 - 534 pages
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Flora's Dictionary

Elizabeth Washington Wirt - 1837 - 264 pages
...Ancient Poetry,' entitled "A Loner't Complaint." "DsiDEMONA — My mother had a maid call'd Barhara ; 8he was in love; and he she lov'd, prov'd mad, And did forsake her : she had a song of uillow, An old thing 'twas, but it express'd her fortune, And she died singing it." Act 4, scene 3....
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Principles of elocution

William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...demeanour. Desd, My mother had a maid, called Barbara ; §he was in love ; and he she loved proved mad,* And did forsake her : she had a song of willow ; An old thing 'twas, but express'd her fortune, And she died singing it : That song, to-night, Will not go from my mind ; I...
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My vagabond days. Parthian darts. The story of Arnaut. Wilful breezes. The ...

Robert Sulivan - 1837 - 322 pages
...surname of Robert the Devil, and still challenges to do any thing with any man in England. THE SISTERS. She had a song of — Willow — An old thing 'twas, but it expressed her fortune, And she died singing it: that song, to-night, Will not go from my mind. Othello....
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Shakspeare and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet, Criticisms on ...

Nathan Drake - 1838 - 744 pages
...ditty which he represents Desdemona as singing, under a presentiment of her approaching fate : " Des. ng spoons, and of the intimacy which subsisted between...collection, who names Donne as his authority for died singing it : That song to-night, Will not go from my mind ; I have much to do, But to go hang...
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