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" If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work; But when they seldom come, they wish'd for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. "
A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the ... - Page 395
by Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 644 pages
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The Works of William Shakespeare: King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry ...

William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1842 - 594 pages
...wonder'd at, By breaking through the foul and ugly mists Of vapours, that did seem to strangle him. If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would...tedious as to work ; But when they seldom come, they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off,...
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Elements of Criticism

Lord Henry Home Kames - 1842 - 512 pages
...would be an acceptable present. Whatever be the cause, it is certain that we are much influenced * If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work : Rut when they seldom come, they wish'd for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. First Part...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Printed from the Text ..., Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 470 pages
...wonder'd at, By breaking through the foul and ugly mists Of vapours, that did seem to strangle him. If all the year were playing holidays , To sport would...tedious as to work : But when they seldom come , they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off,...
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Knight's Cabinet edition of the works of William Shakspere, Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 348 pages
...wonder'd at, . By breaking through the foul and ugly mists Of vapours that did seem to strangle him. If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would...tedious as to work ; But when they seldom come they wish'd-for come, R Sirrah, in thia and other passages, is used familiarly, and even sharply, but not...
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The works of Shakspere, revised from the best authorities: with a ..., Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 672 pages
...wondered at, By breaking through the foul and ugly mists Of vapours, that did seem to strangle him. If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would...tedious as to work : But when they seldom come, they wished-for come And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off',...
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, with notes original and ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 516 pages
...ride With .ugly rack on his celestial face.' Shakspeare's 33d Sonnet. »' Thus in Macbeth :— ACT I. If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would...tedious as to work ; But, when they seldom come, they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off,...
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The family Shakespeare [expurgated by T. Bowdler]. in which those words are ...

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 1008 pages
...wonder'd at, By breaking through the fuul and ugly mists Of vapours, that did seem to strangle him. m his high respect : Thither MacdufT Is gone to pray...king, on his aid To wake Northumberland, and warlik wbJi'd-for come. And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when lliis loose behaviour I throw off....
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Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing ...

Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 456 pages
...worse ; Fell sorrow's tooth doth never rankle more Than when it bites, bat lanceth not the sore. 300. If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work. 307. The better part of valor is discretion. 303. See what a ready tongue suspicion hath ! He that...
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Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing ...

Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 454 pages
...worse • Fell sorrow's tooth doth never rankle more Than when it bites, but lanceth not the sore. 306. If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work. 307. The better part of valor is discretion. 308. "See what a ready tongue suspicion hath ! He that...
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A Practical Grammar of the English Language

Noble Butler - 1846 - 276 pages
...cataracts ! Who nlade you glorious as the gates of heaven Beneath the keen full moon ?— Coleridge. If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work. — Shakspecwe, Say, with richer crimson glows The kingly mantle than the rose ? Bay, have kings more...
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