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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 399
by Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 644 pages
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Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations: Exhibiting the Most Forcible ...

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 444 pages
...change indeed in the commonwealth I MM i. 2. And art thou come to this ? KL iii. 4. -, THE NECESSITY OF. 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. H. IV. PT. ii 2. CHANGELING. His humour Was...
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The Works of Shakespeare: The Text Regulated by the Recently ..., Volume 4

William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 446 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 aceidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off,...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: Comprising His Dramatic and ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 508 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 be as tedious as to work ; But, when they seldom corne, they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour...
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Elements of Criticism

Lord Henry Home Kames - 1853 - 542 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 of Shakspere, carefully revised [by J.O.] with ..., Part 167, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 832 pages
...wondered at, By breaking through the foul and ugly mists Of vapours, that did seem to strangle him. ll those legs and arms and heads, chopped off in a battle, shall join together : Butwhen they seldom come, they wished-for come And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when...
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Comprising His Lays and Poems ...

William Shakespeare - 1855 - 1088 pages
...wonder'd at, By breaking through the foul and ugly mists Of vapors, that did seem to strangle him. wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidenta. So, when this loose behavior I throw off,...
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A Complete Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Comprising the Most Excellent ...

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 610 pages
...praise new-born gauds, Though they are made and moulded of things past Shaks. Troilus and Cressida. If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work ; But, when they seldom eome, they wish'd for eome, And nothing pleaseth but rare aeeidents. Shaks. Henry IV. Parf II. Did...
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Palæstra musarum; or, Materials for translation into Greek verse, selected ...

Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1856 - 384 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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Lectures on English History and Tragic Poetry, as Illustrated by Shakespeare

Henry Reed - 1856 - 484 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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Great Truths by Great Authors: A Dictionary of Aids to Reflection ...

1856 - 570 pages
...over-weather'd ribs, and ragged sails, Lean, rent, and beggar'd. pleasure. —Pope. e, — Shakspeare. TF 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. e.— Cotton. seeds of Repentance are sown...
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