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Swear his thought over By each particular star in heaven and By all their influences, you may as well Forbid the sea for to obey the moon As or by oath remove or counsel shake The fabric of his folly, whose foundation Is piled upon his faith and will continue The standing of his body. - The Winter's Tale (Camillo at I, ii) [Folly] We were as twinned lambs that did frisk i' th' sun, And bleat the one at th' other. What we changed Was innocence for innocence; we knew not The doctrine of ill-doing, nor dreamed That any did. - The Winter's Tale (Polixenes at I, ii) [Innocence] A sad tale's best for winter. I have one Of sprites and goblins. - The Winter's Tale (Mamillius at II, i) [Winter] But I have That honorable grief lodged here which burns Worse than tears drown. - The Winter's Tale (Hermione at II, i) [Grief] Not for because Your brows are blacker. Yet black brows, they say, Become some women best, so that there be not Too much hair there, but in a semicircle, Or a half-moon made with a pen. - The Winter's Tale (Mamillius at II, i) [Eyes] Praise her but for this her without-door form-- Which on my faith deserves high speech--and straight The shrug, the hum or ha, these pretty brands That calumny doth use--O, I am out, That mercy does, for calumny will sear Virtue itself--these shrugs, these hums and ha's, When you have said she's goodly, come between Ere you can say she's honest. - The Winter's Tale (Leontes at II, i) [Calumny] There's some ill planet reigns. I must be patient till the heavens look With an aspect more favorable. - The Winter's Tale (Hermione at II, i) [Astronomy] A daughter, and a goodly babe, Lusty and like to live. The queen receives Much comfort in't, says, 'My poor prisoner, I am innocent as you.' - The Winter's Tale (Emilia at II, ii) [Babyhood] The silence often of pure innocence Persuades, when speaking fails. - The Winter's Tale (Paulina at II, ii) [Proverbs] Behold, my lords. Although the print be little, the whole matter And copy of the father--eye, nose, lip, The trick of's frown, his forehead, nay, the valley, The pretty dimples of his chin and cheek, his smiles, The very mould and frame of hand, nail, finger. - The Winter's Tale (Paulina at II, iii) [Childhood] I am a feather for each wind that blows. - The Winter's Tale (Leontes at II, iii) [Vacillation] But thus: if powers divine Behold our human actions, as they do, I doubt not then but innocence shall make False accusation blush and tyranny Tremble at patience. - The Winter's Tale (Hermione at III, ii) [Innocence] But, O thou tyrant, Do not repent these things, for they are heavier Than all thy woes can stir. Therefore betake thee To nothing but despair. - The Winter's Tale (Paulina at III, ii) [Despair] If I shall be condemned Upon surmises, all proofs sleeping else But what your jealousies awake, I tell you 'Tis rigor and not law. - The Winter's Tale (Hermione at III, ii) [Jealousy] What's gone and what's past help Should be past grief. - The Winter's Tale (Paulina at III, ii) [Grief] What's gone, and what's past help, Should be past grieve. - The Winter's Tale (Paulina at III, ii) [Proverbs] Exit, pursued by a bear. - The Winter's Tale (III, iii), the stage direction at end of scene [Endings] Jog on, jog on, the foot-path way, And merrily hent the stile-a. A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a mile-a. - The Winter's Tale (Song at IV, iii) [Merriment] My father names me Autolycus, who being, as I am, littered under Mercury, was likewise a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles. - The Winter's Tale (Autolycus at IV, iii) [Trifles] She hath made me four and twenty nosegays for the shearers--three-man songmen all, and very good ones; but they are most of them means and bases, but one puritan amongst them, and he sings psalms to hornpipes. - The Winter's Tale (Clown at IV, iii) [Singing] Address yourself to entertain them sprightly, And let's be red with mirth. - The Winter's Tale (Florizel at IV, iv) [Merriment] And you, enchantment, Worthy enough a herdsman--yea, him too, That makes himself, but for our honor therein, Unworthy thee-if ever henceforth thou These rural latches to his entrance open, Or hoop his body more with thy embraces, I will devise a death as cruel for thee As thou art tender to't. - The Winter's Tale (Polixenes at IV, iv) [Cruelty] Besides, you know Prosperity's the very bond of love, Whose fresh complexion and whose heart together Affliction alters. - The Winter's Tale (Camillo at IV, iv) [Prosperity] But as th' unthought-on accident is guilty To what we wildly do, so we profess Ourselves to be the slaves of chance, and flies Of every wind that blows. - The Winter's Tale (Florizel at IV, iv) [Chance] But that our feasts In every mess have folly, and the feeders Digest it with a custom, I should blush To see you so attired, swoon, I think, To show myself a glass. - The Winter's Tale (Perdita at IV, iv) [Eating] Displaying page 180 of 186 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 [180] 181 182 183 184 185 186
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