Shakespeare's Testamentary LanguageLongmans, Green, and Company, 1869 - 56 pages |
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... doth he with a bond That he is bound to ? Wife , thou art a fool . Boy , let me see the writing . Act v . Sc . 2 . The seal York noticed hanging without Aumerle's bosom was appended to such a label or slip of parchment ; and in this ...
... doth he with a bond That he is bound to ? Wife , thou art a fool . Boy , let me see the writing . Act v . Sc . 2 . The seal York noticed hanging without Aumerle's bosom was appended to such a label or slip of parchment ; and in this ...
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... doth import diversitie of things ; especially because they have different defini- tions : for it is received for an infallible axiome , that the definitions being different , the things defined are diverse . As for the former reason ...
... doth import diversitie of things ; especially because they have different defini- tions : for it is received for an infallible axiome , that the definitions being different , the things defined are diverse . As for the former reason ...
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... doth in his death - bed lie , And young affection gapes to be his heir ; That fair for which love groan'd for and would die , With tender Juliet match'd , is now not fair . Romeo and Juliet , Act ii . In a written testament the testator ...
... doth in his death - bed lie , And young affection gapes to be his heir ; That fair for which love groan'd for and would die , With tender Juliet match'd , is now not fair . Romeo and Juliet , Act ii . In a written testament the testator ...
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... doth besmirch The virtue of his will : but you must fear , His greatness weigh'd , his will is not his own ; For he himself is subject to his birth : He may not , as unvalued persons do , Carve for himself ; for on his choice depends ...
... doth besmirch The virtue of his will : but you must fear , His greatness weigh'd , his will is not his own ; For he himself is subject to his birth : He may not , as unvalued persons do , Carve for himself ; for on his choice depends ...
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... doth be- smirch the virtue of his will , ' and Swinburn ' there is no cautele under heaven , whereby the libertie of making or revoking his testa- ment can be utterly taken away . ' Again Laertes says , He may not , as unvalued persons ...
... doth be- smirch the virtue of his will , ' and Swinburn ' there is no cautele under heaven , whereby the libertie of making or revoking his testa- ment can be utterly taken away . ' Again Laertes says , He may not , as unvalued persons ...
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AIGBURTH APPENDIX bequest of soul Berlin Society Campbell's cautele under heaven chattels child civill lawe cleave commit common law Cowell custom death differeth disposing divers doth executor Faerie Queene former furor or insanitie generall hath heir heir-looms Henrie Swinburn Henry Herne the hunter honour Illustrated by Old insanitie of minde inventoried Julius Cæsar label Laertes lands Launce legacie legatarie Lex Scripta London Lord Campbell Macbeth Madfolkes maie ment Merchant of Venice Old Authors passage personal property praise province of Yorke real property Richard II Romeo and Juliet sense Shakespeare a Lawyer Shakespeare Illustrated Shakespeare's Legal Maxims SHAKESPEARE'S TESTAMENTARY LANGUAGE sick in body signification single bond souldier speak Sprachen Swin Swinburn tenements Testament and Last testator dooth testator having bequeathed testator saie thee thing thou tuition tutor Twelfth Night unthrifte unto whereof wife WILLIAM LOWES RUSHTON word bequeath word devise
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Page 26 - Methought I heard a voice cry "Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep," the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care, The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast, — Lady M.
Page 32 - Think it no more: For nature, crescent, does not grow alone In thews, and bulk; but, as this temple waxes, The inward service of the mind and soul Grows wide withal.
Page 10 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Page 43 - If there's a hole in a' your coats, I rede you tent it : A chield's amang you taking notes, And, faith, he'll prent it. If in your bounds ye chance to light Upon a fine, fat, fodgel wight, O...
Page 3 - Caesar loved you. You are not wood, you are not stones, but men ; And, being men, hearing the will of Caesar, It will inflame you, it will make you mad : 'Tis good you know not that you are his heirs ; For if you should, O, what would come of it ! 4 Cit.
Page 3 - Have patience, gentle friends; I must not read it : It is not meet you know how Caesar lov'd you. You are not wood, you are not stones, but men, And, being men, hearing the will of Caesar, It will inflame you, it will make you mad. Tis good you know not that you are his heirs ; For if you should, O ! what would come of it ? 4 Cit.