...the tongues of serpents and dragons always appear barbed like the point of an arrow. STEEVENS. 17. Thy best of rest is sleep, And that thou oft provok'st; yet grossly fear'st Thy death, which is no more, ] Evidently from the following passage of Cicero : " Habes somnum imaginem mortis, eamque quotidit...

...For all the accommodations that thou bear'st, Are nurs'd by baseness : Thou art by no means valiant; For thou dost fear the soft and tender fork Of a poor...thyself ; For thou exist'st on many a thousand grains That issue out of dust : Happy thou art not : For what thou hast not, still thou striv'st to get; And...

...has the same notion. With doubler tongue Than thine, 0 serpent, never adder stung. JOHNS. Line 21'. Thy best of rest is sleep, And that thou oft provok'st...yet grossly fear'st Thy death, which is no more.'] I cannot without in.dignation find Shakspeare saying, that death is only sleep, lengthening out his...

...For all the accommodations that thou bear'st, Are nurs'd by baseness : Thou art by no means valiant ; For thou dost fear the soft and tender fork Of a poor worm : Happy thou art not ; For what thou hast not, still thou striv'st to get ; And what thou hast, forget'st...

...all th' accommodations that thou bear'st , Are nurs'd by baseness : thou art by no means va« liant ; For thou dost fear the soft and tender fork Of a poor...; yet grossly fear'st Thy death, which is no more. Thou'rt not thy self; For thou exisL'st on many a thousand grains , That issue out of dust. Happy thou...

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...For all the accommodations that thou bear'st, Are nurs'd by baseness: Thou art by no means valiant; For thou dost fear the soft and tender fork Of a poor worm: Thy best of rest is sleep, And that them oft provok'st; yet grossly fear'st Thy death, which is no more. 6 Thou art not thyself ; For thou...

...Are nurs'd by baseness. Dr. Johnson's explanation of baseness is clearly right. P. 78.— 60.— 274. Thy best of rest is sleep, And that thou oft provok'st...; yet grossly fear'st Thy death, which is no more. I think Malone (Appendix 564) is right. P. 82.— 62.— 276. Thou hast nor youth, nor age : But, as...

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...For all the accommodations that thou bear'st, Are nurs'dby baseness : Thou art by no means valiant; For thou dost fear the soft and tender fork Of a poor...thyself ; For thou exist'st on many a thousand grains That issue out of dust : Happy thou art not : For what thou hast not, still thou striv'st to get; And...