Samuel Johnson [1765], The plays of William Shakespeare, in eight volumes, with the corrections and illustrations of Various Commentators; To which are added notes by Sam. Johnson (Printed for J. and R. Tonson [and] C. Corbet [etc.], London) [word count] [S11001].
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SCENE I.
Before Page's House.
Enter Mrs. Page, with a Letter.
Mrs. Page.
What, have I 'scap'd love-letters in the holy-day-time
of my beauty, and am I now a subject
for them? let me see:
Ask me no reason, why I love you; for tho' love use
reason for his precisian,5 note
he admits him not for his counsellor;
you are not young, no more am I; go to then,
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there's sympathy: you are merry, so am I; ha! ha!
then there's more sympathy; you love sack, and so do I;
would you desire better sympathy? let it suffice thee, mistress
Page, at the least if the love of a soldier can suffice,
that I love thee. I will not say, pity me, 'tis not a
soldier-like phrase; but I say, love me:
By me, thine own true Knight,
By day or night,
Or any kind of light,
With all his might,
For thee to fight.
John Falstaff.
What a Herod of Jewry is this? O wicked, wicked
world! one that is well nigh worn to pieces with age,
to show himself a young gallant! what unweigh'd behaviour
hath this Flemish drunkard pickt, i'th' devil's
name, out of my conversation, that he dares in this
manner assay me? why, he hath not been thrice in my
company: what should I say to him?—I was then
frugal of my mirth6 note—heav'n forgive me—Why, I'll
exhibit7 note
a Bill in the Parliament for the putting down
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of men: how shall I be reveng'd on him? for reveng'd
I will be, as sure as his guts are made of puddings.
Samuel Johnson [1765], The plays of William Shakespeare, in eight volumes, with the corrections and illustrations of Various Commentators; To which are added notes by Sam. Johnson (Printed for J. and R. Tonson [and] C. Corbet [etc.], London) [word count] [S11001].
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