George Sewell [1723–5], The works of Shakespear in six [seven] volumes. Collated and Corrected by the former Editions, By Mr. Pope ([Vol. 7] Printed by J. Darby, for A. Bettesworth [and] F. Fayram [etc.], London) [word count] [S11101].
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SCENE V.
&plquo;Tim.
&plquo;That Nature being sick of man's unkindness
&plquo;Should yet be hungry! Common mother, thou
&plquo;Whose womb unmeasurable, and infinite breast
&plquo;Teems, and feeds all; oh thou! whose self-same mettle
&plquo;(Whereof thy proud child, arrogant man, is puft)
&plquo;Engenders the black toad and adder blue,
&plquo;The gilded newt, and eyeless venom'd worm;
&plquo;With all th' abhorred births below crisp heav'n
&plquo;Whereon Hyperion's quickning fire doth shine;
&plquo;Yield him, who all thy human sons do's hate,
&plquo;From forth thy plenteous bosom, one poor root!
&plquo;Ensear thy fertile and conceptious womb;
&plquo;Let it no more bring out ingrateful man.
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&plquo;Go great with tygers, dragons, wolves and bears,
&plquo;Teem with new monsters whom thy upward face
&plquo;Hath to the marbled mansion all above
&plquo;Never presented—O, a root—dear thanks!
&plquo;Dry up thy marrows, veins, and plough-torn leas,
&plquo;Whereof ingrateful man with liqu'rish draughts,
&plquo;And morsels unctious, greases his pure mind,
&plquo;That from it all consideration slips—
George Sewell [1723–5], The works of Shakespear in six [seven] volumes. Collated and Corrected by the former Editions, By Mr. Pope ([Vol. 7] Printed by J. Darby, for A. Bettesworth [and] F. Fayram [etc.], London) [word count] [S11101].
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