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Hamlet would not kill himself because the Almighty had "fixed his canon 'gainst self-slaughter;" or because in the sleep of death might rise strange dreams; he would not kill his uncle because he caught him praying; and he was content with preaching to his mother. Conscience! God! The two words had not reached his heart or mind once since that awful night.
To defy this silent companion in suffering, was no manly deed to pay homage, out of love, to Him, who had brought love into the world, seemed to possess a sweet, ensnaring charm so he clasped his slender hands closely round his dumb wife's fingers, pressed his dark curls gainst Elizabeth's fair hair, and both, for the first and last time, repeated together a mute, fervent prayer.
All pains and terrors have combined on me, to make me hoar And old of head and heart, whilst I a very child am yet. I find no friend to solace me of longing and unease' Nor one 'gainst passion and its stress to aid me and abet. Alas, the torments I endure for waste and wistful love! Fortune, meseems, 'gainst me is turned and altogether set.
Las' night, close on t' mawnin'? Well, suh, Ah 'low that there ghos' done it." "Ghost? What where was any ghost?" "Right yer at de tool house. Come walkin' roun' de corner fo' Ah could grab up man stick an' Ah jes' lef' de place." "What? Ran away and from your duty? You were put here to guard the plant; not to let any old " "Didn't 'low t' guard it 'gainst no ghos'es.
"Ain't anybody c'n help me," sulked Maudlin. "Got the richest man in town 'gainst me, and money's what makes the mare go." The words "richest man" startled Morse, but he only said, "That's so! But tell me just the same." "Aw, it's only a wench I wanted! A mutt by the name of King butted in on me."
See ante, ii. 59, note 1. See ante, iii. 368. 'Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always cunning ... nor is caution ever so necessary as with associates or opponents of feeble minds. The Idler, No. 92. In a letter to Dr. ''Gainst fools be guarded; 'tis a certain rule, Wits are safe things, there's danger in a fool. See ante, p. 173.
Such a man would have from eighty-four days' imprisonment, with hard labour, up to six months, or even a year, if he had deserted more than once. Then the out-and-out rascals are sentenced to be 'dismissed her Majesty's service." "But the real gude men," pleaded Phoebe "them as had no whisper 'gainst 'em, same as Will? They couldn't be hard 'pon them, 'specially if they knawed all?"
Here, ma'am, ketch hold on it, and give the boys a sheet on't all round, 'gainst it tumbles inter t'other boot next time yer want it." If a look could annihilate, Francis Saucebox would have ceased to exist; but it couldn't; therefore, he yet lives, to aggravate some unhappy woman's soul, and wax fat in some equally congenial situation.
"Is it the Queen's will that blood be shed?" "The Queen's commands must be obeyed." "The Queen is a miracle of the world, God save her! What is the charge against him?" "Summon Michel de la Foret, 'gainst whom it lies." "He is my guest; ye shall have him only by force." The Governor turned to his men. "Force the passage and search the house," he commanded.
Their hearts All turn toward this Stuart; they are leagued With the two plotting brothers of Lorrain, The foes inveterate of thy house and name. 'Gainst thee this raging faction hath declared A war of desolation, which they wage With the deceitful instruments of hell.
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