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" I'll example you with thievery. The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast sea; the moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun... "
Classical Disquisitions and Curiosities ... - Page 72
by Benjamin Heath Malkin - 1825 - 460 pages
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare. Whittingham's ed, Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1814 - 520 pages
...slays More than you rob : take wealth and lives together; Do villany, do, since you profess to do't, Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery: The...her pale fire she snatches from the sun : The sea's a.thief, whose liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears: the earth's a thief, That feeds and...
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Shakspeare's himself again; or the language of the poet asserted

Andrew Becket - 1815 - 748 pages
...finely-tinted a picture. ' An ounce of civet, good apothecary, to sweeten' Mr. S.'s ' imagination.' B. Tim. The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears ; The ten's a thirf, whose liquid surge retol-ocs The moon inta salt tears. J The sea melting then/mm into...
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Lieder, Volume 1

Anacreon - 1816 - 344 pages
...allée trtnftl The sun's a thief, «ml with his great attraction Robs the vast sea: the moon's an arraut thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun;...liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears; the earth a thief, That feeds and breeds by a composture stolen From general excrement: each Thing's a...
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The Plays of Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 pages
...slays More than you rob: take wealth and lives together; Do villainy, do, since you profess to do't, Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery : The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Uobs the vast sea : the moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun : The sea's...
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Odes of Anacreon, tr. into Engl. verse, with notes. By T. Moore, Volume 1

Anacreon - 1820 - 196 pages
...where the thoughts of the ode before us are preserved with such striking similitude: TIMON, ACT IV. I'll example you with thievery. The sun's a thief,...The moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatehes from the sun. The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves The mounds into salt tears. The...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 13

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 454 pages
...slays More than you rob : take wealth and lives together; Do villainy, do, since you profess to do't 9, Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery: The...whose liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears l : the earth's a thief, 9 — since you PROFESS to do't,] The old copy has— -protest. The correction...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: To which are Added His ...

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 588 pages
...villainy, do, since you profess to do't, Ijkc workmen. I'll example you with thievery: • For legal, The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs...the moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she suatches from the sun ; The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves The'moon into salt tears : the...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 13

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 456 pages
...PROFESS to do't,] The old copy has — •protest. The correction was made by Mr. Theobald. MALONE. i The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves The MOON into salt tears:] The moon is supposed to be humid, and perhaps a source of humidity, but cannot be resolved by the surges...
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The Works of Thomas Moore: Odes of Anacreon. Little's poems

Thomas Moore - 1823 - 376 pages
...where the thonghts of the ode before us are preserved with such striking similitude : TIMON, ACT. IV. I'll example you with thievery. The sun's a thief,...The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves The mounds into salt tears. The earth's a thief, That feeds, and breeds by a composture stolen From general...
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The works of Thomas Moore, comprehending all his melodies, ballads ..., Volume 7

Thomas Moore - 1823 - 378 pages
...where the thoughts of the ode before us are preserved with snch striking similitude : TIMON, ACT. IV. I'll example you with thievery. The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the va*.t sea. The moon's an arrant thief, And her pale 6re she suatches from the sun. The sea's a thief,...
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