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...can read that affecting sonnet of Shakspeare which alludes to his profession as a player : — " Oh for my sake do you with fortune chide, The guilty goddess of my harmless deeds, That did not better for my life provide Than public means which public custom breeds...

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...heaven the best, E'en to thy pure and most loving breast. Poems. 776 The same. O for my sake do thou with Fortune chide,* The guilty goddess of my harmful...almost thence my nature is subdued To what it works in, like the dyer's hand. Pity me then, and wish I were renew'd ; Whilst, like a willing patient, I...

...degradation by a novel image. " Chide Fortune," cries the hard, — *' The guilty goddess of my harmless deeds, That did not better for my life provide Than...almost thence my nature is subdued To what it works in, LIKE THE DYER'S HAND." Such is the fate of that author, who, in his variety of task-works, blue,...

...heaven the best, E'en to thy pure and most loving breast. Poems. 776 The same. O for my sake do thou with Fortune chide,* The guilty goddess of my harmful...public means, which public manners breeds. Thence conies it that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdued To what it works in,...

...ce sonnet charmant : (1) 0 for my sake do you with fortune chide , The gnilty goddess of my harnrfnl deeds, That did not better for my life provide Than public means, which public manners breeds. Tbence cornes it that my name veceives a brand; And almost thence my nature is subdu'd To what it works...