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Source: Arden Shakespeare Complete Works
“Join not with grief, fair woman, do not so, To make my end too sudden.”
Source: The complete works of William Shakespeare: comprising his plays and poems with Dr. Johnson's preface, a glossary, an account of each play, and a memoir of the author
Source: King Henry VI, part 1. King Henry VI, part 2. King Henry VI, part 3. King Richard III. King Henry VIII. Troilus and Cressida. Coriolanus. Julius Caesar. Antony and Cleopatra. King Lear. Hamlet. Cymbeline. Timon of Athens. Othello. Romeo and Juliet. Comedy of errors. Titus Andronicus. Pericles
“But pearls are fair; and the old saying is: Black men are pearls in beauteous ladies' eyes.”
Source: The plays of William Shakspeare: In fifteen volumes. With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators. To which are added, notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. The fourth edition. Revised and augmented (with a glossarial index) by the editor of Dodsley's collection of old plays
Source: The plays of William Shakspeare: In twenty-one volumes. With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators. To which are added notes
“The arms are fair, When the intent of bearing them is just.”
Source: Henry IV
Source: Sonnets and Other Poems
Source: The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: From the Text of the Corrected Copies of Steevens and Malone : with a Life of the Poet
Source: King Henry V: Third Series
Source: The Plays of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes: With Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators
Source: The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: Venus and Adonis. Rape of Lucrece. Sonnets. Lover's complaint. Passionate pilgrim. Memoirs of Lord Southampton
“Speak, my fair, and fairly, I pray thee.”
Source: THE PLAYS OF William Shakspeare, COMPLETE IN EIGHT VOLUMES.: CONTAINING KING JOHN, RICHRARD II. HENRY IV. PART I. HENRY IV. PART II. HENRY V. THE ENGRAVINGS TO THIS VOLUME ARE, TWO SCENES TO EACH PLAY, AND TWO ALLEGORIES. ALLEGORIES. 1. YOUTH ATTENDING THE DICTATES OF SHAKSPEARE. 2. THE TRAGIC AND COMIC MUSE ADORNING THE STATUE OD SHAKSPEARE
Source: Hamlet: Revised Edition
“Rest you fair, good signior; Your worship was the last man in our mouths.”
Source: The plays and poems of William Shakspeare
Source: King Lear ; Romeo and Juliet
Source: Shakespeare's Lovers: A Text for Performance and Analysis
Source: The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed; with Glossarial Notes, His Life, and a Critique on His Genius & Writings