Shakspeare's Mental Photographs · William Shakespeare
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE OCCUPATION OR PURSUIT?
1. To discover islands far away. _Two Gentlemen of Verona._ Act i. Scene 3. 2. I wash, wring, brew, bake, scour, dress meat and drink, make the beds, and do all myself. _Merry Wives of Windsor._ Act i. Scene 4. 3. My brain, more busy than the laboring spider, Weaves tedious snares to trap mine enemies. _Henry VI._ Part II. Act iii. Scene 1. 4. The disposing of new dignities. _Julius Cæsar._ Act iii. Scene 1. 5. Billiards. _Antony and Cleopatra._ Act ii. Scene 5. 6. Methinks, it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain. _Henry VI._ Part III. Act ii. Scene 5. 7. Steal hearts. _Antony and Cleopatra_. Act ii. Scene 6. 8. To outlook conquest, and to win renown, Even in the jaws of danger and of death. _King John._ Act v. Scene 2. 9. Quaint lies, How honorable ladies sought my love, Which I denying, they fell sick and died. _Merchant of Venice._ Act iii. Scene 4. 10. A ghostly confessor, A sin-absolver. _Romeo and Juliet._ Act iii. Scene 3. 11. A mender of bad soles. _Julius Cæsar._ Act i. Scene 1. 12. No women’s matters. _Henry VI._ Part II. Act i. Scene 3. 13. Eating and drinking. _Twelfth Night._ Act ii. Scene 3. 14. Why, sir, a carpenter. _Julius Cæsar._ Act i. Scene 1.
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