Lance Flashcards
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Nay, ‘twill be this hour ere I have done weeping.
Nay, ‘twill be this hour ere I have done weeping.
All the kind of the Lances have this very fault.
All the kind of the Lances have this very fault.
I have received my proportion like the Prodigious Son and am going with Sir Proteus to the Imperial’s Court.
I have received my proportion like the Prodigious Son and am going with Sir Proteus to the Imperial’s Court.
I think Crab my dog be the sourest-natured dog that lives:
I think Crab my dog be the sourest-natured dog that lives:
my mother weeping, my father wailing, my sister crying, our maid howling, our cat wringing her hands, and all our house in a great perplexity, yet did not this cruel-hearted cur shed one tear.
my mother weeping, my father wailing, my sister crying, our maid howling, our cat wringing her hands, and all our house in a great perplexity, yet did not this cruel-hearted cur shed one tear.
He is a stone, a very pibble stone, and has no more pity in him than a dog.
He is a stone, a very pibble stone, and has no more pity in him than a dog.
Why, my grandam, having no eyes, look you, wept herself blind at my parting.
Why, my grandam, having no eyes, look you, wept herself blind at my parting.
Nay, I’ll show you the manner of it.
Nay, I’ll show you the manner of it.
[take off shoes]
[take off shoes]
This shoe is my father.
This shoe is my father.
No, this left shoe is my father; no, no this left shoe is my mother.
No, this left shoe is my father; no, no this left shoe is my mother.
Nay, that cannot be so neither.
Nay, that cannot be so neither.
Yes, it is so, it is so; it hath the worser sole.
Yes, it is so, it is so; it hath the worser sole.
This shoe with the hole in it is my mother; and this is my father.
This shoe with the hole in it is my mother; and this is my father.
A vengeance on ‘t, there ‘tis!
A vengeance on ‘t, there ‘tis!
Now sir, this staff is my sister, for, look you, she is as white as a lily and as small as a wand.
Now sir, this staff is my sister, for, look you, she is as white as a lily and as small as a wand.
This hat is Nan, our maid.
This hat is Nan, our maid.
I am the dog.
I am the dog.
No, the dog is himself, and I am the dog.
No, the dog is himself, and I am the dog.
O, the dog is me, and I am myself.
O, the dog is me, and I am myself.
Ay, so, so.
Ay, so, so.
Now come I to my father: “Father, your blessing.”
Now come I to my father: “Father, your blessing.”
Now should not the shoe speak a word for weeping.
Now should not the shoe speak a word for weeping.
Now should I kiss my father.
Now should I kiss my father.
[kiss right shoe]
[kiss right shoe]
Well, he weeps on.
Well, he weeps on.
Now come I to my mother.
Now come I to my mother.
O, that she could speak now like a wold woman!
O, that she could speak now like a wold woman!
Well, I kiss her.
Well, I kiss her.
[kiss left shoe]
[kiss left shoe]
Why, there ‘tis; here’s my mother’s breath up and down.
Why, there ‘tis; here’s my mother’s breath up and down.
Now come I to my sister.
Now come I to my sister.
Mark the moan she makes!
Mark the moan she makes!
Now the dog all this while sheds not a tear nor speaks a word.
Now the dog all this while sheds not a tear nor speaks a word.
But see how I lay the dust with my tears.
