...my harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide, Than public means, which public manners breeds : Thence comes it that my name receives a brand,...my nature is subdued To what it works in like the dyer's hand." It has been erroneously asserted by many writers on Shakespeare, that he was not conscious...

...my harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide, Than public meuns, which public manners breeds : Thence comes it that my name receives a brand,...And almost thence my nature is subdued To what it u\irkt in like the dyer's hand." It has been erroneously asserted by many writers on Shakespeare, that...

...of my harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide Than puhlic means which public manners breeds; Thence comes it that my name receives a brand...thence my nature is subdued To what it works in, LIKE TUB DYER'S HAND." SHAKESPEARE, in the vigour of life, withdrew from the theatre and the metropolis,...

...Than public means which public manners breeds ; Thence comes it that my name receives a brand ; Awl almost thence my nature is subdued To what it works in, LIKE THE DYER'S HAND." Shakespeare, in the vigor of life, withdrew from the theatre and the metropolis, returning...

...my harmless deeds, That did not better for ray life provide Than public means which public manners breeds ; Thence comes it that my name receives a brand ; And almost thence tny nature is subdued To what it works in, LIKE THE DYER'S HAND." Such is the fate of that author,...

...of my harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide Than public means, which public manners breeds. Thence comes it that my name receives a brand, And almost Uience my nature is subdued To what it works in, like the dyer's hand." But if from his professional...

...of my harmful deeds, That did not better'for my life provide Than public means which private quarrel breeds ; Thence comes it that my name receives a brand,...— like the dyer's hand, — Pity me then, " < And believe me ever, My dear , Yours, most affectionately. 392 The Strangers' Nook. THE STRANGERS' NOOK....

...harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide, Than public means, which public manners breeds.3 Thence comes it that my name receives a brand, And...my nature is subdued To what it works in, like the dier's hand : Pity me then, and wish I were renew'd ; Whilst, like a willing patient, I will drink...

...deeds, That did not better for my life provide Than public means which public manners breeds ; Thenee comes it that my name receives a brand; And almost...my nature is subdued To what it works in, LIKE THE DYEH'S H\ND." SHAKESPEARE, in the vigour of life, withdrew from the theatre and the metropolis, returning...

...In such mouths I might have coupled it • with an apt quotation from one of SHAKESPEARE'S Sonnets : My nature is subdued To what it works in, like the dyer's hand: Pity me then , and wish I were rcncw'd ! But as it is wholesome that the parsimonious public should know what has been doing, and...