NUN,-continued. Whether, if you yield not to your father's choice, For aye to be in shady cloister mew'd, Chaunting faint hymns to the cold fruitless moon. M. N. i. 1. I have seen tempests, when the scolding winds J.C. i. 3. AGED. Under an oak whose boughs were moss'd with age. OATHS (See also LOVERS' Vows). No, not an oath: If not the face of men, The sufferance of our souls, the time's abuse, If these be motives weak, break off betimes, And every man hence to his idle bed; Till each man drop by lottery: But if these, A. Y. iv. 3. The melting spirits of women; then, countrymen, Than secret Romans, that have spoke the word, That this shall be, or we will fall for it? OATIIS,-continued. Nor the unsuppressive metal of our spirits, To think, that, or our cause, or our performance, If he do break the smallest particle Of any promise that hath pass'd from him. 'Tis not the many oaths that make the truth; J.C. ii. 1. A. W. iv. 2. Not yours, in good sooth! 'Heart, you swear like a comfit-maker's wife! Not you, in good sooth; and, As true as I live; and, As God shall mend me; and, As sure as day; And giv'st such sarcenet surety for thy oaths, as if thou never walk'dst further than Finsbury. Swear me, Kate, like a lady as thou art, a good mouth-filling oath; and leave in sooth, and such protest of pepper gingerbread, to velvetguards, and Sunday citizens. H. IV. PT. I. iii. 1. Trust none; For oaths are straws, men's faiths are wafer-cakes, Therefore, caveto be thy counsellor. Myself, myself confound! Heaven, and fortune, bar me happy hours! Day, yield me not thy light; nor night, thy rest! Be opposite, all planets of good luck, To my proceeding, if, with pure heart's love, Immaculate devotion, holy thoughts, H.V. ii. 3. I tender not thy beauteous princely daughter. R. III. iv. 4 An oath, an oath; I have an oath in heaven: No, not for Venice. M. V. iv. 1. I'll take thy word for faith, not ask thine oath : P. P. i. 2. Do not believe his vows; for they are brokers, Your oaths are past, and now subscribe your name, H. i. 3 L. L. i 1 Come, swear it, damn thyself, OATIIS,-continued. Should fear to seize thee: therefore be double-damn'd, O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon, Look thou be true; do not give dalliance Too much the rein; the strongest oaths are straw Thou see'st that all the grace that she hath left, 0. iv. 2. R. J. ii. 2. T. iv. 1. M. A. iv. 1. I have no cunning in protestation; only downright oaths, which I never use till urged, nor never break for urging. He professes not keeping of oaths; in breaking them, he is stronger than Hercules. It is a great sin, to swear unto a sin; A. W. iv. 3. H.VI. PT. II. v. 1. By mine honour, I will; and when I break that oath, let me turn monster. A. Y. i. 2. honour, for he But if you swear by that that is not, you are not forsworn; By all pretty oaths that are not dangerous. OBJECT. A mote it is, to trouble the mind's eye. A. Y. i. 2. A. Y. iv. 1. H. i. 1. Now he thanks the old shepherd, which stands by, like a weather-bitten conduit of many kings' reigns. OBLIVION. In the swallowing gulf Of dark forgetfulness and deep oblivion. And all the clouds that lowr'd upon our house W. T. v. 2. R. III. iii. 7. R. III. i. 1. OBLIVION,-continued. When time is old and hath forgot itself, When water-drops have worn the stones of Troy, And mighty states characterless are grated The dark backward and abysm of Time. T. C. iii. 2. T. i. 2. He no more remembers his mother now, than an eight year old horse. OBSEQUIOUSNESS. So play the foolish throngs with one that swoons, C. v. 4. By which he should revive: and even so, The general, subject to a well-wish'd king, Quit their own part, and in obsequious fondness Crowd to his presence, where their untaught love M. M. ii.4. OBSERVATION. For he is but a bastard to the time, ODDITY. What a Herod of Jewry is this! K. J. i. 1. H. IV. PT. II. iii. 1. A. Y. ii. 7. M. W. ii. 1. I have lived four score years and upward; I never heard of a man of his place, gravity, and learning, so wide of his own respect. M. W. iii. 1. How oddly he is suited! I think he bought his doublet in Italy, his round hose in France, his bonnet in Germany, and his behaviour every where. M. V. i. 2. OFFENCE,-continued. What is my offence? Where is the evidence that doth accuse me? What lawful quest have given their verdict up In such a time as this, it is not meet R. III. i. 4. That every nice offence should bear its comment. J. C. iv. 3. OFFICE. Having both the key of officer and office. He was a fool; For he would needs be virtuous: That good fellow, I will have none so near else. Learn this, brother, T. i. 2. We live not to be grip'd by meaner persons. H. VIII. ii. 2. OFFICE, ITS EVILS. If I am traduc'd by tongues, which neither know The chronicles of my doing,-let me say, 'Tis but the fate of place, and the rough brake That virtue must go through. We must not stint To cope malicious censurers; which ever, That is new trimm'd; but benefit no further INSOLENCE OF. H. VIII. i. 2 I'd have beaten him like a dog, but for disturbing the lords within. OMENS, (See also PORTENTS). C. iv. 5. The bay trees in our country are all wither'd, The pale-faced moon looks bloody on the earth, And lean-look'd prophets whisper fearful change; Rich men look sad, and ruffians dance and leap. R.II. ii. 4. M. V ii. 5. |