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act 3, sc. 4, l. 731st and 2nd Murderers, in Richard III1st Carrier, in Henry IV, Part 11st Citizen, in Coriolanus1st Fairy, in A Midsummer Night's DreamRelated Subjects
vices (21) women (18) beauty (12) sex (11) love (11) morality (7) desire (6) goodness (6) sin (6) religion (5)
But virtue, as it never will be moved,
Though lewdness court it in a shape of heaven,
So lust, though to a radiant angel linked,
Will sate itself in a celestial bed
And prey on garbage.
Though lewdness court it in a shape of heaven,
So lust, though to a radiant angel linked,
Will sate itself in a celestial bed
And prey on garbage.
William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Ghost, in Hamlet, act 1, sc. 5, l. 53-7.
Accusing his widow Gertrude of lust in marrying a brother he despises, a marriage he regards as incestuous; "shape of heaven" means angelic form; "sate itself" means gratify its appetite to the point of disgust.
Accusing his widow Gertrude of lust in marrying a brother he despises, a marriage he regards as incestuous; "shape of heaven" means angelic form; "sate itself" means gratify its appetite to the point of disgust.
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