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...equates it with dying: The language I have learnt these forty years, My native English, now I must forgo, And now my tongue's use is to me no more Than an unstringed viol or a harp. . . . I am too old to fawn upon a nurse, Too far in years to be a pupil now; What is thy sentence then...

...highness' hands. The language I have learnt these forty years, My native English, now I must forgo; And now my tongue's use is to me no more Than an unstringed viol or a harp, 10 Or like a cunning instrument cased up Or, being open, put into his hands That knows no touch to...

...Language," 1-18; chap. 1, 'Two Versions of Gothic," 19-$2; and chap. 2. "Writing the Law," 63-104. And now my tongue's use is to me no more Than an unstringed viol or a harp, Or like a cunning instrument cas'd up, Or being open, put into his hands That knows no touch to tune the harmony. . . . 1 am too...

...being banished for life. The language I have learned these forty years, My native English, now I must forego; And now my tongue's use is to me no more Than an unstringed viol or a harp, . . . How very beautiful is all this, and at the same time how very English too! Richard II may be...

...unkind. Ophelia The language which I learned these forty years, My native English must I now forgo. And now my tongue's use is to me no more Than an unstringed viol or harp; Or like a cunning instrument cased up: Or, being open, put into his hands That knows no touch...

...highness' hands. The language I have learnt these forty years, 160 My native English, now I must forgo; And now my tongue's use is to me no more Than an unstringed viol or a harp, 163 Or like a cunning instrument cased up 164 Or, being open, put into his hands 165 That knows no...

...but negatively, since he must put English behind him. Henceforth his tongue can mean no more to him Than an unstringed viol or a harp, Or like a cunning instrument cas'd up, Or being open, put into his hands That knows no touch to tune the harmony. (I, iii, 162-65)...

...being exiled] The language 1 have learnt these forty years, / My native English, now 1 must forgo, / And now my tongue's use is to me no more / Than an unstringèd viol or a harp, / Or like a cunning instrument cased up, / Or, being open, put into his...

...521 63507 1 paperback The language I have learn'd these forty years, My native English, now I must forego; And now my tongue's use is to me no more Than an unstringed viol or a harp. Shakespeare. Richard II. I. Hi. 159. Materia leaned forward and cooed, "Ya Helwi. Ya albi, ya Amar....