Twelfth-Night, or What You Will (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1788 edition. Excerpt: ...so, sir, I do care for something: but in my conscience, sir, I do not care for you; if that be to care for nothing, sir, I would it would make you invisible. Vio. Art not thou the lady Olivia's fool? Clo. No, indeed, sir; the lady Olivia has no folly: she will keep no fool, sir, 'till she be married; and fools are as like husbands, as pilchards are to her rings, the husband's the bigger: I am, indeed, not her fool, but her corrupter of words. Vio. I saw thee late at the count Orsino's.-40 Clo. Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb, like the sun; it shines every where. I would be sorry, sir, but the fool should be as oft with your master, as with my mistress: I think, I saw your wisdom there. Vio. Nay, an thou pass upon me, I'll no more with thee. Hold, there's expences for thee. Clo. Now love, in his next commodity of hair, send thee a beard l Via. By my troth, I'll tell thee; lam almost sick for one; though I would not have it grow on my chin. Is thy lady within? 51 Clo. 'Would not a pair of these have bred, sir? Vio. Yes, being kept together, and put to use. Clo. I would play lord Pandarus of Phrygia, sir. to bring a Cressida to this Troilus. Vz'o. I understand you, sir; 'tis well begg'd. C10. The matter, I hope, is not great, sir, beg-ging but a beggar; Cressida was a beggar. My lady is within, sir. I will conster to them whence you come; who you 'are, and what you would, is out of my welkin: I might say, element; but the word is over-worn. Exit. Vio. This fellow is wise enough to play the fool; ' And, to do that well, craves a kind of wit: He must observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of the persons, and the time; And, like the haggard, check at every...