John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
1767 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 1767 |
| AUTHOR: | William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| QUOTATION: | And often did beguile her of her tears, When I did speak of some distressful stroke That my youth suffer’d. My story being done, She gave me for my pains a world of sighs; She swore, in faith, ’t was strange, ’t was passing strange, ’T was pitiful, ’t was wondrous pitiful; She wish’d she had not heard it, yet she wish’d That Heaven had made her such a man; she thank’d me, And bade me, if I had a friend that loved her, I should but teach him how to tell my story, And that would woo her. Upon this hint I spake: She loved me for the dangers I had pass’d, And I loved her that she did pity them. This only is the witchcraft I have used. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Othello. Act i. Sc. 3. [text] |
| WORKS: | William Shakespeare Collection. |