• From “Othello,” Act I. Sc. 3.
      OTHELLO.—Most potent, grave, and reverend signiors,
    My very noble and approved good masters,—
    That I have ta’en away this old man’s daughter,
    It is most true; true, I have married her:
    The very head and front of my offending
    Hath this extent, no more. Rude am I in my speech,
    And little blessed with the soft...

  • So you're back from up the country, Mister Townsman, where you went,

    And you're cursing all the business in a bitter discontent;

    Well, we grieve to disappoint you, and it makes us sad to hear

    That it wasn't cool and shady — and there wasn't plenty beer,

    And the loony bullock snorted when you first came into view;

    ...