“ There's no such sport as sport by sport o'erthrown, To make theirs ours, and ours none but our own; So shall we stay, mocking intended game, And they well mock'd depart away with shame. ”
William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost (1598). copy citation
| Author | William Shakespeare |
|---|---|
| Source | Love's Labour's Lost |
| Topic | shame sport |
| Date | 1598 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Written between 1595 and 1596 |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1109/pg1109-images.html |
Context
“BOYET. Why, that contempt will kill the speaker's heart, And quite divorce his memory from his part. PRINCESS OF FRANCE. Therefore I do it; and I make no doubt The rest will ne'er come in, if he be out. There's no such sport as sport by sport o'erthrown, To make theirs ours, and ours none but our own; So shall we stay, mocking intended game, And they well mock'd depart away with shame. [Trumpet sounds within] BOYET. The trumpet sounds; be mask'd; the maskers come. [The LADIES mask]
Enter BLACKAMOORS music, MOTH as Prologue, the KING and his LORDS as maskers, in the guise of Russians
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Enter BLACKAMOORS music, MOTH as Prologue, the KING and his LORDS as maskers, in the guise of Russians
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