(rather strained figures).
Hamlet, Act I. scene iv.:
'So, oft it chances in particular men,
That for some vicious mole of nature in them,
As, in their birth,—wherein they are not guilty,
Since nature cannot choose his origin,
By the o'ergrowth of some complexion,
Oft breaking down pales and forts of Reason,
Or by some habit that too much o'er leavens
The form of plausive manners, that these men
Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect,
Being nature's livery, or fortune's star,—
Their virtues else—be they as pure as grace,
As infinite as man may undergo,—
Shall in the general censure take corruption
From that particular fault.'
Conceits and Wordplay, p. 22. Richard II, Act II. scene i.:
'Old Gaunt indeed and gaunt in being old,' etc.
Love's Labour's Lost, Act IV. scene iii.:
'They have pitched a toil, I am toiling in a pitch!'
Personification, p. 25. Two Gentlemen, Act I. scene i.:
'So eating Love
Inhabits in the finest wits of all.'
Richard II, Act III. scene ii.: