...play, is well marked in this short scene of waiting for Juliet's arrival. Act iii. sc. 1. Mer. A'o, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church...for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man, &c. How fine an effect the wit and raillery habitual to Mercutio, even struggling with his pain, give...

...spirits, fearless of consequences, and laughing even when it has paid the penalty of its rashness — "Ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man." The courage of Romeo is reflective and forbearing, — " I do protest, I never injured thee." But, when...

...plague of both Die. Houses — I am sped ! 'Tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door, but 'twill serve : ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man.' " The foregoing, and other letters that followed close upon it in quick succession, show the diseased condition...

...wheels.—FRI. II., 3. Thy head is as full of quarrels, as an egg is full of meat.—MER. III., 1. "Tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a churchdoor.—MER. III., 1. This day's black fate on more days doth depend; this but begins the woe,...

...page ! — Go, villain, fetch a surgeon. [Exit Page. Rom. Courage, man ; the hurt cannot be much. Mer. No, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church...for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man. I am peppered, I warrant, for this world. — A plague o' both your houses ! — Zounds, a dog, a rat,...

...page ? — go, villain, fetch a surgeon. [Exit Page. Ram. Courage, man ; the hurt cannot be much. Mer. No, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church...for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man. I am peppered, I warrant, for this world : — A plague o' both your houses ! — Zounds, a dog, a...

...page! — Go, villain, fetch a surgeon. [Exit Page. Rom. . Courage, man ; the hurt cannot be much. Mer. No, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church...ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man.i I am peppered, I warrant, for this world. — A plague o' both your houses ! — Zounds, a dog,...

...page!— Go, villain^ fetch a surgeon. [Exit Page. Rom. Courage, man ; the hurt cannot be much. Mer. No, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door ; but 9tis enough, 'twill serve ; ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man.1 I am peppered,...

...antagonist of Arnim fell, pierced by a thrust through the shoulder. The wound was — as Mercutio said — " not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door," — it was not indeed mortal, but it " served," it was " enough." " Now for the occupant of the carriage,"...

...humorous. For example, in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, as Mercutio lies dying of a sword wound, he says, 'Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man.' The traditional application of grave would be "serious." However, Mercutio is saying he will be dead, a...