 If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work; But when they seldom come, they wish'd for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By...  The Life of Henry the Fift - Page lviiiby William Shakespeare - 1880 - 180 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pages
...[Exit POINS. P. Hen. I know you all, and will a while uphold The unyok'd humour of your idleness : Yet herein will I imitate the sun; Who doth permit...tedious as to work ; But, when they seldom come, they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 632 pages
...{Exit Poins. P. Hen. I know you all, and will a-\vhile uphold The unyok'd humour of your idleness: Yet herein will I imitate the sun; Who doth permit...tedious as to work; But, when they seldom come, they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 488 pages
...[Exit POINS. P. Hen. I know you all, and will a while uphold The unyok'd humour of your idleness : Yet herein will I imitate the sun ; Who doth permit...tedious as to work ; But, when they seldom come, they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 480 pages
...beauty from the world, That, when he please again to be himself, Being wanted, he may be more wonder 'd at, By breaking through the foul and ugly mists Of...tedious as to work ; But, when they seldom come, they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 502 pages
...I'.rit Poins. P. Hen. I know you all, and will a while uphold The unyok'd humour of your idleness : Yet herein will I imitate the sun; Who doth permit...tedious as to work ; But, when they seldom come, they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 356 pages
...wonder'd at, By breaking through the foul and ugly mists Of vapours, that did seem to strangle him.1 If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would...tedious as to work; But, when they seldom come, they wish'd-for come,2 And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour 1 throw off,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 382 pages
...while uphold The unyok'd humour of your idleness: Yet herein will I imitate the sun; Who doth pennit the base contagious clouds To smother up his beauty...tedious as to work; But, when they seldom come, they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 578 pages
...be himself Being wanted, he may be more wonder' d at, By breaking through the foul and uply mists Oi vapours, that did seem to strangle him. If all the...te'dious as to work ; But when they seldom come, they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off,... | |
 | Martin Madan, Juvenal - 1807 - 432 pages
...CONCRETE. Shakespeare, 2nd part of Hen. IV. act i. scene ii. has finely expressed the like sentiment : If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would...tedious as to work ; But when they seldom come, they wish'd-for come. END OF THE ELEVENTH SATIRE. t • SATIRA XIL ARGUMENT. The Poet having invited Corvinus... | |
 | Eaton Stannard Barrett - 1807 - 602 pages
...and ugly mists Of vapours, that did seem to strangle him : If all the year were playing holidays, The sport would be as tedious as to work ; But when they seldom come, they wish'd-for come. And nothing pleaseth but fair accidents : . So when this loose behaviour I throw off,... | |
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