 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - German literature - 1766 - 534 pages
...10 Why, I (in this weak piping time of peace) Have no delight to pass away the time; Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity. And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover, 15 To entertain these fair well-spoken days, I am determined, to prove a villain1 ! fo Ijó're idj... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 476 pages
...— Why I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time ; Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity...well-spoken days — I am determined to prove a villain, go And hate the idle pleasures of these days. Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous, By drunken prophecies,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 426 pages
...— Why I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass, away the time ; Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity...pleasures of these days. Plots have I laid, inductions 3 dangerous, By drunken prophecies, libels, and dreams, To set my brother Clarence, and the king, In... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 434 pages
...them; Why I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time; Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity...pleasures of these days. Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous,7 By drunken prophecies, libels, and dreams, To set my brother Clarence, and the king, In... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 408 pages
...shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity ; And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover,6 To entertain these fair well-spoken days, — I am...pleasures of these days. Plots have I laid/ inductions dangerous,7 By drunken prophecies, libels, and dreams, To set my brother Clarence, and the king, In... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1808 - 384 pages
...delight to pass away the time ; Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity :7 And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover,*...am determined to prove a villain, And hate the idle pleasures1 of these days. Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous,2 By drunken phrophecies, libels,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 546 pages
...shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity ; And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover,6 To entertain these fair well-spoken days, — I am...pleasures of these days. Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous,7 By drunken prophecies, libels, and dreams, To set my brother Clarence, and the king, In... | |
 | William Richardson - Characters and characteristics in literature - 1812 - 468 pages
...time of peace) Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And deffcant on mine own deformity : And, therefore, since I cannot...villain, And hate the idle pleasures of these days. His contempt of external appearance, and the easy manner in which he considers his own defects, impress... | |
 | 1843 - 798 pages
...starts upon his course of action. There is cool self-possession, and unswerving energy of purpose. " Since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair,...well-spoken days, I am determined to prove a villain !" He redeems his pledge, through crime and blood, till he is fixed upon the throne. These are touches... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...peace. Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on my own deformity: And therefore — since I cannot prove...villain, « And hate the idle pleasures of these days. 'Richarft Lone far Lady Annr. Those eyes of thine from mine have drawn salt tears, [drops ; Sham'd... | |
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Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them ; — Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace... 
