| William Shakespeare - 1831 - 522 pages
...(S) A sentence of ejection. (4) Quarrcllcr. She's a stranger now agatn.1 .¡лиг. So much the more Must pity drop upon her. Verily, I swear, 'tis better...wear a golden sorrow. Old L. Our content Is our best baring.2 Лат. By my troth, and maidenhead I would not be a queen. Old L. Beehrew me, I would, And... | |
| Elizabeth Washington Wirt - American literature - 1832 - 338 pages
...Indian stones, Nor to be seen : my crown is call'd content ; A crown it is, that seldom kings enjoy. . . Tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble...up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow Ford. Skak*. Honour and shame from no condition rise, Act well your part, there all the honour lies.... | |
| Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - Queens - 1832 - 254 pages
.... . 213 /"* By my troth I would not be a queen ! — Verily, I swear, 'tis better to be lowly bom, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be...up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow 1 King Henry VIII. Act 2, Se. 3 i CELEBRATED FEMALE SOVEREIGNS. SEMIRAMIS. SEMIRAMIS, Queen of Assyria,... | |
| Charles Feist - 1833 - 304 pages
...lower classes of society, of which the poorest and the most unhappy peasant contributes his share. Tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glitt'ring grief, And wear a golden sorrow. Letters are the instruction of youth, and delight of old... | |
| Lady Catherine Pollock Manners Stepney - 1833 - 324 pages
...time. He teaches one, more than any unprophetical writer, the way to stem the torrent. He says ; — ' Verily, I swear 'tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perked up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow.' And I have quite profited by many similar... | |
| Arabella Jane Sullivan - English fiction - 1833 - 212 pages
...was so struck with those lines of Anne Boleyne'a, that I came home and learned (hem by heart — ' I swear 'tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perked up in a glistering «jef And wear a golden Borrow,' If I had but married an honest, true-hearted... | |
| Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - Women in literature - 1833 - 362 pages
...and body's severing. OLD LADY. Alas, poor lady ! She's a stranger now again. ANNE. So much the more Must pity drop upon her. Verily, I swear 'tis better to be lowly born, And range withlumble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow.... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1836 - 588 pages
...soul and body's severing.3 Old L. Alas, poor lady ! She's a stranger now again. Anne. So much the more Must pity drop upon her. Verily, I swear, 'tis better...And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perked up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. Old L. Our content Is our best having.4... | |
| Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - Women in art - 1837 - 400 pages
...the bearer, 'tis a sufferance, panging As soul and body's severing. OLD LADT. ANNE. So much the more Must pity drop upon her. Verily, I swear, 'tis better...up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. How completely, in the few passages appropriated to Anna Bullen, is her character portrayed ! with... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...another's pride, While pride is fasting in his wantonness! 36 — iii. 3. 191 Contentment, its happiness. 'Tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble...up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. . 25 — ii. 3. 192 Humility, feigned. 'Tis a common proof,™ That lowliness is young Ambition's ladder,... | |
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