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,... G. E. Lessing's gesammelte Werke - Page 41by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1855Full view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1907 - 266 pages
...times of peace, as the fife to times of war. Compare Much Ado About Nothing, n. iii. 13-15. Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own...well-spoken days, I am determined to prove a villain, And hate the idle pleasures of these days. Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous, By drunken prophecies,... | |
| Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - German literature - 1766 - 534 pages
...by them: 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 Ijore id) einen... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1788 - 476 pages
...them j — 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...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
...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...well-spoken days, — I am determined to prove a villain, And hate the idle pleasures of these days. Plots have I laid, inductions 3 dangerous, By drunken prophecies,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1804 - 568 pages
...by 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: And therefore,—since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days,— I am determined... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 434 pages
...halt by 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...well-spoken days, — I am determined to prove a villain, And hate the idle pleasures of these days. Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous,7 By drunken prophecies,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 408 pages
...halt by 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 ; And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover,6 To entertain these fair well-spoken days, — I am determined to prove a villain, And hate... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 510 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...well-spoken days, — I am determined to prove a villain, And hate the idle pleasures of these days. Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous, By drunken prophecies,... | |
| William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 584 pages
...them ; — Why I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time ; Unless .. J. Walker ... R. Faulder and Son ... Scatcherd and Letterman ... [and 11 others] And hate the idle pleasures of these days. Plots have I laid, inductions ' dangerous, By drunken prophecies,... | |
| William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 562 pages
...of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time ; Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant1 on mine own deformity : And therefore, — since I...well-spoken days, — I am determined to prove a villain, And hate the idle pleasures of these days. Plots have I laid, inductions ' dangerous, By drunken prophecies,... | |
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