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... Laocoon; Or The Limits of Poetry and Painting - Page 243by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1836 - 373 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1907 - 266 pages
...proper to 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...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
...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 einen ïeufel unb feí)e einen Seufel; in einer ©eftalt, bie ber Teufel... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1788 - 476 pages
...scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionably, That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them j — Why I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no...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
...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...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
...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 to prove a villain, And hate the idle pleasures of these days. Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous, By drunken prophecies,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 434 pages
...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...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
...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 the idle pleasures of these days. Plots have I laid/ inductions dangerous,7 By drunken prophecies,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 510 pages
...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...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
...breathing world, scarce halt made up, And that so lamely and imfashionably, That dogs bark at me, as 1 ... 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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