Tis not to make me jealous, To say — my wife is fair, feeds well, loves company, Is free of speech, sings, plays, and dances well; Where virtue is, these are more virtuous: Nor from mine own weak merits will I draw The smallest fear, or doubt of her... The stranger in France, or, A tour from Devonshire to Paris - Page 229by Sir John Carr - 1803 - 261 pagesFull view - About this book
| English literature - 1819 - 614 pages
...'Tis not to "make me jealous, To say my wife is f<iir — loves company. Is free of speech, eings, plays, and dances well: Where virtue is, these are more virtuous : Nor from mine own weak merits will I draw The smallest fear, or doubt of her revolt : For she had eyes, and... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 518 pages
...fears, I will close with thy inference against the virtue of my wife. JOHNSON. Matching thy inference4. Tis not to make me jealous, To say — my wife is...dances well ; Where virtue is, these are more virtuous b : Nor from mine own weak merits will I draw The smallest fear, or doubt of her revolt ; Whether our... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 588 pages
...business of my soul To such exsufflicate and blown surmises, Matching thy inference. Tis not to make rae jealous, To say — my wife is fair, feeds well, loves...dances well ; Where virtue is, these are more virtuous t: Nor from mine own weak merits will I draw The smallest fear, or doubt of her revolt ; * Endless,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1823 - 558 pages
...shall turn the business of my soul To such exsufflicate 9 and blown surmises, Matching thy inference. 1 'Tis not to make me jealous, To say — my wife is...Where virtue is, these are more virtuous : Nor from mine own weak merits will I draw The smallest fear, or doubt of her revolt ; For she had eyes, and... | |
| William Shakespeare - Theater - 1823 - 490 pages
...shall turn the business of my soul To such exsufflicate and blown surmises, Matching thy inference. 'Tis not to make me jealous, To say — my wife is...and dances well ; Where virtue is, these are more virtuous:i Nor from mine own weak merits will I draw The smallest fear, or doubt of her revolt ; For... | |
| William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...thou I'd make a life of jealousy ? To follow still the changes of the moon With fresh suspicions ? — Tis not to make me jealous To say, my wife is fair, feeds well, loves company, Is free of speeoh, sings, plays, and dances well : Where virtue is, these make more virtuous. Nor from mine own... | |
| British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...sea, To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind, But with thy brawls thou hast disturb'd our sport. 'Tis not to make me jealous, To say — my wife is...Where virtue is, these are more virtuous : Nor from mine own weak merits will I draw The smallest fear, or doubt of her revolt ; For she had eyes, and... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...turn the business of my soul To such exsufflicate and blown surmises, Matching thy inference. 'Tjs not to make me jealous, To say — my wife is fair,...Where virtue is, these are more virtuous :* Nor from mine own weak merits will t draw The smallest fear, or doubt of her revolt ; For she had eyes, and... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1824 - 370 pages
...shall turn the business of my soul To such exsufflicate and blown surmises, Matching thy inference. 'Tis not to make me jealous, To say — my wife is...dances well ; Where virtue is, these are more virtuous f : Nor from mine own weak merits will I draw The smallest fear, or doubt of her revolt ; For she had... | |
| Phrenology - 1824 - 720 pages
...wife was too strong, and his trust in her virtue too well-founded, to give way to bare suspicions : 'Tis not to make me jealous, To say — my wife is...dances well ; Where virtue is, these are more virtuous. But his Destructiveness, Self-esteem, and Firmness, all of which we have seen to maintain a powerful... | |
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