The times have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools. Works - Page 265by William Shakespeare - 1795Full view - About this book
| Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - Catholic emancipation - 1813 - 148 pages
...not being bound by oath; nothing could in his mind be more preposterous or more unjust. " Time was, that when the brains were out, the man would die, and there an end ;'' but in this case some persons would have them believe, that though the Catholic swears to support the Government,... | |
| Richard Brinsley Sheridan - Great Britain - 1816 - 422 pages
...were departed ; but their bodies, like empty forms, still kept their places : to them he might say — the times have been That, when the brains were out,...the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools ; threatening the... | |
| Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1816 - 588 pages
...only to torment the House. If he sat silent, be was told that his silence was insidious — — — " The times have been That, when the brains were out,...the man would die, And there an end : but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools." So he, politically... | |
| George Crabbe - 1816 - 340 pages
...that I bad murder'd, came to my tent, and every one did threat — Shakspeare. Rich. HI. The time hath been, That when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools. Macbetb. LETTER... | |
| Richard Brinsley Sheridan - Great Britain - 1816 - 428 pages
...having used this quotation from Shakespeare, the day or two before Lord North retired two years ago : -the times have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die And there an end; Mr. Sheridan said, the souls of the present ministry were departed; but their bodies, like empty forms,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1817 - 360 pages
...statute purg'd the gentle weal ;* Ay, and since too, murders have been perform'd Too terrible for the ear : the times have been, That, when the brains were...the man would die, And there an end : but now, they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools : This is more... | |
| Robert Huish - 1820 - 848 pages
...Leopold hastened to meet his virtuous and sanctified coadjutor in his works of villainy. CHAPTER II. -The times have been, That, when the brains were out,...the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murthers on their crowns, And push us from our stools. This is more... | |
| George Crabbe - 1820 - 346 pages
...to my tent, and every one did threat Shakspearc. Rich. III. The time hath been, That when the braias were out, the man would die, And there an end; but now they rise again, Wilh twenty mortal mnrden on their crowns, And push us from our stools. Macbeth LETTER... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 528 pages
...statute purg'd the gentle weal 3 ; Ay, and since too, murders have been perform 'd Too terrible for the ear : the times have been, That, when the brains were...the man would die, And there an end : but now, they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools : This is more... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 506 pages
...'tis dinner time. 8 — and there an end.] ie there's the conclusion of the matter. So, in Macbeth : " the times have been, " That when the brains were out the man would die, " And there an end." STEEVENS. ' All this I speak IN PRINT ;] In print means with exactness. So, in the comedy of All Fooles,... | |
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