 | 1830 - 584 pages
...Act 5, Scene last. Or those exquisite lines of Shakspeare, in his address to Sleep. " Oh Sleep — oh gentle Sleep — Nature's soft nurse — how have...wilt weigh my eyelids down And steep my senses in forgetfuluess ! Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs Upon uneasy paflets stretching thee, And... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1830 - 420 pages
...whatever. One dead uniform silence reigned over the whole region." Burke. 72. Apostrophe to Sleep. Sleep, gentle sleep, - * Nature's soft nurse, how...thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my serlses in for'getfulness f • • 5 Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky crib's, Upon uneasy pallets... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1833 - 522 pages
...good speed. [Exit Pu*/e. How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O Sleep, O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness ! Why, rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...FOURTH'S SOLILOQUY ON SLEEP. How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with... | |
 | James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...HENRY IV.'s SOLILOQUY ON SLEEP. How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse ! how have I frighted...eye-lids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness? Why rather, sleep ! liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1833 - 518 pages
...given even to sleep: King Henry. How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...wilt weigh my eye-lids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulncss 1 Why rather, Sleep, ly'st thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1833 - 1140 pages
...Paffe. How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep! — Sleep, gentle sleep,1) ? Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with... | |
 | 1859 - 980 pages
...Henry's familiar soliloquy ': "How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep! 0 gentle sleep! Nature's soft nurse! How have I frighted...eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness? Wliy rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 556 pages
...KING HENRY in his nightgown, with a Page. • K. Hen. Go, call the earls of Surrey and of Warwick ; But ere they come, bid them o'er-read these letters,...thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! — O Sleep, O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt... | |
 | British and foreign young men's society - 1837 - 556 pages
...combine to give an exquisite pathos to the midnight soliloquy in which he thus apostrophises sleep. " How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this...wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfuluess ? Why rather sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And... | |
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How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! — Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness... 
