| George Keate - Margate (England) - 1790 - 388 pages
...from association.* Shakspeare says of soft melody : " That strain again ; — it had a dying fall : 0, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes...upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour." And Milton, in one of his early poems, says : — * Alison " On Taste," pp. 152, 174. " And ever against... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1790 - 598 pages
...play on, A Give me exccfs of it ; that, furfc.ting, The appetite may Ticken, and fo die.' That ftrain e pen. Hoi. I do dine to-day at the father's of a certain pup fweet fouth, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Ste.-Uinp, and giving odour — Enough ; no more;... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1792 - 50 pages
...love, play on ; Give meexcefs of it; that, furfeiting, The appetite may ficken, and fo die. That ftrain again ;—it had a dying fall: O, it came o'er my ear, like the fweet fouth, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour ! Twelfth Night, A. i.... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1792 - 50 pages
...Give me excefs of it ; that, furfeiting, The appetite: may ficken, and fo die. . ',, . That ftrain again ; — it had a dying fall : O, it came o'er my ear, like the fweet fouth, That breathes upon a bank of violets, ' „, , __ Stealing, and giving odour ! . . ; ,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1795 - 372 pages
...Give me excefs of it ; that, forfeiting ' The appetite, love inay ficken, and fo die. ' That ilrain again; - it had a dying fall: ' O, it came o'er my ear, like the fweet Couth, ' That "breathes upon a bank of violets, ' Stealing, and giving odour." Enough! - no more;... | |
| John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...fine passage is undoubtedly taken from asfine a one in Shakspeare's Twelfth Night, at the beginning: - like the sweet south That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour. But much improved (as Dr. Greenwood remarks) by the addition of that beautiful metaphor, included in... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1796 - 422 pages
...play on ; Give me excels of it ; that, furfeiting, The appetite may ficken, and fo die. ., That fbain again ; — it had a dying fall : O, it came o'er my ear, like the fweet fouth, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour ! TiaeJftb Night, AI... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1797 - 594 pages
...love, play on, Give me excefs of it ; that, forfeiting, The appetite may ficken, and fo die That ftrain again ; — it had a dying fall : O, it came o'er my ear like the fweet fouth, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odolir. — Enough ; no more... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1797 - 600 pages
...play- on, Give me excefs of it ; that, forfeiting, The appetite may ficken, and fo die. That ftrain again ; — it had a dying fall : O, it came o'er my ear like the fweet fouth,* That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour. — Enough ; no more... | |
| John Walker - Elocution - 1799 - 438 pages
...on ; Give me excefs of it ; that, forfeiting, The appetite may ficken, and To die. — That itrain again ; — it had a dying fall ; O, it came o'er my ear, like the fvveet fouth, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour. — Enough, no more,... | |
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