 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
 | John Galt - 1824 - 462 pages
...peace, Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on my own deformity ; And therefore,— since I cannot prove...well-spoken days, — I am determined to prove a villain, And hate the idle pleasures of these days." With the sentiments here expressed, every man of a form... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...soft and dull-ey'd fool, To shake the head, relent, and sigh, and yield To Christian intercessors. And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover, To...well-spoken days, — I am determined to prove a villain, And hate' the idle pleasures of these days. Then, since the heavens have shap'd my body so, Let hell... | |
 | John Galt - 1824 - 464 pages
...the time, Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on my 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." With the sentiments here expressed, every man of a form... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant ou mine own deformity ; And therefore, — since 1 cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days, — I am determined to prove a villain, Dances. (2) Armed. And hate the idle pleasures of these days. Plots have I laid, inductions3 dangerous,... | |
 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - German literature - 1825 - 666 pages
...by them ; — ..Why I (in this weak piping time of Peace) Have no delight to pass away the time;. v Unless to spy my shadow in the sun. And descant on...prove a Lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken day», I am determined , to prove a Villain ? fo iprc «ф einen Stufet unb fe$e einen Seufel ; in... | |
 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1825 - 670 pages
...time; Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity. And therefore, since 1 cannot prove a Lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days, I am determined , to prove a Villain ? fo f)ure id) einen Ä.nifel tmb fei; e einen ¡ïeiifel ; in ßefiult/ bie bec Teufel allein Cuben... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 490 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,...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.... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1827 - 362 pages
...lamely and unfashionable, * To rook, signified to squat down or lodge on any thing, t Dances. t Armed. That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them; — Why I,...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.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 606 pages
...TJolesa to яру my shadow in the eun, And descant on mine own deformity ; And therefore,— «ince : Tel l lie, I am not. Fool, of thyself speak well : — Fool, do not flatter And hate the idle pleasures of these days. Ploui have I laid, inductions' dangerous, By dnmken prophecies,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 624 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 hate3 the idle pleasures of these days. Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous,4 By drunken prophecies,... | |
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