O God ! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain ; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run, — How many make the hour full complete ; How many hours... The World's Best Poetry ... - Seite 317herausgegeben von - 1904Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1816 - 852 Seiten
...error in their account of things, ualefs they are well apprizad of each other's meaning. Watts. — See the minutes how they run ; How many make the hour full compleat, How many hours bring about the day, How many days will finilh up the year, How maayjearj... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1817 - 378 Seiten
...than a homely swain ; To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, To sit upon a hill, as I do now, Thereby to see the minutes how they run : How many...about the day, How many days will finish up the year, When this is known, then to divide the times : How many yean a mortal man may live. So many hours must... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1818 - 328 Seiten
...were so. For what is in this world bat grief and wo ? 0 God ! methinks it were a happy life To he no better than a homely swain, To sit upon a hill as...dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minui.cs how they run : How many make the hour full complete, How many hours bring about the day, How... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 Seiten
...grief and woe ? 0 God ! methmks, it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain ; To at upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes, now they run : How many make the hour full complete, How many hours bring about the day, How many days... | |
| Edward Quillinan - 1820 - 158 Seiten
...after the suhsequent passage in Shakspeare. " O God, methinks it were a happy life To he no hetter than a homely swain : To sit upon a hill, as I do now; To carve out Dials quaintly, point hy point, Therehy to see the minutes how they run, &t. Gires not the hawthorn hush a sweeter shade... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 612 Seiten
...For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? * O God ! methinks, it were a happy life 8, * To be no better than a homely swain : * To sit upon a hill,...they run : * How many make the hour full complete 9, * How many hours bring about the day, * How many days will finish up the year, 1 Both TUGGING to... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 648 Seiten
...confirms the remark made by Sir Joshu* Reynolds on a passage in Macbeth, vol. xi. p. 69, n. 3. MJUOSB9 Thereby to see the MINUTES how they run : How many make the HOUR FULL COMPLETE,] So, in our author's Rape of Lucrece : * How many years a mortal man may live. * When this is known,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 648 Seiten
...point by point, * Thereby to see the minutes how they run : * How many make the hour full complete 9, * How many hours bring about the day, * How many days will finish up the year, 7 Both TUGGING to be victors, breast to breast,] Hence, perhaps, the vulgarism that gives such acknowledged... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 486 Seiten
...lust." STEEVENS. 7 Stuff up his lust, as MINUTES FILL UP HOURS;] So, in King Henry VI. Part III. : " — to see the minutes how they run, " How many make the hour full-complete." MALONE. s The Roman lord MAECHETH to Lucrece' bed.] Thus the quarto 1594. The edition... | |
| John Platts - 1822 - 844 Seiten
...pleasures of a shepherd's life :— O God ! methinks it were a happy life To be no better timn a hoineK swain . To sit upon a hill as I do now ; To carve...may live : When this is known, then to divide the time; So many hours must I tend my flock ; So many hours must I take my rest ; So many hours must I... | |
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