 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 462 pages
...this passage, he has written on the margin of his copy, (the Svo.of 1715,*) Woman's Poet, his toft versification, Mr. P — ." And in the "Discoveries,"'...perhaps, would have been disturbed if he had known it. • Because one of our greatest poett, I know not how gi»rf a one, meat to Edinburgh on foot."] He... | |
 | John Nichols - England - 1828 - 702 pages
...might we do to see your poet? did he undertake this journey, I pray you, to the Moon on foot ? PRINTER. Because one of our greatest poets (I know not how good a one) went to Edinburgh on foot ', and came back ; marry, he has been restive, they say, ever since ; for we have had nothing from... | |
 | Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) - 1842 - 104 pages
...undertake this Journey, I pray you, to the Moon, on foot ? " First Herald. Why do you ask ? " Printer. Because one of our greatest Poets (I know not how good a one) went to Edinburgh on foot, and came hack : Marry, he has been restive, they say, ever since ; for we have had nothing from him... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Drummond - 1842 - 96 pages
...undertake this Journey, I pray you, to the Moon, on foot ? " First Herald. Why do you ask ? " Printer. Because one of our greatest Poets (I know not how good a one) went to Edinburgh on foot, and came back : Marry, he has been restive, they say, ever since ; for we have had nothing from him... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 pages
...the New World discovered in the Moon,' a masque presented at Court in 1620, he makes a printer say, " One of our greatest poets (I know not how good a one) went to Edinburgh on foot, and came back." According to Drummond he was " to write his foot pilgrimage hither, and call it a discovery."... | |
 | 1853 - 298 pages
...undertake this Journey, I pray you, to the Moon, on foot ? " First Herald. Why do you ask ? " Printer. Because one of our greatest Poets (I know not how good a one) went to Edinburgh on foot, and came back: Marry, he has been restive, they say, ever since; for we have had nothing from him ;... | |
 | Thomas Amyot, John Payne Collier, William Durrant Cooper, Alexander Dyce, Barron Field, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright - English drama - 1853 - 510 pages
...undertake this Journey, I pray you, to the Moon, on foot ? " First Herald. Why do you ask ? " Printer. Because one of our greatest Poets (I know not how good a one) went to Edinburgh on foot, and came back : Marry, he has been restive, they say, ever since ; for we have had nothing from him... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1854 - 342 pages
...New World discovered in the Moon,' a masque, presented at Court in 1620, he makes a printer say, " One of our greatest poets (I know not how good a one) went to Edinburgh on foot, and came back." According to Drum* This, and two preceding papers, p. 169 and p. 184, formed chapters... | |
 | Edward Bradley - 1863 - 460 pages
...the Moon,' which was produced at court in the following year, one of the characters is made to say, ' One of our greatest poets (I know not how good a one) went to Edinburgh on foot, and came back.' Of Edinburgh he wrote a poem, calling it The heart of Scotland, England's other eye.... | |
 | Cuthbert Bede - Scotland - 1863 - 458 pages
...the Moon,' which was produced at court in the following year, one of the characters is made to say, ' One of our greatest poets (I know not how good a one) went to Edinburgh on foot, and came back.' Of Edinburgh he wrote a poem, calling it The heart of Scotland, England's other eye.... | |
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Because one of our greatest poets (I know not how good a one) went to Edinburgh on foot, and came back; marry, he has been restive, they say, ever since; for we have had nothing from him: he has set out nothing, I am sure. 
