 Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, . Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to spy my shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity...  Lessings Werke - Page 186by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1766Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1808 - 384 pages
...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, Have no...shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity :7 And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover,* To entertain these fair well-spoken days,* —... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1808 - 292 pages
...half made np,.. And that so lamely and nnfashionable, That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them; — Why I , in this weak piping time of peace, Have no...pass away the time; "Unless to spy my shadow in the snn, And descant on mine own deformity : And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 416 pages
...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, Have no delight to pass away my hours, Unless to see my shadow in the sun, And descant on my own deformity : Then, since this earth... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 546 pages
...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, Have no...deformity ; And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover,6 To entertain these fair well-spoken days, — I am determined to prove a villain, And hate... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 386 pages
...STEEV. That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them ; — Why I, in this weak piping time of peace, Hive no delight to pass away the time ; Unless to spy my...; 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... | |
 | William Richardson - Characters and characteristics in literature - 1812 - 468 pages
...scarce half made up, And that so lamely and un fashionably, That dogs bark at me as I halt by them : Why I (in this weak piping time of peace) Have no...the time, Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And deffcant on mine own deformity : And, therefore, since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1813 - 490 pages
...made up. And that so lamely and unfashionable, That dogs hark at me, as I halt by them ; — Why 1, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight...; 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 520 pages
...made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable, That dogs hark at me, as I halt by them ; — Why I, m this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to...; 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... | |
 | Andrew Becket - 1815 - 748 pages
...here, I think, disguising. Nature that made me a man, yet disguised me by unseemly features. B. Glo. Why I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no...in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity : And descant on mine m>n deformity :] Descant is a term in music, signifying in general that kind of harmony... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...lamely and unfashionable, That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them — Why I, in this weak piping time'of 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 a lover, To entertain these fair, well-spoken... | |
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