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" 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 186
by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1766
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts ..., Volume 7

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 816 pages
...fin£ tn pruts. 2. To difcourfe at large ; to make ipeeches : in a fenfe of cenfore or contempt. — Why I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pafs away the time ; Unlefs to fpy my fhadow in the fun, And de'canl on mine own deformity. Shall....
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The Plays of Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 pages
...piping time of peace, Hive no delight to pass away the time ; tnless to spy iny shadow in the sun, ind descant on mine own deformity ; And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days, — lam determined to prove a villain, And hate the idle...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 19

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 518 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...shadow in the sun, (And descant on mine own deformity 7 ; And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover 8, another : but nature that puts together things...
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The life and death of king Richard iii, a tragedy restored and re-arranged ...

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 108 pages
...half made up, B 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. Then, since this earth affords no joy to me, But to command, to check, to o'erbear such As are of better...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: To which are Added His ...

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 542 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 the lime ; Unless to spy my shadow in the son, And descant on mine own deformity ; And therefore,— since...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 636 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...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...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 5

William Shakespeare - Theater - 1823 - 442 pages
...made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable, That dogs bark 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...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, in Ten Volumes: Richard the Third ...

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 320 pages
...velvet." &c. 8TEEVENS. 1£ .. KINO RICHARD III. ACT 1 That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them ;— Why I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no...; Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant ou mine own deformity ; And therefore,—since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken...
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King Richard III.: A Tragedy; in Five Acts

William Shakespeare - Theater - 1823 - 60 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...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 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, To entertain these fair well-spoken days, — I am determined to prove a villain, (1) Dances. (2) Armed....
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