 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 - 1843 - 494 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 time, Unless to see my shadow in the sun , And descant on mine own deformity : And therefore , since I cannot prove... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 348 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... | |
 | Paul Nimmo - Drama - 1996 - 72 pages
...REST KING DIRECTOR KING DIRECTOR KING PLAYER 3 PLAYER 6 PLAYER 7 PLAYER 8 PLAYER 1 PLAYER 2 DIRECTOR 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 And hate the idle pleasures... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...halt by them; — Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Hive no delight to pass away the nine, , in respect of a fine workman, I am but, as you would...cobbler. MARULLUS. But what trade art thou? answer me To entertain these fair well-spoken days, I am determined to prove a villain, And hate the idle pleasures... | |
 | Elke Platz-Waury - Drama - 1978 - 272 pages
...gleichzeitig seine Pläne dar. BEISPIEL 4: William Shakespeare: Richard III. Akt I, Szene l, Z. 24-40 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 And hate the idle pleasures... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1999 - 244 pages
...cites this as the earliest use in English of [53] Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to see my shadow in the sun And descant on mine 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... | |
 | John Julius Norwich - History - 2001 - 438 pages
...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, 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 . . . KING RICHARD III... | |
 | Park Honan - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 522 pages
...father's death. Since peace has robbed Richard of his identity he will entirely refashion himself: I in this weak piping time of peace Have no delight...deformity. And therefore since I cannot prove a lover To entertain these fair well-spoken days, I am determined to prove a villain. (I. i. 24-30) To achieve... | |
 | Harvey C. Mansfield (Jr.) - Philosophy - 2000 - 362 pages
...precisely the transition that Richard III is unable to make, as his opening soliloquy makes clear: Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to see my shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity. And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover... | |
 | Thomas Leech - Business & Economics - 2001 - 328 pages
...Our stern alarums changed to merry meetings. Our dreadful marches to delightful measures. . . . 58 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, And hate the idle pleasures... | |
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