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" I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them... "
Lessings Werke - Page 186
by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1766
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Shakspeare's himself again; or the language of the poet asserted

Andrew Becket - 1815 - 748 pages
...equal to. ' Who at present have not the fears that 1 have.' B. lung &ufjarfc in. ACT I. SCENE I. Glo. Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd,...unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, Cheated of feature by dissembling n*lure,] By diaembling is not meant hypocritical nature, that pretends...
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Elegant extracts in poetry, Volume 2

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...love'l majesty; To strut before a wanton, ambling nymph ; I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion. Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd,...my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made op. And that so lamely and unfashionable, That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them — Why I, in this...
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The Northern star, or, Yorkshire magazine, Volume 3

Arthur Jewitt - 1818 - 336 pages
...Shakspeare describes his person in the following manner :— " Deform'd, nnfinish'd, sent before his time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable, That dogs bark'd at him as he halted by them." The crimes imputed to him arc of the greatest magnitude : the...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 64

England - 1848 - 788 pages
...cured, but must be aggravated tenfold, by such a product of off-hand legislation — " Sent before its time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable," that it most necessarily die of its own deformity, unless the law-courts will lick it into shape by their...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1818 - 324 pages
...ambling nymph ; I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, 4 Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this...half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable, [1] Alluding to the cognizance of Edward IV. which was a «m, in memory of the three tuna, which are...
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The Plays of Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 pages
...curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Drform'd, tmfinîsh'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce...half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable, Tbat dogs bark at me, as I halt by them ; — Why I, in this weak piping time of peace, Hive no delight...
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The British Prose Writers...: Gray's letters

British prose literature - 1821 - 394 pages
...love's majesty To strut before a wanton ambling nymph : I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion. Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd,...unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, searce half made up — And what follows. To me they appear untrans-' latable ; and if this be the...
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Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings

Thomas Gray, William Mason - English literature - 1820 - 548 pages
...loves majesty To strut before a wanton ambling nymph : I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd,...Into this breathing world, scarce half made up And what follows. To me they appear untranslatable ; and if this be the case, our language is greatly degenerated....
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 19

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 526 pages
...it be York that capers, the antecedent is at such a distance, that it is almost forgotten. JOHNSON. Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this...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...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: To which are Added His ...

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 542 pages
...cprtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature ; Deform'd, untinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce...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...
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