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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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The Works of Thomas Gray, Esq

Thomas Gray, William Mason - Poetics - 1827 - 468 pages
...diction of it ; particularly with respect to the drama. I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd,...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 Beauties of Shakspeare Regularly Selected from Each Play. With a General ...

William Shakespeare - 1827 - 658 pages
...curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinished, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up And that so lamely and unfa^b'onable, bark at me, as I halt by them; — Vhy I, in this weak piping time of peace, lave no...
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The Beauties of Shakspeare Regularly Selected from Each Play. With a General ...

William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1827 - 362 pages
...curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, cent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up And that so lamely and unfashionable, * To rook, signified to squat down or lodge on any thing, t Dances. t Armed. That dogs bark at me,...
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The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare: With a Life, Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1828 - 392 pages
...am curtall'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissemblmg nature, Deform'd, nnfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce...and unfashionable, That dogs bark at me, as I halt hy them ;— « hy I, m this weak piping time of peace, Have DO delight to pass away the time; Cnless...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare, George Steevens - 1829 - 542 pages
...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...unfashionable, That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them ;— Why I, m this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time ; Unless to spy...
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The Dramatic Works, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1831 - 528 pages
...lote's majesty, To strut before a wanton ambling nyn.ph ; I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd,...made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable, That dois bark at me, as I halt by them ; — Why I, in this weak piping time ¿f peace, Hnve nodelightto...
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The Dramatic Works, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1831 - 522 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,...Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And lhat so lamely and unfashionable, That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them ;— Why I, in this weak...
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The Dramatic Works and Poems of William Shakespeare, with Notes ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1831 - 606 pages
...curtailM of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature,* Deform'd, unfinieh'd, air. — There is no creature loves me ; And, if I die, no soul will pity me во lamely and unfashionable, That d<*£S bark at me, as I halt by them ; — Why l, m this weak piping...
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The Original: A New Miscellany of Humour, Literature, and the Fine ..., Volume 1

1832 - 368 pages
...according to the wild melody of our greatest poet, beings — " Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before their time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up....that so lamely, and unfashionable, That dogs bark at them ," any reasonable person would conclude, that she would here hall. But it is not so — she carries...
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The New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1

1833 - 484 pages
...their name is Legion — I cannot, at least, accuse her of inconsistency ; for ever since she sent me " Before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up. And that so lamely and unfashionably, That the dogs bark at me as I halt by them," she has invariably " suited the action...
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