 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pàgines
...would be as tedious as to work ; But, when they seldom come, they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour...than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes;8 And, like bright metal on a sullen9 ground. My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 480 pàgines
...would be as tedious as to work ; But, when they seldom come, they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour...word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes ;8 And, like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall show... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 488 pàgines
...would be as tedious as to work ; But, when they seldom come, they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour...than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes;8 And, like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 pàgines
...50. To SET off. To decorate ; to re< mend ; to adorn ; to embellish, answers to the French relever. Like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall shew more goodly, and attract tnor Than that which hath no foil to set it off. , The prince put thee... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 356 pàgines
...come, they wish'd-for come,2 And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour 1 throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By how...than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes;3 would come too late if the Prince was not to receive them till the night after the day of the... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 578 pàgines
...would be as te'dious as to work ; But when they seldom come, they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour...ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall shew more'goodlv, and attract more eyes, Than that which hath no soil to set it off. I'll so offend,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 494 pàgines
...they wUh'd-for come, . . Anil nothing pleaseth hut rare accidents. So, wbeu tills loose behaviour 1 throw off, ' :'And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better than my word I am, 1 By so much shall 1 falsify men's hopes; And, like bright me(al ou a sullen ground, My reformation,... | |
 | Eaton Stannard Barrett - 1807 - 602 pàgines
...tedious as to work ; But when they seldom come, they wish'd-for come. And nothing pleaseth but fair accidents : . So when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promis'd; By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's Iiopes ; And, like... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 398 pàgines
...wonder'd at, By breaking through the foul and ugly mists Of vapours, that did seem to strangle him. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay...how much better than my word I am, By so much shall 1 falsify men's hopes; And, like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 458 pàgines
...come, they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour, 1 throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By how...word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes ; 9 (7) For tttexnnce is an expression in daily use amongst the common people in Suffolk, to signify... | |
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So when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes... 
