 Nay, do not think I flatter ; For what advancement may I hope from thee That no revenue hast but thy good spirits, To feed and clothe thee ? Why should the poor be flatter'd ? No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges...  The Quarterly Review - Pàgina 463editat per - 1818Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | James Knox Polk - 1969 - 632 pàgines
...1847 and in the US Senate from 1849 until 1855. 7. Corruption of William Shakespeare's phrase, "And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee/ where thrift may follow fawning." Hamlet, Act 3, scene 2, lines 66-67. 8. Sally Walker Hubbard. FROM NATHAN CLIFFORD1 [Dear Sir] Newfield... | |
 | Scott McCrea - 2005 - 310 pàgines
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 | Kenneth Muir - 2005 - 224 pàgines
...and clothe thee ? Why should the poor be flatter'd ? No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning. Dost thou hear? Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice And could of men distinguish her election,... | |
 | Michael O'Neill, Mark Sandy - 2006 - 412 pàgines
...— or the abuses of brief authority' — [which you would hallow through all time] — 'or who has more severely stigmatised those "who crook the pregnant...hinges of the knee where thrift may follow fawning?"' [Granted, none better.] 'It is true he was not actuated by an envious hatred of greatness' — [so... | |
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