 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
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 602 pàgines
...clothe thee ? Why should the poor be flattered ? 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,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 712 pàgines
...clothe thee ? Why should the poor be flattered ? K;>, 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,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1852 - 574 pàgines
...and clothe thee ? Why should the poor be flatter'd ? No, let the candid 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,... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pàgines
...clothe thee ? Why should the poor he flat' ter'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 my choice, And could of men distinguish, her election... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1852 - 464 pàgines
...pronounce a panegyric upon the chief magistrate. ' No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning.''' Yet the future of Mr. Polk was not so obvious in 1834, as the reward of Mr. Adams, in 1808. This act... | |
 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham - 1852 - 272 pàgines
...his virtues, although we will give no pledge to become a worshiper in the temple of his fame, or To crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, Where thrift may follow fawning. " We are aware that it is said by the worshipers, that General Taylor does no more than fulfil his... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1852 - 570 pàgines
...and clothe thee ? Why should the poor be flatter'd ? No, let the candid 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,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 746 pàgines
...clothe thee ? Why should the poor be flattered ? 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,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 444 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. H. iii. 2. 'Tis holy sport to be a little vain When the sweet breath of flattery conquers strife. CE... | |
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