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 - Pągina 463editat per - 1818Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| 1844 - 648 pągines
...and clothe thee? Why should the poor be flattered 1 No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp; And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning. Dost thou hear 1 Since my dear soul vas mistress of her choice, And could of men distingaish her election,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1844 - 364 pągines
...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,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1844 - 554 pągines
...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... | |
| Joseph Hunter - 1845 - 428 pągines
...about the close of the last century. III. 2. HAMLET. No, let the CANDIED tongue lick absurd pomp And crook the PREGNANT hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning. Both these epithets required to be justified, yet it is not easy to do it. The passage seems to be... | |
| 1846 - 484 pągines
...the hope of gaining some portion of the emolument and distinction, which he is able to bestow — " Who crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, Where thrift may follow fawning." While he is borne on the calm waters of popular favor, while the breeze is prosperous and fortune sits... | |
| George Hooker Colton, James Davenport Whelpley - 1846 - 694 pągines
...our loathing for the ingrained and thorough demagogue. His daily life is a daily lie. Ever ready to " crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, where thrift may follow fawning," he is a swindler by profession, and his mind subsists or. the vilest garbage of the political sewer.... | |
| George Hooker Colton, James Davenport Whelpley - 1846 - 724 pągines
...our loathing for the ingrained and thorough demagogue. His daily life is a daily lie. Ever ready to " crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, where thrift may follow fawning," he is a swindler by profession, and his mind subsists on the vilest garbage of the political sewer.... | |
| 1847 - 540 pągines
...Too much, and snapt in twain at last. SEPARATION. — (See ABSENCE.) SERVILITY — SLAVERY. 1. And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, Where thrift may follow fawning. SHAKSPEARE. 2. Easier were it To hurl the rooted mountain from its base, Than force the yoke of slavery... | |
| 1847 - 526 pągines
...much, and snapt in twain at last. BURNS. SEPARATION. — (See ABSENCE.) SERVILITY — SLAVERY. 1. And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, Where thrift may follow fawning. 2. Easier were it To hurl the rooted mountain from its base, Than force the yoke of slavery upon men... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1847 - 872 pągines
...and clothe thee ? Why should the poolbe flatter'd ? No ; let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, Ami windows, yea, to chimney-tops, irour infants in your arms, and there ha Dost them hear ? Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice, Ami could of men distinguish, her election... | |
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