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 - Pāgina 463editat per - 1818Visualitzaciķ completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| 1964 - 158 pāgines
...clothe thee ī [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 Makepeace Thackeray - 1889 - 802 pāgines
...heavy drinking prevalent at court, and boldly says — Let tlie candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, Where thrift may follow fawning. If any other proof were wanting of his unrecorded Scotch tour, we can almost trace out an nlibi. For... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1980 - 388 pāgines
...clothe thee ? Why should the poor be flattered ? 70 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,... | |
| 1971 - 1000 pāgines
...historically identified command-influence problems. ... let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning. Dost thou hear? Hamlet, Act III, Scene ii IN ADOPTING the Uniform Code of Military Justice 1 in 1950,... | |
| Steven Berkoff - 1990 - 228 pāgines
...compliments at each other. I add, almost jokingly: ... let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning. What a mass of metaphor and analogies; hardly a word wasted - pure beef and no fat. I make a small... | |
| Marvin Rosenberg - 1992 - 1006 pāgines
...loyal Horatio. 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. Hamlet can be as snobbish about courtiers as about peasants; what comes clear is that he is in fact... | |
| Peter Erickson - 1991 - 244 pāgines
...that attend the pursuit of courtly advancement: "No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, / And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee / Where thrift may follow fawning" (3.2.60-62). Yet this expression of disdain is itself a standard pastoral line: "Renaissance pastoral... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1995 - 136 pāgines
...and 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,... | |
| 1996 - 264 pāgines
...HAMLET (continuing) 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. He leads HORATIO over to the desk and HORATIO sits down. HAMLET (continuing) Dost thou hear? — Since... | |
| Henry Sussman - 1997 - 338 pāgines
...history. HAMLET: 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,... | |
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