 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pàgines
...ornament ; A virtue that was never seen in you. Hot. Marry , and I'm glad of it with all my heart ; I'd rather be a kitten , and cry mew ; Than one of these same metre ballad mongers I I'd rather hear a brazen candlestick turn'd , Or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tree... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 480 pàgines
...helpful ornament; A virtue that was never seen in you. Hot. Marry, and I'm glad of it with all my heart; I had rather be a kitten, and cry — mew, Than one...same metre ballad-mongers: I had rather hear a brazen canstick7 turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate on an axle-tree ; And that would set my teeth nothing on edge,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 488 pàgines
...helpful ornament; A virtue that was never seen in you. Hot. Marry, and I'm glad of it with all my heart; I had rather be a kitten, and cry — mew, Than one...same metre ballad-mongers: I had rather hear a brazen canstick7 turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate on an axle-tree ; And that would set my teeth nothing on edge,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 356 pàgines
...ornament ; A virtue that was never seen in you. Hot. Marry, and I 'm glad of it with all my heart; I had rather be a kitten, and cry — mew, Than one...ballad-mongers : I had rather hear a brazen canstick turn'd,7 Or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tree ; And that would set my teeth nothing on edge, Nothing... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 502 pàgines
...helpful ornament; A virtue that was never seen in you. Hot. Many, and I'm glad oft with all my heart; I had rather be a kitten, and cry — mew, Than one...same metre ballad-mongers: I had rather hear a brazen canstick5s turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tree ; And that would set my teeth nothing on edge,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 382 pàgines
...in you. Hot. Marry, and I'm glad of it with all my heart; I had rather be a kitten, and cry—mew, Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers: I had...turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate on an axle-tree; And that would set my teeth nothing on edge, Nothing so much as mincing poetry; Tis like the forc'd gait... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 578 pàgines
...helpful ornament ; A virtue that was never seen in you. Hot. Marry.and I'm glad on'twith all my heart t had rather be a kitten and cry— mew. Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers : 1 had ralher hear a brazen candlestick4 turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate 011 the axle-tree ; And that... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 494 pàgines
...helpful ornament; A virtue that was never seen in you. Hot. Marry, and I'm glnd oft with all my heart ; I had rather be a kitten, and cry; — mew, Than one of these same metre ballad-mougeiV: I had- rather hear a brazen canstick turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate 011 the axle-tree;... | |
 | Robert Charles Dallas - 1808 - 312 pàgines
...perhaps at the end of her difcoveries when an unexpected accident. fuddenly extricated her. CHAP. VIII. I had rather be a kitten, and cry, mew ! Than one of ihefe fame me'ie-ballad merger*: I'd rather hear a brazen candleftick turn'd, Or a dry•wheel grate... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1809 - 74 pàgines
...£2. 10* S7S oy James Cawthorn, 1809 ENGLISH BARDS, AND SCOTCH REVIEWERS. ENGLISH BARDS, AND A SATIRE. I had rather be a kitten, and cry, mew ! Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers. SHAKBPEAHE. Such shameless Bards we have ; and yet 'tis true, There are as mad, abandon'd Critics too.... | |
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I had rather be a kitten, and cry mew, Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers ; I had rather hear a brazen canstick turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tree ; And that would set my teeth nothing on edge, Nothing so much as mincing poetry ; —... 
