 | William Shakespeare - 1814
...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 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,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816
...clothe thee? Why should the VXJOT befUter'd? 64S BOOK III. 643 No, let the candied tongue licit absurd pomp ; And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee. Where thrift may follow fawning. Doat thou hear? Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice, And could of men distinguish her election,... | |
 | 1818
...oppressors wrong' — or the abuses of ' brief authority;' or who Iras more severely stigmatised those ' who crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, where thrift may follow fawning:' It is true he was not actuated by an envious hatred of greatness; he was uot at all likely, had he... | |
 | John Moore - 1820
...may smile, I am entirely disposed to believe were sincere ; for Altho' the candy'd tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, Where thrift may follow fawning . — ~ — Why should the poor be flattered » • ' • • Just as I was returning, we heard the... | |
 | John Moore, Robert Anderson - 1820
...may smile, I am entirely disposed to believe were sincere ; for Altho' the candy'd tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, Where thrift may follow fawning. -' • Why should the poor be flattered ? Just as I was returning, we heard the music of the troops... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821
...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 of the knee *, Where thrift may follow fawning *. Dost thou hear ? Since my dear soul 9 was mistress of her choice, And could of men distinguish her... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1824 - 385 pàgines
...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 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 - 1824
...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 of the knee, Where thrift may follow fawning. Dost thou hear I Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice, And could of men distinguish her election,... | |
 | British poets - 1824
...To feed, and clothe thee ? Why should the poor be flatter'd ? No, let the candy'd tongue lick absurd pomp ; And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, Where thrift may follow fawning. Why, what a deal of candied courtesy, This fawning greyhound then did proffer me ! Look, — when his... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1824
...spirits, To feed and clothe thee ? 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... | |
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No; let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning. 
