 | John William Carleton - 1850 - 516 trang
...men The Holy War is o'er, and the strife of the Roses ended. The grim-visaged god Hath smoothed his wrinkled front : And now, instead of mounting barbed...steeds To fright the souls of fearful adversaries " Taste is seen caparisoned for the turf ; and in 1683, two years before he parted with his head upon... | |
 | Francis Douce - 1839 - 678 trang
...knowledge, but infinitely less genius than our author. KING RICHARD III. ACT I. SCENE 1. Page 461. GLO. He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. THE question with Dr. Johnson is, whether it be war that capers, or York; and he justly remarks that... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1845 - 700 trang
...wee sma' hour ayont the twa'l" in the early spring, was a matter somewhat different from capering " nimbly in a lady's chamber, to the lascivious pleasing of a lute." 3, Crescent Carlisle, ON GETTING UP A HEAD OF GAME. Among the various topics which are discussed in... | |
 | 1839 - 892 trang
...adulter," the regular "fancy. man," the pet of the petticoats, whose noblest accomplishment is " To caper nimbly in a lady's chamber, To the lascivious pleasing of a lute ; " in short, a species of slightly mitigated Mantalini, in high life of the year BC I I93. To us the... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1840 - 550 trang
...Compare Balchvyne's Pro222 NICCOLS'S MIRROtIR FOR MAGISTRATES. [SECT. I.. To fright the souls of fearfull adversaries, He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber To the lascivious pleasing of a lute." These lines evidently gave rise to part of Richard's soliloquy in Niccols's Legend. The battels fought... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1840 - 548 trang
...Shakspear?. — ь Fol. 555. Рлпк.] * Fol. 253. Compare Baldwyne's ProTo fright the souls of fearfull adversaries, He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber To the lascivious pleasing of a lute.c These lines evidently gave rise to part of Richard's soliloquy in Niccols's Legend. The battels... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1840 - 532 trang
...the veteran Blücher. " Grim-visaged War," having " smoothed his wrinkled front," the heroes of it, -"instead of mounting barbed steeds, To fright the souls of fearful adversaries," employed their chivalry in more peaceful pursuits. The gallant hero entered completely into die spirit... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1841 - 320 trang
...meetings, Our dreadful marches to delightful measures.1 Grim-visaged War hath smoothed his wrinkled And now, — instead of mounting barbed steeds,* To fright the souls of fearful adversaries, — 1 Dances. front ; He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber, To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. But... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1842 - 628 trang
...to merry meetings, Our dreadful marches to delightful measures. Grim-visag'd war hath smooth'd his wrinkled front ; And now, instead of mounting barbed...lascivious pleasing of a lute'. But I, that am not shap'd for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass ; I, that am rudely stamp'd,... | |
 | Carolyn Ruth Swift Lenz, Gayle Greene, Carol Thomas Neely - 1980 - 364 trang
...time past, time present, and what he perceives to be time future: Grim-visaged War hath smoothed his wrinkled front, And now, instead of mounting barbed...lady's chamber To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time. And therefore, since... | |
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Our bruised arms hung up for monuments; Our stern alarums chang'd to merry meetings, Our dreadful marches to delightful measures. Grim-visag'd war hath smooth'd his wrinkled front; And now — instead of mounting barbed steeds To fright the souls of fearful... 
