 Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him half his Troy was burn'd; But Priam found the fire ere he his tongue, And I my Percy's death ere thou...  The English Review, Or, An Abstract of English and Foreign Literature - Trang 2291784Xem Toàn bộ - Giới thiệu về cuốn sách này
 | Samuel Oliver (jun.) - 1825 - 418 trang
...highly expressive, as it denotes the feebleness of the action. A form like this, so pale, so spiritless, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him half his Troy was burnt. Here the emphatick would has peculiar expression : " would have told him ;" wished to tell him, but... | |
 | Elizabeth Helme - 1825 - 532 trang
...tell thy errand. E'en such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him half his Troy was burnt , But Priam found the fire ere he his tongue • , M illiam gave an evasive answer to his mother's... | |
 | John Harman Bedford - 1825 - 268 trang
...conversation with my Lords, his face so pale, and even appeared like his who " Drew Priam's curtains in the dead of night, And would have told him half his Troy was burn'd." Harolde made him sit down, and cheered him with a bumper of wine, and then proceed with his... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1825 - 936 trang
...tell thy errand. Even such a man, so faint, so spirilles», So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone. Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night. And would have told him, half hi* Troy waa bnm'd : But Priam fonnd the fire, ere he hi* tongue. And i my Percy's death, ere thon... | |
 | John Harman Bedford - 1825 - 264 trang
...conversation with my Lords, his face so pale, and even appeared like his who " Drew Priam's curtains in the dead of night, And would have told him half his Troy was burn'd." Harolde made him sit down, and cheered him with a bumper of wine, and then proceed with his... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1825 - 508 trang
...tell thy errand. Eren such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half hii Troy was burn'd : But Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue, And I my Percy's death, ere thou... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 602 trang
...tell thy errand. Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burn'd : But Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue, And I my Percy's death, ere thou report'st it.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 996 trang
...tell thy errand. Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless So dull, so dead in look, so woc-begone, him well enough. Bfne. Not I, believe me. Beat. Did he never make you laugh ? Ben wss burnBut Priam found the fire, ere he his tonguf. And I my Percy's death, ere thou report'rt h.... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1827 - 362 trang
...tell thy errand. Even such a man, so fainf, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so wo-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burn'd. — I see a strange confession in thine eye, Thou shak'st thy head, and hold'st it fear, or... | |
 | George Canning - 1828 - 456 trang
...ideal of such a character. I allude to that informer, who— " So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him half his Troy was burned,— But Priam found the fire ere he his tongue." This, I presume, is just such information as... | |
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