 | Henry Brown (of Newington Butts.) - 1870 - 308 trang
...from his honied verse One sable tear."— Chettle of Shakespeare, 1603. SONNET 102. Lines 1 to 12. " The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark When neither...would be thought No better a musician than the wren." — Merchant of Venice. SONNET 103. Lines 9, 10. " Striving to better, oft we mar what's well." —... | |
 | Henry Brown (of Newington Butts.) - 1870 - 322 trang
...from his honied verse One sable tear." — Chettle of Shakespeare, 1603. SONNET 102. Lines 7 to 12. " The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark When neither...would be thought No better a musician than the wren." — Merchant of Venice. SONNET 103. Lime 9, 10. " Striving to better, oft we mar what's well." —... | |
 | Henry Brown (of Newington Butts.) - 1870 - 310 trang
...from his honied verse One sable tear."—Chettle of Shakespeare, 1603. SONNET 102. Lines 7 to 12. " The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark When neither...cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren."—Merchant of Venice. SONNET 103. Linet 9, 10. " Striving to better, oft we mar what's well."—King... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1870 - 838 trang
...house. Par. Nothing is good, I see, without respect : Methinks it sounds much sweeter than by day. Ner. Silence bestows that virtue on it, madam. Par. The...think The nightingale, if she should sing by day, AVhcn every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren. How many things... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1871 - 842 trang
...McthinkH, it sounds much sweeter than by day. Ner. Silence bestows that virtue on it, madam. l'nr. o. Per. Where should this music bel i' the air, a...the king my father's wreck, This music crept by me seaoon «ea»>n'd are To their right praise and true pe fection ! — Peace, hoa ! the moon sleeps... | |
 | James Edmund Harting - 1871 - 354 trang
...inquire the author's name. Portia evidently had no high opinion of the wren's song, when she said, — " The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither...would be thought No better a musician than the wren." Merchant of Venice, Act v. Sc. 1 . Lady Macduff was reminded of the wren when bewailing the flight... | |
 | Edward Nichols Dennys - 1871 - 408 trang
...THERE is MUCH IN FITNESS. You know what Portia says : — " THE CBOW DOTH SING AS SWEETLY AS THE LAKK, "WHEN NEITHER IS ATTENDED; AND I THINK "THE NIGHTINGALE,...WOULD BE THOUGHT "NO BETTER A MUSICIAN THAN THE WREN." Fitness, Civilis, that is, everything Right, well-timed, and rightly placed, is THE VERY PERFECTION... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1874 - 120 trang
...Methinks it sounds much sweeter than by day. 105 Ner. Silence bestows that virtue on it, madam. Por. The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark When neither...day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought 110 Lor. That is the voice, 115 Or I am much deceived, of Portia. Por. He knows me, as the blind man... | |
 | 1876 - 564 trang
...house. Par. Nothing is good, I see, without respect : Methinks it sounds much sweeter than by day. Ner. Silence bestows that virtue on it, madam. Par. The...musician than the wren. How many things by season seasoned are To their right praise and true perfection ! — Peace ! How the moon sleeps with Endymion,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1875 - 584 trang
...; Methinks it sounds much sweeter than by day. Ner. Silence bestows that virtue on it, madam. For. The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither...than the wren. How many things by season season'd are \ t To their right praise, and true perfection \-+ ' Peace ! How the moon sleeps with Endymion, And... | |
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The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and I think The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren. 
