| Robert Plumer Ward - 1839 - 1084 trang
...seeming prosperity, may be made a question. STERLING. CHAPTER XVI. UNEQUAL FRIENDSHIPS. " Verily, 1 swear 'tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers, in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glittering grief, And wear a golden sorrow.'" Henry Vlll. IT is an old and just observation,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1916 - 200 trang
...Alas, poor lady! She's a stranger now again. Anne. So much the more Must pity drop upon her. Verily, I swear, 'tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, 20 Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief And wear a golden sorrow. Old L. Our content Is our best... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1916 - 1174 trang
...! poor lady, She 'sa stranger now again. Anne. So much the more , Must pity drop upon her. Verily, I swear, 'tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, 20 Than to be perk'd up in a glist'ring grief And wear a golden sorrow. Old Lady. Our content Is our... | |
| KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 trang
...artificial tears, And frame my face to all occasions. Henry VI. Pt. III. Act III. Sc. 2. L. 182. 18 'Tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. Henry VIII. Act II. Sc. 3. L. 19. 19 Our... | |
| Frank Harris - 1909 - 452 trang
...dialogue between Anne Bullen and the Old Lady is extraordinarily reminiscent. When Anne Bullen says — " 'Tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistening grief And wear a golden sorrow " I am reminded of Henry VI. And the contention... | |
| Emile Souvestre - 1923 - 332 trang
...they dazzle the soul, both are oftenest, as Madame de Stael says, but un deuil eclatant de bonheurl* * Tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. Henry VIII., Act II., Scene 3.] CHAPTER... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1924 - 904 trang
...Alas, poor lady ! She 'sa stranger now again. Anne. So much the more Must pity drop upon her. Verily, I swear, 'tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief And wear a golden sorrow. Old L. Our content Is our best having. Anne.... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1925 - 184 trang
...quarrel: quarreler, the abstract for the concrete 15 sufferance : suffering panging: causing pangs I swear, 'tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, 20 Than to be perk'd up in a glist'ring grief And wear a golden sorrow. Old La. Our content Is our... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1925 - 184 trang
...1-11 Cf. n. 14 quarrel: quarreler, the abstract for the concrete 10 the avaunt: the order to be off I swear, 'tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, 20 Than to be perk'd up in a glist'ring grief And wear a golden sorrow. Old La. Our content Is our... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 408 trang
...faithless leather met the dirt, And oftener changed their principles than shirt. r. Poft. E. YOUNG. 'T is better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perked up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. Kilif Henry Y11I.. Act Ii. Sc. 3. SHAKESPEARE.... | |
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