 So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes ; And, like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall show...  Darwin, Carlyle, Dickens, the Fools, Jesters, and Comic Characters in ... - Page 272by Samuel Davey - 1879 - 285 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 632 pages
...come, they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By...ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly, and attract more eyes, Than that which hath no foil to set it off. I'll so offend,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 154 pages
...through the foul and ugly mists Of vapours, that did seem to strangle him. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By...ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly, and attract more eyes. Than that which hath no foil to set it off. I'll so offend,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pages
...come, they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By...than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes;8 And, like bright metal on a sullen9 ground. My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 480 pages
...come, they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By...word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes ;8 And, like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall show... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 488 pages
...come, they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By...than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes;8 And, like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...50. To SET off. To decorate ; to re< mend ; to adorn ; to embellish, answers to the French relever. Like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation,...o'er my fault, Shall shew more goodly, and attract tnor Than that which hath no foil to set it off. , The prince put thee into my service other reason... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 502 pages
...come, they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By...ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly, and attract more eyes, Than that which hath no foil to set it off. Tll so offend,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 356 pages
...come, they wish'd-for come,2 And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour 1 throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By how...than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes;3 would come too late if the Prince was not to receive them till the night after the day of the... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 578 pages
...come, they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By...reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall shew more'goodlv, and attract more eyes, Than that which hath no soil to set it off. I'll so offend, to... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 382 pages
...come, they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By...ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly, and attract more eyes, Than that, which hath no foil to set it off. I'll so offend,... | |
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