But I, that am not shap'd for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass; I, that am rudely stamp'd and want love's majesty, To strut before a wanton ambling nymph; I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling... King Richard III.: A Tragedy; in Five Acts - Page 8by William Shakespeare - 1823 - 48 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1788 - 476 pages
...proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time 20 Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionably, That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them j — Why I, in this weak piping time of peace,... | |
| Longinus - Aesthetics - 1800 - 238 pages
...curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time, Into this breathing world ; scarce half made up, And that, so lamely and unfashionably, That dogs bark at me as I halt by them. 1 The author, in the fifth division, treats... | |
| Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1802 - 410 pages
...strut before a wanton ambling nymph j I, that am cortail'd of this fair proportion , Cheated of feature by dissembling nature , Deform'd, unnnish'd , sent...before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half madc up , And that so laincly and unfashionably , That dogs bark at me, as I hait by lliem : Why I... | |
| Biography - 1806 - 672 pages
...curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature ; Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionably, That dogs bark at me as I halt by them : Why I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English Language - 1805 - 954 pages
...To BARK. vn [beopcan, Saxon.] i. To make the noise which a dog makes when he threatens or pursues. Sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionably That dogs bark at me. Sbaltspeares Rifbardlll. Why do your dogs tart so ? be there bears... | |
| 1806 - 666 pages
...curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature ; Deform'd, unfinished, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that go lamely and unfashionably, That dogs bark at me as I halt by them : Why I, in this weak piping time... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up — And what follows. To me they appear untranslatable ; and if this be the case, our language is greatly degenerated.... | |
| Oratory - 1808 - 540 pages
...curtail'd of this fair proportion, " Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, " Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time " Into this breathing world, scarce half made up» " And that so lamely, and unfashionably, " That dogs bark at me as I halt by them." But if we wish for a specimen of hyperbolical... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1811 - 386 pages
...curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature,* Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce...half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable, ri ] Alluding to the cognizance of E-\vard IV. which was a sun, in mem. cry ct' the three sum, which... | |
| William Richardson - Characters and characteristics in literature - 1812 - 468 pages
...curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, uufinish'd, scut before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and un fashionably, That dogs bark at me as I halt by them : Why I (in this weak piping time of peace)... | |
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