 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 598 pages
...; So sways she level in her husband's heart : For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our faneies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are." Afterwards the Duke adds, " Then, lct thy love be younger than thyself, Or thy affection cannot hold... | |
 | Love poetry - 1841 - 178 pages
...take An elder than herself; so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart. For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more...wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are. Viola. I think it well, my lordDuke. — Then let thy love be younger than thyself, Or thy affection... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1847 - 726 pages
...take An elder than herself; so wears she to him. So sways she level in her husband's heart : For, boy, 2 Via. I think it well, my lord. Duke. Then, let thy love be younger than thyself, Or thy affection cannot... | |
 | 1848 - 650 pages
...into the mouth of the instahle Duke a very cogent truth — he is speaking of man's affection. Their fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are. Then again how truly has he caught the spirit with which the Duke listened to the song ; he likes it... | |
 | sir Henry Taylor - 1848 - 236 pages
...take An older than herself; so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart. For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more...longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn Than women's are. Viola. I think it well, my Lord. Duke. Then let thy love be younger than thyself, Or thy affection... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1848 - 498 pages
...take An elder than herself; so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart ; For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more...wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are. Via. I think it well, my lord. Duke. Then let thy love be younger than thyself, Or thy affection cannot... | |
 | Anne Brontë - English fiction - 1848 - 432 pages
...commiseration for us, Helen ; you must give us a little more license, for, as Shakespeare has it— ' However we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more...and unfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner lost and won Than women's are.'" " No ; Heaven is my witness that I think her mere dust and ashes in comparison... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Mary Cowden Clarke - 1848 - 160 pages
...quittance. Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win By fearing to attempt. Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing,...wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are. Our natures do pursue (Like rats that ravin down their proper bane) A thirsty evil ; and when we drink,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Mary Cowden Clarke - 1848 - 156 pages
...quittance. -o Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win By fearing to attempt. Oar fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are. Our natures do pursue (Like rats that ravin down their proper bane) A thirsty evil ; and when we drink,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1850 - 318 pages
...lake An elder than herself: so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart. For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more...wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are. Viola. I think it well, my lord. Duke. Then let thy love be younger than thyself, Or thy affection... | |
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What years i' faith? VIOLA About your years my Lord. DUKE Too old by heaven: let still the woman take An elder than herself, so wears she to him; So sways she level in her husband's heart: For boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more... 
