 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 giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's...  The Metropolitan - Page 931846Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 444 pages
...of my bones : I shall not fear flyblowing. T. v. 1. ESPOUSALS (See also WIFE). 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 giddy and unfirm, in ESPOUSALS, —... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 1158 pages
...speech of the Duke to Viola, in " Twelfth Mght," (act ii. sc. 4) where he says, " Let still the woman of May) There will I stay for thee. Her. My good Lysander ! I swear to thee by Cupid's stro : For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering,... | |
 | Henry Taylor - Conduct of life - 1853 - 244 pages
...point of seniority, let us listen to the Duke and Viola — Duke. ' Let still the woman 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 giddy and unnrm, More longing, wavering,... | |
 | Edwin Lees - Dramatists, English - 1854 - 94 pages
...years," he being many years older than the supposed boy : — " 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." Now it appears from Anne Hathaway's monumental inscription in Stratford church that she was eight years... | |
 | Edwin Lees - Dramatists, English - 1854 - 108 pages
...years," he being many years older than the supposed boy :— " 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." Now it appears from Anne Hathaway's monumental inscription in Stratford church that she was eight years... | |
 | Frederick Lawrence - Authors, English - 1855 - 398 pages
...probability, the wise counsel of .Shakspere's ducal lover in " Twelfth Night :" — " 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 giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1855 - 1088 pages
...years i' failli 7 Vio. About your years, my lord. [tnke Duke. Too old, by heaven. Let still the woman 'Tie he : slink by, and note him. [ROSALIND and CELIA retire. Jaq. I thank you for : For, hoy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering,... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1856 - 660 pages
...because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale ? Act ii. Sc. 4. 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 giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering,... | |
 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 570 pages
...instead of wasting itself in secret repinings. Carriage.— Ovid. . — Sliakspeare. LET still the woman take An elder than herself; so wears she to him, So sways she level in her Husband's heart. Jftatriage, — SJiakspeare. As for my Wife, I would you had her Spirit in such another : The third... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1856 - 424 pages
...that tho poet should make the Duke dramatically exclaim,— " 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." And wherefore?— " For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm,... | |
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