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" How use doth breed a habit in a man ! This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods, I better brook than flourishing peopled towns : Here can I sit alone, unseen of any, And, to the nightingale's complaining notes, Tune my distresses, and record my woes. "
Specimens of Greek and Latin verse: chiefly translations - Page 78
by Charles Rann Kennedy - 1853 - 154 pages
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Harmonia ruralis; or, An essay towards a natural history of ..., Volume 149

James Bolton - 1830 - 382 pages
...the nightingale have been noticed by many writers. In the Two Gentlemen of Verona, Valentine says, " Here can I sit alone, unseen of any, And, to the nightingale's...complaining notes, Tune my distresses and record my woes." In Romeo and Juliet the nightingale's protracted song is noticed. Juliet says, ** It is not yet near...
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Herodotus, tr. by W. Beloe, Volume 2

Herodotus - 1830 - 352 pages
...! This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods, I better brook than florishing peopled towns. Here 1 can sit alone, unseen of any. And to the nightingale's...complaining notes Tune my distresses, and record my woes. — 2'. > by various presents on both sides. His fame had so increased, that he was celebrated through...
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A Descriptive Account of the Second Royal Gala Festival at Stratford-upon ...

1830 - 192 pages
...shadowy desert — these unfrequented woods, "I better brook, than flourishing peopled towns; "Here I can sit alone, unseen of any, " And to the nightingale's...complaining notes, " Tune my distresses and record my woes." Yes, Gentlemen, he preferred solitude and heavenly contemplation on " the willow'd banks" of his own...
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Elements of Criticism

Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1830 - 492 pages
...disappointing the malice of Fortune, and for reconciling us to whatever course of life may be our lot : • How use doth breed a habit in a man ! This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods, f better brook than flourishing peopled towns. Here I can >it alone, unseen of any, And to the nightingale's...
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The Dramatic Works and Poems of William Shakespeare, with Notes ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1831 - 542 pages
...Valentine, Ihis I endure <or tbec ! [Exemt. SCENE IV. Aiiotlicr part of the Farta. Enter VALKMTINE. ile shameful hate sirops out the afternoon.* He this...token for fair Maudlin : 1 Sain AH You Like It: — noter, Tune my dislresses, and record8 my woes. O thou that dost inhabit in my breast, Leave not the...
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The Dramatic Works, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1831 - 500 pages
...Valentine, this I endure lor thee ! {Exeunt. SCENE ¡V,— Another fart of ike Fareit. Enter Valent.ne. Vol. How use doth breed a habit in a man This shadowy desert unfrequented woods, I better brook than nourishing peopled towns : Here can 1 sit alone, unseen of any, And, to the nightingale's complaining...
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Robin Hood: A Collection of All the Ancient Poems, Songs, and ..., Volume 1

Joseph Ritson - Ballads, English - 1832 - 302 pages
...to have frequently exclaimed with the banished Valentine, in another play of the same author : * " How use doth breed a habit in a man ! This shadowy...: Here can I sit alone, unseen of any, And, to the nightingales complaining notes, Tune my distresses, and record my woes." He would, doubtless, too often...
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Eugene Aram: A Tale, Volume 1

Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1832 - 506 pages
...etiam ipsius inertiae dulcedo; et invisa primo desidia postremo amatur." — TACITUS. " I low use dotk breed a habit in a man! This shadowy desert, unfrequented...woods, I better brook than flourishing peopled towns." Winter's Tale. THE next day, faithful to his appointment, Aram arrived at Lester's. The good Squire...
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Selections from the Choric Poetry of the Greek Dramatic Writers

English poetry - 1832 - 264 pages
...Nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well." Comus, 234. And Shakspeare : " Here I can sit alone, unseen of any, And to the Nightingale's...complaining notes, Tune my distresses, and record my woes." Two Gent. of Perona, Act V. Sc. 4. But see Coleridge's Poem on the Nightingale : " Most musical, most...
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The plays and poems of Shakspeare [according to the text of E ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1832 - 364 pages
...Valentiue, this I endure for thee ! [Exeunt. SCENE IV. Another part of the forest. Enter VALENTINE. Vol. How use doth breed a habit in a man ! This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods, I better brook than florishing peopled towns : Here can I sit alone, unseen of any, And, to the nightingale's complaining...
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