 | Colin Butler - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 205 pages
...refreshed. In Troilus and Cressida, Achilles asks, "What, are my deeds forgot?" and Ulysses slyly explains, Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein he puts alms for oblivion, A great-siz'd monster of ingratitudes. Those scraps are good deeds past, which are devour'd As fast as... | |
 | Abraham Rothberg - Hungary - 2005 - 261 pages
...drawn his last breath, Shakespeare could still speak so directly to him, so powerfully and wisely: Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein he puts alms for Oblivion, A great-siz'd monster of ingratitudes. Those scraps are good deeds past, which are devour'd As fast as... | |
 | Robert G. Ingersoll - Literary Collections - 2007 - 516 pages
...the ears of a drowsy man." " Duller than a great thaw. Dry as the remainder biscuit after a voyage." "Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein...great-sized monster of ingratitudes — Those scraps are good deeds past ; which are devoured As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done ; perseverance,... | |
 | Robert G. Ingersoll - Literary Collections - 2007 - 652 pages
...complacency of assured fame, consigned to the wastebasket of forgetfulness the patriot's cry for help. " Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein...great-sized monster of ingratitudes. Those scraps are good deeds past, which are devour'd As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done." In this controversy,... | |
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