 Our bruised arms hung up for monuments; Our stern alarums changed to merry meetings, Our dreadful marches to delightful measures. Grim-visaged war hath smooth'd his wrinkled front; And now, instead of mounting barbed steeds To fright the souls of fearful...  The Plays of Shakspeare - Page 12by William Shakespeare - 1897Full view - About this book
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...And now — instead of mounting barbed steedi To fright the souls of fearful adversaries — ! !'• capers nimbly in a lady's chamber. To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. But I, that am not - hap'd for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an am'rous looking-glass; [, that am rudely stamp'd,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 368 pages
...measures.' Grim-visag'd war hath smooth'd his wrinkled front ; And now, — instead of mounting barbed1 steeds, To fright the souls of fearful adversaries,...lascivious pleasing of a lute. But I, — that am not shap'd for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass ; 1 Dances, * Armed. I, that... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 324 pages
...Grim-visag'd war hath smooth'd his wrinkled front; And now,—instead of mounting barbed steeds, 3 To fright the souls of fearful adversaries,— He...chamber, To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. But I,—that am not shap'd for sportive tricks, , Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass ; I, that... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 394 pages
...word in him is a picture. Pray put me the following lines into the tongue of our modern dramatics : But I, that am not shaped for sportive tricks. Nor...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... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - English literature - 1820 - 548 pages
...word in him is a picture. Pray put me the following lines into the tongue of our modern dramatics : But I, that am not shaped for sportive tricks, Nor...court an amorous looking-glass : I, that am rudely stampt, and want loves majesty To strut before a wanton ambling nymph : I, that am curtail'd of this... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 108 pages
...meetings, Our dreadful marches to delightful measures. Grim-visag'd war hath smooth'dhis wrinkled front; And now — instead of mounting barbed steeds, 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 542 pages
...measures*. Grim-visayed war hath smooth 'd his wrinkled front; And now, iustead of mounting barbed f steeds, To fright the souls of fearful adversaries,...a lute. But I, — that am not shaped for sportive tricky Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass ; L that am rndely stamp'd, and want love's majesty,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 518 pages
...word is sometimes employed to express dances in general. So, in Romeo and Juliet, vol. vi. p. 43 : To fright the souls of fearful adversaries, — He...lascivious pleasing of a lute. But I, — that am not shap'd for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass ; I, that am rudely stamp'd,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 526 pages
...tunes and amorous glances ? " &c. REED. To fright the souls of fearful adversaries, — He capers 5 nimbly in a lady's chamber, To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. But I, — that am not shap'd for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass ; I, that am rudely stamp'd,... | |
 | 1822 - 592 pages
...meetings, Our dreadful marchings to delightful measures. Grim.visaged War has smoothed his wrinkled front ; And now, instead of mounting barbed steeds, To fright...lady's chamber, To the lascivious pleasing of a lute." Now, can any reader peruse the above passage, and reflect for a mo • ment on the character and situation... | |
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