 | E. H. Seymour - 1805 - 500 pages
...III. 486. "Good ground, be pitiful, and hurt me not" Somewhat of this thought occurs in Macbeth— " Thou sure and firm-set earth hear not my steps " Which...for fear thy very stones " Prate of my whereabout," &c. 487- " Whose private with me." We have seen this word before used as a noun. 489- " Sir, sir, impatience... | |
 | E H. Seymour - 1805 - 504 pages
...III. 486. "Good ground, be pitiful, and hurt me not." Somewhat of this thought occurs in Macbeth— " Which way they walk for fear thy very stones " Prate of my whereabout," &c. 487. " Whose private with me." We~have seen this word before used as a noun. 489. "Sir, sir, impatience... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 432 pages
...with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost.—— —Thou sure and firm-set earth. Hear not my steps,...for fear Thy very stones prate of my where-about, And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it. — Whiles I threat, he lives ;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 376 pages
...explained into any sense worthy of the author. I shall therefore propose a slight alteration. Thou sound and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for feai' The very stones prate of my where-about, And talk — the present horror of the time! That now... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 346 pages
...thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps, which...for fear Thy very stones prate of my where-about, And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it. — Whiles I threat, he lives ;... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 578 pages
...celebrates Pale Hecate's offerings ; and wither'd murder, Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Hearnotmy steps, which way they walk, for fear Thy very stones prate of my" where-about, And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it. — While I threat, he lives, Words... | |
 | Oratory - 1808 - 540 pages
...his stealthy pace, " With TARQUIN'S ravishing strides, tow'rds his design " Moves like a ghost.— Thou sure and firm-set earth, « Hear not my steps,...for fear " Thy very stones prate of my where-about, " And take the present horror from the time, " Which now suits with it — (A ItllAngs-.] " I go, and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1808 - 432 pages
...watch, thus with his stealthypace, Towards his design Moves like a ghost. — Thou sure and firm set earth, Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear Thy very stones prate of my whrre-about, And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it, [A Clock strikes T-xo.... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 454 pages
...thus with his stealthy pace, Towards his design Moves like a ghost. — Thou sure and firm set carth, Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear Thy very stones prate of my where-about, And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it. [A Clock strikes T-^o. 1 it :•... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 pages
...With (2) Tarquin's ravishing sides, tow'ltls his design Moves like a ghost Thou sound and firm set earth, Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear Thy very stones prate ot my whereabout, *1nd(3} take the firesent horror from the fimt, TAattiow suits ivith it (I) ...Now... | |
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Pale Hecate's offerings; and wither'd murder, Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps... 
