 | English literature - 1838
...his study : List his discourse of war, and you shall hcur A fearful battle render'd you in music : Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian knot...men's ears To steal his sweet and honey'd sentences ; So that the art and practick part of life Is but the mistress to this theoric : Which is a wonder,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 498 pages
...his study : List his discourse of war, and you shall hear A fearful battle render'd you in musick : Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian knot...unloose, Familiar as his garter ; that, when he speaks, that his sacred majesty spake by the spirit of God." And, in effect, this scene was added after King... | |
 | English literature - 1839 - 602 pages
...And Gentlemen," will develop itself at its leisure. Hush ! — " When he speaks, The air, a chartered libertine, is still, And the mute wonder lurketh in men's ears To steal his sweet and honied sentences." Wonderful indeed were the thief that stole sentence of his. Did ever breath give... | |
 | Joseph Clinton Robertson - 1822 - 206 pages
...perfect horn-book for the use of the minister, and the instruction of rising politicians. LORD ERSKINE. " Turn him to any cause of policy. The gordian knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter." " When he speaks, the air, a charter'd libertine, is still, And the mute wonder lurketh in men's ears,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 984 pages
...his study : List* his discourse of war, and you shall hear A fearful battle render'd you in music: art, and then thou art [father ! As great as that...welcome, Re-enter Attendant and PRIEST. Father, 1 honeyed sentences ; So that the art and practic part of life Must be the mistress to this theoric :t... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 590 pages
...his study : List his discourse of war, and you shall hear A fearful battle render'd you in musick: Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian knot...wonder lurketh in men's ears, To steal his sweet and honeyed sentences; So that the art and practick part of life 2 Must be the mistress to this theorick... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 384 pages
...his study ; List his discourse of war, and you shall hear A fearful battle render'd you in music : Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian knot...when he speaks, The air, a charter'd libertine, is still,7 And the mute wonder lurketh in men's ears, To steal his sweet and honeyed sentences ; So that... | |
 | 1823 - 426 pages
...rendered you in music ; ,,',i. Turn him to any course of policy, . . . ..-..¿- •'.. The gordiau knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter...libertine, is still, And the mute wonder lurketh in man's ear«, To steal bis sweet and honied SENTENCES." The above adaptation may be well applied to... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...all his study. List his discourse of war, and you shall hear A fearful battle render'd you in music. Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian knot of it he will unloose Familiar as his garter. When he speaks, The air, a charter'd libertine, is still ; And the mute wonder lurketh in men's ears,... | |
 | Samuel Putnam Waldo - Presidents - 1823 - 418 pages
...all-in-all, his study. Lht his discourse of war, and you shall hear A fearful battle rendered you in music. Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian Knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter." His knowledge of the ever- varying politics of the several states, is perfect up to the present time... | |
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Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter ; that, when he speaks, The air, a charter'd libertine, is still, And the mute wonder lurketh in men's ears, To steal his sweet and honey'd sentences... 
