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" O fellow, come, the song we had last night :— Mark it, Cesario ; it is old and plain : The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids, that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence... "
The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators - Page 175
by William Shakespeare - 1806
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The Foreign quarterly review [ed. by J.G. Cochrane]., Volume 14

John George Cochrane - 1834 - 636 pages
...their favour. old, in despite of protocols and rumours of wars, but.their songs are no longer such as " The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the...weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt;" No—their songs are the production of the most accomplished poets of the day, the airs to which they...
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Penruddock, by the author of 'Waltzburg'.

Penruddock - 1835 - 1122 pages
...that came over him at the remembrance of past events and past happiness. CHAPTER VI. Mark it, Ccsario. it is old and plain ; The spinsters and the knitters...their thread with bones. Do use to chaunt it : it ie silly, sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age. As Sir Edward's carriage...
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Musical History, Biography, and Criticism: Being a General Survey of Music ...

George Hogarth - Composers - 1835 - 486 pages
...times ; — such songs as that which is described by the enamoured Duke Orsino; — Mark it, Cesario; it is old and plain: The spinsters and the knitters...weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it. But if it requires little art and study to sing these ancient and simple airs, to sing the melodies...
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Shakspeare and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet, Criticisms on ...

Nathan Drake - English literature - 1838 - 744 pages
...light airs and recollected termts, Of these most brisk and giddy-paced times: — Mark it, Cesario ; it is old, and plain : The spinsters and the knitters...maids, that weave their thread with bones, Do use to cbaunt it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age." Act ii. so....
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott: First Series, Containing Minstrelsy ...

Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 pages
...between the species of poem which is described, and that which is sung : " Mark ll, Ciesarlo. It It old and plain : The spinsters and the knitters In...maids, that weave their thread with bones, Do use to cbant It ; II Is silly sooth, And dollies with the Innocence of love. Like the old agu." The song,...
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Characters of Shakespear's plays

William Hazlitt - 1838 - 360 pages
...with a preface of his own to it. " DUKE. O fellow, come ; the song we had last night Mark it, Cesario, it is old and plain ; The spinsters and the knitters...sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with hones, Do use to chaunt it : it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old...
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The Sportsman

702 pages
...well be said that that is the happiest time of life !" '' It is an old saying," observed Mr. Percy ; ' It is old and plain : The spinsters and the knitters In the sun, And the free maids that weave their threads with bone, Do use to chaunt it;' yet I cannot submit to its correctness, and I would debate...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 9

1839 - 880 pages
...and recollected terms, Of these most brisk and giddy-pated times." And again, " Mark it, Ctesario — it is old and plain : — The spinsters, and the knitters...free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do wont to sing it." Yes ! Shakspeare has sought for the standard of taste in music in a quarter which...
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The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music & Romance

Fashion - 1866 - 856 pages
...counterpoint for several voices - a music not simply sung at court, but by and among the people. " The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the...maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it," as Shakspeare says; and Lord Surrey indicates the same custom : " My mother's msids, when...
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The Poetical Works of Robert Fergusson: With a Memoir of the Author, and ...

Robert Fergusson - 1840 - 56 pages
...see ye wi' a suit on O' guid braid claith. ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF SCOTS MUSIC. Mark it, Cffisario ! it is old and plain, The spinsters and the knitters...sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with 1x)nes, Do use to chant it.—Shalispeare'i Tuxjfth Night. On Scotia's plains, in days of yore, When...
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