 Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him half his Troy was burn'd; But Priam found the fire ere he his tongue, And I my Percy's death ere thou...  The Tatler; corrected from the originals, with a preface, historical and ... - Page 74edited by - 1817Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 984 pages
...such a man, so taint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in - burn'd : But Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue, And I my Percy's death, ere thou reporvst it.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 590 pages
...such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night) And would have told him, half his Troy was burn'd: But Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue, And I my Percy's death, ere thou report'st it.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Theater - 1823 - 60 pages
...man, so faint, sn spiritless, A 3 So dull, so dead in look, so woe begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him half his Troy was burn'd. But Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue. And 1 my poor son's death, ere thou rclat'st it,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 372 pages
...such a man, so taint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burn'd : But Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue, And I my Percy's death, ere thou report'st it.... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - Fore-edge painting - 1824 - 428 pages
...such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burn'd.— I see a strange confession in thine eye: Thou shak'st thy head, and hold'st it fear, or... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 422 pages
...such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burn'd : But Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue, And I my Percy's death, ere thou report'st it.... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1824 - 486 pages
...such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him half his Troy was burn'd. But Priam found the tire, ere he his tongue, And I my poor son's death, ere thou relat'st it.... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burn'd. This thou would'st say, — Your son did thus, and thus ; Your brother, thus : so fought the... | |
 | Elizabeth Helme - 1825 - 532 pages
...such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him half his...burnt , But Priam found the fire ere he his tongue • , M illiam gave an evasive answer to his mother's ouestion; and having returned his wife's caresses,... | |
 | Samuel Oliver (jun.) - 1825 - 418 pages
...denotes the feebleness of the action. A form like this, so pale, so spiritless, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him half his Troy was burnt. Here the emphatick would has peculiar expression : " would have told him ;" wished to tell him, but... | |
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