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" They say, he is already in the forest of Arden, and a many merry men with him ; and there they live like the old Robin Hood of England. They say, many young gentlemen flock to him every day ; and fleet the time carelessly, as they did in the golden world. "
Blackwood's Magazine - Page 554
1833
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As You Like it

William Shakespeare - Drama - 1993 - 134 pages
...already in the forest of Arden,6 and a many merry men with him; and there they live like the old Robin Hood of England: they say many young gentlemen flock...fleet the time carelessly as they did in the golden world.7 1 10 OLIVER What, you wrestle tomorrow before the new duke? CHARLES Marry, do I, sir: and I...
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Homosexual Desire in Shakespeare's England: A Cultural Poetics

Bruce R. Smith - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 345 pages
...already in the Forest of Ardenne, and a many merry men with him; and there they live like the old Robin Hood of England. They say many young gentlemen flock...time carelessly, as they did in the golden world. 4 In these lines Charles indicates another feature of Virgil's eclogues that is transferred to Arden:...
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Four Comedies

William Shakespeare - Drama - 1994 - 692 pages
...a many merry men with him; and there they live like the old Robin Hood of England: they say many no young gentlemen flock to him every day, and fleet...the time carelessly as they did in the golden world. OLIVER What, you wrestle tomorrow before the new Duke? CHARLES Marry do I, sir; and I came to acquaint...
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Reading the Renaissance: Culture, Poetics, and Drama

Jonathan Locke Hart - European literature - 1996 - 304 pages
...already in the Forest of Arden, and a many merry men with him; and there they live like the old Robin Hood of England. They say many young gentlemen flock...the time carelessly as they did in the golden world" (1.1.1 14-19). And it is emphatically confirmed in the closing scene with the comedy's masque finale....
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Shakespeare, Aphra Behn and the Canon

W. R. Owens, Lizbeth Goodman - Canon (Literature). - 1996 - 356 pages
...Senior's alternative lifestyle in the Forest of Arden. and how this is so attractive to the youth that 'many young gentlemen flock to him every day. and...the time carelessly as they did in the golden world' (L1.110-12). Similarly. we know of Orlando's intention to take action: The spirit of my father grows...
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John Keats and the Culture of Dissent

Nicholas Roe - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 344 pages
...who lives there as an exile, 'and a many merry men with him; and there they live like the old Robin Hood of England. They say many young gentlemen flock...the time carelessly as they did in the golden world' (ti 1 14-19). The 'careless' life in the Forest of Arden may indeed recall the 'golden world' of antiquity...
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Opera Buffa in Mozart's Vienna

Mary Kathleen Hunter, James Webster - Music - 1997 - 476 pages
...already in the forest of Arden, and many merry men with him; and there they live like the old Robin Hood of England. They say many young gentlemen flock...time carelessly, as they did in the golden world." (i . I). democracy, listens to stories of corruption in London told by the miller's son, Dick, and...
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The Homoerotics of Early Modern Drama

Mario DiGangi - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 236 pages
...loving lords," his "co-mates and brothers in exile," and joined later by "many young gentlemen" who "flock to him every day, and fleet the time carelessly as they did in the golden world" (1.1.100-1; 2.1.1; 1.1.117-19). For Charles, who reports the Duke's situation in the play's opening...
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A Dictionary of Medieval Heroes: Characters in Medieval Narrative Traditions ...

Willem Pieter Gerritsen, A. G. van Melle - History - 1998 - 348 pages
...already in the forest of Arden, and a many merry men with him; and there they live like the old Robin Hood of England; they say many young gentlemen flock...time carelessly, as they did in the golden world'. By the beginning of the seventeenth century, Robin Hood was firmly established as one of the great...
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Shakespeare Stories II

Leon Garfield - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1995 - 328 pages
...many merry men with him," he related with growing eloquence; "and there they live like the old Robin Hood of England. They say many young gentlemen flock...time carelessly as they did in the golden world." He paused, and a small sigh crept out of him, like a mouse coming forth from a mountain . . . "You...
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