 and will speak more in a minute than he will stand to in a month. Nurse. An 'a speak any thing against me, I'll take him down, an 'a were lustier than he is, and twenty such Jacks; and if I cannot, I'll find those that shall. Scurvy knave! I am none of...  Romeo and Juliet - Page 267by William Shakespeare - 1873 - 93 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1871 - 522 pages
...another place. \JSing. Coll. Verp. Iluds. Rom. A gentleman, nurse, that loves to hear himself talk, and will speak more in a minute than he will stand to in a month. 134 Nurse. An 'a speak any thing against me, I'll take him down, an 'a were lustier than he is, and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - 416 pages
...lady, lady. [Exeunt MERCUTIO and BENVOLIO. Rom. A gentleman, nurse, that loves to hear himself talk; and will speak more in a minute than he will stand to in a month. Nurse. An 'a speak anything against me, I'll take him down, an 'a were lustier than he is, and twenty such Jacks; and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1878 - 1012 pages
...this, that was so full of his ropery ? z Ro. A gentleman, nurse, that loves to hear himself talk ; and will speak more in a minute than he will stand...a month. Nurse. An 'a speak any thing against me, I '11 take him down an 'a were lustier than he is, and twenty such Jacks ; and if I cannot, I '11 find... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1892 - 240 pages
...is my pump well flowered. \ 1 76 XOMEO Af'D Jt'£lET. Nurse. An a' speak any thing against me, I 'II take him down, an a' were lustier than he is, and twenty such Jacks ; and if I cannot, I '11 find those that shall. »Scurvy knave ! I am none of his flirt-gills; I ^m none of his skains-mates.—... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Juliet (fictitious character)--Drama - 1879 - 238 pages
...this, that was so full of his ropery ? 122 Romeo. A gentleman, nurse, that loves to hear himself talk, and will speak more in a minute than he will stand to in a month. IVurse. An a' speak any thing against me, I '11 take him down, a' were lustier than he is, and twenty... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1880 - 278 pages
...somewhat in the sense of huckster or shopkeeper. Rom. A gentleman, nurse, that loves to hear himself talk, and will speak more in a minute than he will stand...those that shall. Scurvy knave ! I am none of his flirt-Jills; 30 I am none of his skains-mates. 31 —And thou must stand by too, and suffer every knave... | |
 | Algernon Charles Swinburne - Literary Criticism - 1880 - 366 pages
...shelter of the older faith and the support of its partisans. " An 'a speak anything against me, 111 take him down an 'a were lustier than he is, and twenty such Jacks ; " (the allusion here is again obvious, to the baptismal name of John Calvin and John Knox, if not... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1881 - 508 pages
...was this, that was so full of his ropery ? Rom. A gentleman, nurse, that loves to hear himself talk, and will speak more in a minute than he will stand to in a month. Nurse. An 'a speak anything against me, I'll take him down, an 'a were lustier than he is, and twenty such Jacks; and... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1881 - 892 pages
...of courtesy. ibid. [Romeo and Juliet continued. A gentleman, nurse, that loves to hear himself talk; and will speak more in a minute, than he will stand to in a month. Act ii. Sc. 4. My man 's as true as steel. 1 ibid. These violent delights have violent ends. Act ii.... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - Quotations - 1882 - 926 pages
...syllable men's names, fc. MILTON—Camus. Line 208. A gentleman, nurse, that loves to hear himself talk; and will speak more in a minute, than he will stand to in a month. I. Horneo and Juliet. Act II. Sc. 4, Aman in all the world's new fashion planted. That hath a mint... | |
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