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" O curse of marriage, " That we can call these delicate creatures ours, " And not their appetites! I had rather be a toad» " And live upon the vapour of a dungeon, "Than keep a corner in the thing "
The wanderer: or, A collection of original tales and essays - Page 130
by Charles Fothergill (of Salisbury.) - 1803
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, in Ten Volumes: Hamlet. Othello ...

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 348 pages
...vale of years ;—yet that's not much ;— She's gone ; I am abus'd ; and my relief Must be—to loath her. O curse of marriage, That we can call these delicate...vapour of a dungeon, Than keep a corner in the thing I love, For other's uses. Yet, 'tis the plague of great ones ; Prerogativ'd are they less than the...
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The Beauties of Shakespeare: Selected from Each Play : with a General Index ...

William Shakespeare, William Dodd - Fore-edge painting - 1824 - 428 pages
...vale of years;—yet that's not much;— She's gone; I am abus'd; and my relief Must be—to loathe her. O curse of marriage, That we can call these delicate...vapour of a dungeon, Than keep a corner in the thing I love, For others' uses. *A species of hawk, a\so a letva at DEFINITION OF JEALOUSV. Trifles, light...
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A dictionary of quotations from the British poets, by the author of The ...

British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...my unhoused free condition Put into circumscription and confine For the sea's worth. For know, lago, That we can call these delicate creatures ours, And...vapour of a dungeon, Than keep a corner in the thing I love, For other's uses. O curse of marriage, Shall furnish me to those Indian fields, Where noble...
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The British Theatre: Or, A Collection of Plays, which are Acted at ..., Volume 5

Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1824 - 486 pages
...years ;—yet that's not much:— She's gone; I am abused; and my relief Must be—to loath her.—O curse of marriage, That we can call these delicate...And not their appetites ! I had rather be a toad, lago. I once more take my ieave. \Exil. And live upon the vapour of a dungeon, Than keep a corner in...
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The dialogists; or, The circuit of Banco regis, a serio-comic sketch

King's bench Court of - 1825 - 202 pages
...as was supposed, by her Friend. " I would sooner/' said TOM, " like Othello, 4 be a toad, and feed upon the vapour of a dungeon, than keep a corner in the thing I love, for another's use.' } " With me, J> said NED, " it has ever been a decided opinion, that the...
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The Family Shakspeare ... in which Nothing is Added to the Original Text ...

William Shakespeare - 1825 - 396 pages
...also a term of reproach applied to a wanton. » Straps of leather by which a hawk is held on the fist. That we can call these delicate creatures ours And not their appetites ! 1 had rather be a toad, And live upon the vapour of a dungeon, , Than keep a corner in the thing...
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Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 642 pages
...vale of years ;—yet that's not much;— She's gone; I am abus'd; and my relief Must be to loathe her. O curse of marriage, That we can call these delicate...be a toad, And live upon the vapour of a dungeon, was a wild hawk that had preyed for herself long before she was taken ; sometimes also called a ramage...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 554 pages
...vale of years ;—yet that's not much;— She's gone ; 1 am abus'd; and my relief Must be to loathe her. O curse of marriage, That we can call these delicate...be a toad, And live upon the vapour of a dungeon, was a wild hawk tliat had preyed for herself long before she was taken ; sometimes also called a raniage...
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The Beauties of Shakspeare Regularly Selected from Each Play. With a General ...

William Shakespeare - 1827 - 658 pages
...vale of years;—yet that's not much;— She's gone; I am abus'd, and my relief Must be—to loath her. O curse of marriage, That we can call these delicate...be a toad, And live upon the vapour of a dungeon, * A species of hawk, also a term of reproach applied to a wanton. Than keep a corner in the thing I...
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Memorials of Shakspeare: Or, Sketches of His Character and Genius

Nathan Drake - Dramatists, English - 1828 - 534 pages
...Perdition catch my soul If I do not love thee; and when I love thee not, Chaos is come again. . I'd rather be a toad, And live upon the vapour of a dungeon. Than keep a corner in the thing I love, For others' use. Oh now, for ever Farewel the tranquil mind, farewel content. r ' t And afterwards:...
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