Too old, by heaven : let still the woman take An elder than herself : so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart : For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner lost... Biographies [of] Shakespeare, Pope, Goethe, and Schiller, and On the ... - Page 46by Thomas De Quincey - 1863Full view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1788 - 442 pages
...years, i'faith ? f'z'a. About your years, my lord. /.'.•.•'•••, Too old, by heaven ; Let still the woman take An elder than herself; so wears she to him, gaQ So sways she level in her husband's he.irt. For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pages
...thee then. What years, i'faith ? Vio. About your years, my lord. Duke. Too old, by heaven; Let still the woman take An elder than herself ; so wears she...wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are. Vio. I think it well, my lord. Duke. Then let thy love be younger than thyself, Or thy affection cannot... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1804 - 408 pages
...then. What yeari, i'f.iiih? Vio. About your years, my Lord. Duke. Too old, by heaven ; Let still ihe woman take An elder than herself; so wears she to...do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and imfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's arc. Vio. I think it well, my Lord.... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 518 pages
...What years, i'faith? Flo. About your years, my lord. •'• : Duke. Too old, by heaven ; Let still the woman take An elder than herself; so wears she...wavering, sooner lost and worn. Than women's are. Fio. I think it well, my lord. Duke. Then let thy love be younger than thyself, Or thy affection cannot... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 410 pages
...worth thee then. What years, i'faith? Vio. Of your complexion. Duke. Too old, by heaven; Let still the woman take An elder than herself; so wears she...wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are. Vio. About your years, my lord. Duke. Then let thy love be younger than thyself, Or thy affection cannot... | |
| John Howe Baron Chedworth - 1805 - 392 pages
...question is ironical." HERON'S Letters of Literature, I think Heron is right. P. 210.— 45.— 69. Duke. For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies...wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are. I incline to read won with Sir Thomas Hanmer. I have, however, some doubt. P. 211.— 45.— 70. Duke.... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 522 pages
...thee then. What years, i' faith? Vio. Ahout your years, my lord. Duke. Too old hy heaven ; Let still the woman take An elder than herself; so wears she to him, So sways she level in her hushand's heart. For, hoy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 426 pages
...your years, my lord. Duke. Too old,' by heaven ; Let still the woman take An elder than herself30; so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's...wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are. Vio. I think it well, my lord. Duke. Then let thy love be younger than thyself, Or thy affection cannot... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1807 - 344 pages
...complexion. Duke. She is not worth thee then. What years, i'faith ? Vio. About your years, my lord. So sways she level in her husband's heart. For, boy,...wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are. Vio. I think it well, my lord. Dttke. Then let thy love be younger than thyself, Or thy affection cannot... | |
| William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 578 pages
...lord. Duke . Too old, by heaven ; Let still the woman take An elder than herself; so wears she to htm, So sways she level in her husband's heart. For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, ^)ur fancies are more giddy and unfirro, More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn', 40 Than women's... | |
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