 What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep for her/ What would he do, Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have/ He would drown the stage with tears And cleave the general ear with horrid speech, Make mad the guilty and appal...  A Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poets - Page 452by Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 715 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Lillo, Thomas Davies - English drama - 1810 - 336 pages
...amazing proofs of his genius, in that as well as in Comedy, in his Hamlet, has the following lines : Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have...drown the stage with tears And cleave the general ear wjlti horrid speech ; Make mad the guilty, and appal the free, Confound the ignorant ; and amaze indeed... | |
 | 1811 - 530 pages
...voice, and his whole function suiting With forms to his conceit! And all for nothing! For Hecuba! What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep...Make mad the guilty, and appal the free, Confound the ignoram; and amaze, indeed, The very faculty of eyes and ears. Yet I, A dull and muddy -mettled rascal,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English literature - 1811 - 506 pages
...exhibited powers which " would drown the stage with tears ;" but Shakspeare's murderess is calculated to " Cleave the general ear with horrid speech, Make mad...ignorant ; and amaze, indeed, The very faculties of eyei and ears." s. ART. V. — On the English Constitution. (Continued.) TO TUB EDIToR OF THE REFLECTOR.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 498 pages
...his whole function suiting With forms to his conceit ? And all for nothing ! For Hecuba ! _ What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep...What would he do, Had he the motive and the cue for passion,8 That I have ? He would drown the stage with tears, And cleave the general ear with horrid... | |
 | William Richardson - Characters and characteristics in literature - 1812 - 468 pages
...For Hecuba ! "Vv kit's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep for her ? What would lie do, Had he the motive and the cue for passion That...ignorant, and amaze, indeed, The very faculties of ears and eyes. Yet I can say nothing ; no, not for a king, Upon whose property, and most dear life,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1812 - 414 pages
...and his whole function suiting With forms to his conceit ? And all for nothing ! For Hecuba ! What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep...drown the stage with tears, And cleave the general ear2 with horrid speech Make mad the guilty, and appal the free, Confound the ignorant ; and amaze,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1812 - 420 pages
...he should weep for her i What would he do, Had he the motive and the cue for passion, That I have t He would drown the stage with tears, And cleave the...ignorant ; and amaze, indeed, The very faculties of eves and ears. Yet I, A dull and muddy-mettled rascal, peak, Like John a-dreams, unpregnant of my cause,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 528 pages
...voice, and his whole function suiting With Conns to his conceit? And all for nothing! For Hecuba! What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep...amaze, indeed, The very faculties of eyes and ears. Yet I, A dull and mnddy-mettled rascal, peak, Like John a-dreams, unpregnant of my canse, And can say... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...and his whole function suiting With forms to his conceit , and all for nothing! For Hecuba ! What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep...he would drown the stage with tears, And cleave the gen'ral ear with horrid speech ; Make mad the guilty and appal the free, Confound the ignorant ; and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 378 pages
...and his whole function suiting With forms to his conceit ? And all for nothing ! For Hecuba ! What 's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep...amaze, indeed, The very faculties of eyes and ears. Yet I, " A dull and muddy-mettled rascal, peak, Like John a-dreams, unpregnant of my cause, And can... | |
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