 But whate'er you are That in this desert inaccessible, Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time ; If ever you have look'd on better days, If ever been where bells have knoll'd to church, If ever sat at any good...  Elements of Criticism - Pagina 242door Lord Henry Home Kames - 1819Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman - 1835 - 360 pagina’s
...may, if not now molested, wave yet for a century above these ingenious idlers who delight to — " under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time." Too much praise can hardly be accorded to the activity of the officer, who, in five months, has reared... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman - 1835 - 704 pagina’s
...they may, if not now molested, wave yet for a century above these ingenious idlers who delight to— " under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time." Too much praise can hardly be accorded to the activity of the officer, who, in five months, has reared... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 554 pagina’s
...all things had been savage here ; And therefore put I on the countenance Of stern commandment. But, whate'er you are, That in this desert inaccessible,...neglect the creeping hours of time ; If ever you have looked on better days; If ever been where bells have knolled to church ; If ever sat at any good man's... | |
 | 1886 - 400 pagina’s
...Shakespeare's conception of true life as it is set forth in the larger features of the play. Orlando says — Whate'er you are That in this desert inaccessible,...neglect the creeping hours of time, If ever you have looked on better days — What are these better days? The days of a more active love to God — If... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 570 pagina’s
...all things had been savage hero ; And therefore put I on the countenance Of stern commandment : But, ds and faces were all badg'd with blood, So were their...their pillows : They star'd, and were distracted; n vou have lookM on better days, If ever been where bells have knoll'd to church ; If ever sat at any... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 404 pagina’s
...night 1 1 did not err, there does a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night. Orlando. If ever you have look'd on better days ; If ever been where bells have knoll'd to church. Duke. True is it that we have seen better days; And have with holy bell been knoll'd to church, &c.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 416 pagina’s
...night ? I did not err, there does a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night. Orlando. If ever you have look'd on better days ; If ever been where bells have knoll'd to church. Duke. True is it that we have seen better days; And have with holy bell been knoll'd to church, &c.... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1837 - 386 pagina’s
...and want of object in his solitude. " You •have no right,'' I added, " yet to hide yourself, and ' Under the shade of melancholy boughs Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time.' " " Believe me," said he, " you are wrong. As' to solitude, it is a vulgar error into which you at... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pagina’s
...nature more than nature needs, Man's life is cheap as beast's. 34 — ii. 4. 615 Plea, of adversity. If ever you have look'd on better days; If ever been,...at any good man's feast; If ever from your eye-lids wiped a tear, And know what 'tis to pity and be pitied ; Let gentleness my strong enforcement be. 10... | |
 | 1865 - 494 pagina’s
...And sometimes Shakspeare begins many verses in succession with a conjunction, thus, If ever you bave look'd on better days, If ever been where bells have knoll'd to church, If ever sät at any good man's feast, If ever from your eyelids wiped a tear, And know what 'tis to pity, and... | |
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