 | William Shakespeare, Nicholas Rowe - 1709 - 572 psl.
...Duke. O Fellow come, the Song we had laft night. Mark it, Cefario, it is old and plain ; The Spinfters and the Knitters in the Sun, And the free Maids that weave their Thread with Bones^ Do ufe to chant it : it is filly footh, And dallies with the Innocence of Love, Like the old Age. Clo.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1733 - 548 psl.
...fellow, come j the Song we had Jaft Jiight.-^. Mark it, Cefario^ it is old and plain j The fpinfters and the knitters in the Sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with banes, E)o ufe to chant it: it is filly Sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love. Like the old... | |
 | Robert Fergusson - 1773 - 344 psl.
...could see ye wi' a suit on O' gude braid elaith. ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF SCOTS MUSIC. Mark it, Csesario ! it is old and plain, The spinsters and the knitters...weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it. — Skaksjieare's Twelfth Night. ON Scotia's plains, in days of yore, When lads and lasses tartan wore,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 442 psl.
...to perfection grow! Re.cnUr CURIO, and Clown, Duke. O fellow, come, the song we had last night :— Mark it, Cesario ; it is old, and plain : The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chatmt it ; it is silly sooth, And... | |
 | Robert Fergusson - 1800 - 250 psl.
...cou'd see ye wi' a suit on O' gude Braid Claith. ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF SCOTS MUSIC. Mark it, Csesariot it is old and plain, The spinsters and the knitters...weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it. SHAKESPEARE'S TWELFTH NIGHT. ON Scotia's plains, in days of yore, When lads and lasses tartan wore,... | |
 | John Stoddart - 1801 - 402 psl.
...beautiful, because genuine and natural effusions, which (forgotten by the learned and the polite) . " The spinsters, and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that wove their thread with bones, Did use to chaunt— " To the artist who seizes a vanishing grace in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 psl.
...perfection grow ! Re-enter CURIO, and Clown. Duke. O fellow, come, the song we had last night : — Mark it, Ces'ario ; it is old, and plain : The spinsters...the free maids, that weave their thread with bones, 5 Do use to chaunt it ; it is silly sooth, 5 * Countenance. s Lace makers. 6 Simple truth. And dallies... | |
 | 1803 - 508 psl.
...anguish of despair, And pity an unhappy lover. D. c. EDINBURGH. ST. ANDREW'S EVE, A VILLAGE LEGEND. The Spinsters, and the Knitters in the sun, And the...maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it. SHAKIPEAHI'S TWELFTH MIGHT. KEEN, the winds of November swept over the wold, And stripp'd... | |
 | 1803 - 502 psl.
...smiles the anguish of despair, And pity an unhappy lover. DC 16 ST. ANDREW'S EVE, A VILLAGE LEGEND. The Spinsters, and the Knitters in the sun, And the...maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it. SHAKSPEAHE'S TWELFTH NIGHT. KEEN, the winds of November swept over the wold, And stripp'd... | |
 | John Howe Baron Chedworth - 1805 - 392 psl.
...have, however, some doubt. P. 211.— 45.— 70. Duke. O fellow, come, the song we had last night: — Mark it, Cesario ; it is old, and plain : The spinsters...maids, that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it. I incline to think that Mr. Henley's is the true explanation of free. P. 211.— 45.—... | |
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The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age. 
