 | John Thurston - 1830 - 176 psl.
...walks, insulting o'er his prey; And so he comes to rend his limbs asunder. Act I. Scene III. A". Hen. О God ! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain. Act II. Scene V. K. Hen. Let me embrace these sour adversities For wiser men say, it is the... | |
 | 1831 - 232 psl.
...thence. 'Would I were dead ! If God's good will were so : For what is in this world, but grief and woe I O God! methinks, it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain ; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point. Thereby to see... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 522 psl.
...'Would I were dead ! if God's good will were so : ' For what is in this world, but grief and wo ? 0 God ! methinks, it were a happy life, ' To be no better than a homely swain ; * To sit upon a hill, as I do now, * To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, * Thereby... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1833 - 496 psl.
...both, ' They prosper best of all when I am thence. ' Would I were dead, if God's good will were so ! ' For what is in this world but grief and woe ? " O...were a happy life, " To be no better than a homely swain ; " To sit upon a hill, as I do now ; war, " To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, " Thereby... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1836 - 780 psl.
...on after dinner, as was opened in all due facm m the beginning of the CHAPTER XXXV. TABLE TALK. Ob God ! methinks it were a happy life To be no better than a homely swain. SHAKSPEARE. " IT is all owing to our departing from nature," said the Doctor, " or being what... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 646 psl.
...! if God's good will were so : 1 For what is in this world, but grit-fond woe? *O G'xl 1 mrthinks, well : for worthy Wolsey Who cannot err, he did il. No nwain ; * To sit upon a hill, as I do now, ' To carve out dials quaintly, uoiut by point, * Thereby... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1836 - 746 psl.
...beginning of the thirty-third chapter of this instructive work. CHAPTER XXXV. TABLE TALK. Ob God ! metbinks it were a happy life To be no better than a homely swain. SHAKSPEARE. " IT is all owing to our departing from nature," said the Doctor, " or being what... | |
 | Thomas Miller - 1837 - 466 psl.
...wish into the mouth of a monarch wearied by ambition and courtly cares, than to make him exclaim, " O God ! methinks it were a happy life To be no better than a homely swain— To sit upon a hill as 1 do now. Gives not the hawthorn-bush a sweeter shade To shepherds,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1838 - 360 psl.
...thence. Would I were dead, if God's good will were so, For what is in this world but grief and woe ? 0 God ! methinks it were a happy life To be no better than a homely swain, To sit upon a hill as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1839 - 490 psl.
...Would I were dead, if God's good will were so! For what is in this world but woe and grief ? O heaven ! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain; To sit upon a hill, as I do now. To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see... | |
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O God! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run, How many make the hour full complete; How many hours bring... 
