| Lord Henry Home Kames - 1807 - 588 psl.
...Richard II. AS v. Sc. 3. Northumberland. How doth my fon and brother ? Thou tremblefl, and the whitenefe in thy cheek Is apter than thy tongue to tell thy...faint, fo fpiritlefs, So dull, fo dead in look, fo wo-be-gonc, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burn'd... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1811 - 514 psl.
...thy tongue to tell thy errand. Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was North. How doth my son, and brother ? burn'd: But Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue, And I my... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1813 - 942 psl.
...y son, and brother ? îss in thy cheek y errand, am, So dull, so dead in look, no woe-Ьерэпе, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was bnm'd : But Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue, And I my Percy1» death, ere tbou report'« rThis... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 psl.
...tell thy errand. Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woc-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him half his Troy was b» J urnd. I tee a strange confession in thine eye : Thou shak'st ihy head ; and hold it it fear or... | |
| 1816 - 852 psl.
...diftracted in wo; overwhelmed with farrow.— Such a man, So dull, fo dead in look, fo luoetegone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him half his Troy was born'd ; But Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue. Shak. Who fo itioftegone For Ochy, as the ifle... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1818 - 686 psl.
...beau ideal of such a character. He alluded to that informer who, II, so dead in look, so wo begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him half his Troy was burned, But Priam found the Jire, ere he hit tongue." [A loud laugh.] This, he presumed, was just such... | |
| Samuel Horsley - 1820 - 466 psl.
...another, Their visages have the livid hue of flame." " Even such a man, so pale, so spiritless, So woe-begone, drew Priam's curtain in the dead Of night, and would have told him half his Troy Was burnt." NB For jWWi, read, with Houbigant and Bishop Lowth, OWW>. Verse 9. — " to lay the land desolate... | |
| Mrs. Inchbald - 1824 - 486 psl.
...tell thy errand. Ev'n such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would...him half his Troy was burn'd. But Priam found the tire, ere he his tongue, And I my poor son's death, ere thou relat'st it. Now wouldst thou say —... | |
| William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1824 - 428 psl.
...thy tongue to tell thy errand. Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night,...would have told him, half his Troy was burn'd.— I see a strange confession in thine eye: Thou shak'st thy head, and hold'st it fear, or sin, To speak... | |
| British poets - 1824 - 676 psl.
...tell thy errand. Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burn'd. This thou would'st say, — Your son did thus, and thus ; Your brother, thus : so fought the noble... | |
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