 | George Hogarth - 1835 - 486 psl.
...Duke Orsino; — Mark it, Cesario; it is old and plain: The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it. But if it requires little art and study to sing these ancient and simple airs, to sing the... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 psl.
...which is sung : " Mark ll, Ciesarlo. It It old and plain : The spinsters and the knitters In the sun, And the free maids, that weave their thread with bones, Do use to cbant It ; II Is silly sooth, And dollies with the Innocence of love. Like the old agu." The song,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1838 - 744 psl.
...giddy-paced times: — Mark it, Cesario ; it is old, and plain : The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, livelong night : some say, the earth Was feverous, and did shake cbaunt it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age." Act ii. so.... | |
 | 1866 - 856 psl.
...not simply sung at court, but by and among the people. " The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it," as Shakspeare says; and Lord Surrey indicates the same custom : " My mother's msids, when they do »it... | |
 | Richard Thomson - 1839 - 548 psl.
...Twelfth Night :— ' Mark it, Cscsario, it is old and plain ; The Spinsters, and the Knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ' '' " Come, my good Sir," replied Mr. Postern, " no more words on't, but sing, I pray you." " Then... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1839 - 608 psl.
...Mark it, Cesario ; it is old, and plain : The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free1 maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth,9 And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.3 Clo. Are you ready, sir ?... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1842 - 394 psl.
...last night : — Mark it, Cesario ; it is old, and plain; The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones .Do use to chaunt it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.' "After reading... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1842 - 558 psl.
...lost and worn out ; and Malono needlessly cites various passages to show that " worn " had this sense. And the free maids, that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it : it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age8. Clo. Are... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 psl.
...taste, of which it might be said, " It is old and plain : 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." $ * Morley's ' Treatise :'... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 508 psl.
...had last night Mark it, Cesario; it is old, and plain: The spinsters and the knitters in the sun , And the free maids, that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it : it is silly sooth , And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age. Clo. Are... | |
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Mark it, Cesario; it is old and plain: 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. 
