 | William Shakespeare - 1773 - 454 psl.
...play on ; Give me excefs of it ; that, forfeiting, The appetite may ficken, and fo die. That ftrain again ; it had a dying fall : O, it came o'er...Stealing, and giving odour. Enough ! no more; 'Tis not fo fweet now, as it was before, O fpirit of love, how quick and frefh art thou! That, notwithftanding... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1778 - 632 psl.
...expreilkm in the prefent reading of The appetite may ficken, and fo die. * That ftrain a^ain ; it had a dying fall : O, it came o'er my ear like...fweet fouth +, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, this fine paflage. We do not fay, that the appetite Jick'eas and dies through afurfcit ;... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1778 - 192 psl.
...play on, Give me excefs of it, that forfeiting, The appetite may Ccken, and fo dye. That ftraine again, it had a dying fall. O it came o'er my ear, like the fweet South That breaths upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odours. 1-welflkNigkt. Lord Chief Juftice... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1780 - 290 psl.
...may be further obftrved, that this expreffion of the au's ftealing and difpei f3 * ing That ftrain again ; it had a dying fall ! O, it came o'er...Stealing and giving odour. Enough ! no more 'Tis not fo fweet now, as it was before. O fpirit of love, how quick and frefh art thou ! That, netwithftanding... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1784 - 1120 psl.
...appetite may fickcn, and fo die. That ftrain again ; it had a ilyiivj fall : O, it came o'er my e.ir like the fweet fouth, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour. linough ; no more ; 'Tis not fo fweet now, as it was before. О fpirit of love, how quick and frelh... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Joseph Rann - 1787 - 700 psl.
...love, play on, Give me excefs of it ; that, forfeiting, The appetite may ficken, and fo die. That drain again ; it had a dying fall : O, it came o'er...Stealing, and giving odour. Enough ; no more-, 'Tis not fo fweet now, as it was before. * O fpirit of love, how quick and frefh art thou ! That, notwithftanding... | |
 | Andrew Becket - 1787 - 494 psl.
...none, No ufe of metal, corn, or wine, or oil : No occupation. Tempeft, A. 2, S. i. ODOUR. That ftrain again ; it had a dying fall : O, it came o'er...upon a bank of violets, ' Stealing and giving odour. . 'Twelfth Night, A. i, SI 1 Bourn, bouvd of land.] A. bourn, in this place, fignifies limit, a... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1787 - 694 psl.
...Give me excefs of it; that, forfeiting, The appetite may ficken, and fo die. , That ftrain again;it had a dying fall: O, it came o'er my ear like the fweet fouth, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour.Enough; no more; 'Tis not fo fweet now, as it was before. *O fpirit of... | |
 | 1788 - 406 psl.
...compares an exquifitely fweet ftrain of mufic, to the delicious fcent of this flower : O ! it came to my ear, like the fweet fouth, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour. There are feveral kinds of violets ; but the fragrant (both blue and white) is the earlieft, thence... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1789 - 612 psl.
...the meaning, will explain better this imitation from effeft : ' That lini'm again ; it had a dyiog fall : . O, it came o'er my ear like the fweet fouth,...upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour.' Of the imitation of fingle founds, Mr. Twining produces a happy inftance from Milton. The Curfen... | |
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If music be the food of love, play on ; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again ! it had a dying fall : O ! it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing... 
