 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1842 - 628 psl.
...lady ! She's a stranger now again ? Anne. So much the more Must pity drop upon her. Verily, I swear, 'tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, • Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow7. Old L. Our content Is our best having. Anne. By my troth,... | |
 | Mary Minerva Barrows - 1905 - 208 psl.
...delight. Philip Henry Savage. Without simplicity no human performance can arrive to perfection. Swift. Tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief And wear a golden sorrow. Shakespeare. In its dreams, man's ambition embraces vast... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1905 - 770 psl.
...What beautiful expression he gives to the trite observation that contentment is better than riches ! "Tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow." What clear expression he gives to the indistinct feeling... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1906 - 764 psl.
...What beautiful expression he gives to the trite observation that contentment is better than riches ! "Tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow." What clear expression he gives to the indistinct feeling... | |
 | Simeon Singer - 1908 - 342 psl.
...the poet rise spontaneously to our lips, " Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown " ? And, again, 'Tis better to be lowly born. And range with humble livers in content. Than to be perked up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. That woman was, indeed, a " great woman,"... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1908 - 206 psl.
...She 'sa stranger now again. Anne. So much the more Must pity drop upon her. Verily, I swear, 't is better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perked up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. Old L. Our content Is our best having. Anne.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1908 - 204 psl.
...She 'sa stranger now again. Anne. So much the more Must pity drop upon her. Verily, I swear, 't is better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perked up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. Old L. Our content Is our best having. Anne.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1909 - 228 psl.
...misery Outlives in certain pomp, is crown'd before. Timon of Athens. Act IV, Sc. 3. VERILY, I swear, 'tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. Our content Is our best having. Henry yill. Act II, Sc.... | |
 | Emile Souvestre - 1910 - 330 psl.
...they dazzle the soul, both are oftenest, as Madame de Stael says, but un deuil falatant de bonheurl* * 'Tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. Henry VIII., Act II., Scene 3.] CHAPTER VIII MISANTHROPY... | |
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tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. 
