 Our women are defective, and so sized, You'd think they were some of the guard disguised ; For to speak truth, men act, that are between Forty and fifty, wenches of fifteen ; With bone so large, and nerve so incompliant, When you call Desdemona, enter...  The Masks of Anthony and Cleopatra - Page 24by Marvin Rosenberg, Mary Rosenberg - 2006 - 605 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 510 pages
...stage. " Our women are defective, and so siz'd, " You'd think they were some of the guard disguis'dr " For, to speak truth, men act, that are between " Forty...wenches of fifteen ; " With bone so large, and nerve so incompliant, " When you call DESDEMONA, enter GIANT. — " We shall purge every thing that is unclean,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1813 - 564 pages
...stage. " Our women are defective, and so siz'd, " You'd think they were some of the guard disguis'd : " For, to speak truth, men act, that are between " Forty...wenches of fifteen ; " With bone so large, and nerve so incompliant, " When you call DESDEMONA, enter GIANT.— r. " We shall purge every thing that is unclean,... | |
 | 1824 - 462 pages
...: Our women aro defective,' and so slz'd You'd think they were some of the guard dlstrtlis'd ; Fur (to speak truth) men act, that are between Forty and fifty, wenches of fifteen ; With bone KO uirtfe, and nerve so incomplyant, When you call TJfstlMona, enter Giant. The anecdote of Charles... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 578 pages
...stage. " Our women are defective, and so siz'd, " You'd think they were some of the guard disguis'd : " For, to speak truth, men act, that are between " Forty...wenches of fifteen ; " With bone so large, and nerve so incompliant, ' When you call Desdemona, enter Giant. — ' We shall purge every thing that is unclean,... | |
 | 1821 - 436 pages
...: — " Our women are defective, and so sized, You'd think they were some of the guard disguised ; For, to speak truth, men act, that are between Forty and fifty, wenches of fifteen ; With brow so large, and nerve so uncompliant, When you call Desdemona — enter Giant." Yet, at this time,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 574 pages
...stage. " Our women are defective, and so siz'd, " You'd think they were some of the guard disguis'd : " For, to speak truth, men act, that are between " Forty and fifty, wenches of fifteen ; 4 A Royal Harbour of Loyal Poesie, by Thomas Jordan, no date, but printed. I believe, in 1662. Jordan... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 526 pages
...the stage. Our women are defective, and so siz'd, You'd think they were some of the guard disguis'd : For, to speak truth, men act, that are between Forty...wenches of fifteen; With bone so large, and nerve so incompliant, When you call DESDEMONA, enter GIANT. — We shall purge every thing that is unclean,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1823 - 334 pages
...absurdity. " Our women are defective, and so sized, You'd think they were some of the guard disguised ; For to speak truth, men act, that are between Forty and fifty, wenches of 'fifteen ; With brows so large, and nerve so uncompliant, When yon call Desdemonu—— enter Giant. Yet at the time... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1823 - 338 pages
...absurdity. " Our women are defective, and so sized, You'd think they were some of the guard disguised; For to speak truth, men act, that are between Forty and fifty, wenches of fifteen ; With brows so large, and nerve so uncompliant, When you call Desdemona—-enter Giant. Yet at the time the... | |
 | Richard Ryan - 1830 - 348 pages
...THEATRES " Our women are defective, and so siz'd, You'd think they were some of the guard disguis'd ; For, to speak truth, men act, that are between Forty and fifty, wenches of fifteen ; With bones so large, and nerve so incorupliant, When you call Desdemona, enter Giant." The following passage... | |
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