 List his discourse of war, and you shall hear A fearful battle render'd you in music : Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter...  The soldier of fortune - Page 279by Henry Curling - 1843Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 384 pages
...been all-in-all his study ; List his discourse of war, and you shall hear A fearful battle render'd you in music : Turn him to any cause of policy, The...knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter ; that, when he speaks, The air, a charter'd libertine, is still,7 And the mute wonder lurketh in men's... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 590 pages
...his study : List his discourse of war, and you shall hear A fearful battle render'd you in musick: Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter; that, when he speaks The air, a charter'd libertine, is still, ' And the mute wonder lurketh in men's... | |
 | Jane Porter - 1824 - 432 pages
...Luneburg — " Hear him/' said she, smiling to herself: — t " —' debate of common-wealth affairs, And you would say— it hath been all in all his study...knot of it he will unloose Familiar as his garter: — that when he speaks, The air, a charter'd libertine, is still; And the mute wonder lurketh in men's... | |
 | Jane Porter - 1824 - 322 pages
...herself:— And you would say—it hath been all in all his study : List his discourse of war, ami,you shall hear A fearful battle rendered you in music!...gordian knot of it he will unloose Familiar as his garter:—that when he speaks, The air, a charter'd libertine, is still; And the mute wonder lurketh... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 882 pages
...been all-in-all his study : List his discourse of war, and you shall hear A fearful battle render'd b ut true. [Exeunt. KING RICHARD II. er 0 on 0 of...drama. King RICHARD the Second. ED3tVKDofLangUy, duke ; that, when he speaks, The air, a charter'd libertine, is still, And the mute wonder lurketh in men's... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...king were made a prelate. List• his discourse of war, and you shall hear A fearful battle render'd you in music : Turn him to any cause of policy, The...knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter. This fellow's of exceeding honesty, And knows all qualities, with a learned spirit, Of human dealings.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 422 pages
...his study : List* his discourse of war, and you shall hear A fearful battle render'd you in nuisick : Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter ; that, when he speaks, The air, a charter'd libertine, is still, And the mute wonder lurketh in men's... | |
 | 1826 - 320 pages
...affairs, You would say, it has been all-in-all his study: List his discourse of war, and you -lull hear A fearful battle rendered you in music: Turn...knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter; that, when he speaks, The air, a chartered libertine, is still, And the mute wonder lurketh in men's... | |
 | 1826 - 376 pages
...perfect horn-book for the use of the minister, and the instruction of rising politicians. LORD ERSKINE. "Turn him to any cause of policy, The gordian knot...Familiar as his garter." " When he speaks, the air, a charter'd libertine, is still, And the mute wonder lurketh in men's ears, To steal his sweet and honey'd... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1826 - 464 pages
...were made a prelate. Let him but talk of any state-affair, You'd say it had been all in all his study. Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian knot...Familiar as his garter. When he speaks, The air, a charter'd libertine, stands still — but, ere you have time to answer him, he is off like a shot,... | |
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