 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1861 - 560 pages
...1573—1637. [" The Poetaster." 11)01. J SONG. IF I freely may discover What would please me in my lover, I would have her fair and witty, Savouring more of court...and humorous in her toying ; Oft building hopes, and soon destroying ; Long, but sweet in the enjoying; Neither too easy, nor too hard, All extremes I would... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1865 - 248 pages
...hint. SHAKESPEARE, Cymbeline, act v. sc. 5. If I freely may discover What would please me in a lover, I would have her fair and witty, Savouring more of court than city. BEN JONSON, The Poetaster. LUCID INTERVAL. We limit this at present to the brief and transient season... | |
 | A. Hoppe - 1871 - 504 pages
...his hint. — Ben Jonson, the Poetaster: If I freely may discover What would please me in a lover, I would have her fair and witty, Savouring more of court than city. — Trena, SG Lovey, s. (lu»'-1) Xeminutin non love, ala Sajmcb фе!пате. Marry at, P. Simple... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - 1872 - 748 pages
...return of her husband after knighthood." In the Poetaster, in 1601, Crispinus says of his mistress, " I would have her fair and witty, Savouring more of court than city " (Ben Jonsorts Work*, 8vo, 1816, vol. ii. p. 427). And in the same play (p. 465) the "strait-bodied... | |
 | Casket - 1873 - 912 pages
...Architecture and Sculpture. THE LOVER'S IDEAL. If I freely may discover What would please me in my lover, I would have her fair and witty, Savouring more of court...and humorous in her toying; Oft building hopes, and soon destroying; Long, but sweet in the enjoying; Neither too сазу nor too hard, All extremes I... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1875 - 594 pages
...entreated to sing the other. CRISPINUS sings. If I freely may discover What would please me in my lover, I would have her fair and witty, Savouring more of court...city; A little proud, but full of pity : Light and humourous in her toying, Oft building hopes, and soon destroying, Long, but sweet in the enjoying;... | |
 | Maria Henrietta De la Cherois-Crommelin - 1879 - 392 pages
...CHAPTER IX. MILKING-TIME IN THE BYRE. If I freely may discover What should please me in my lover, I would have her fair and witty, Savouring more of court...and humorous in her toying, Oft building hopes, and soon destroying, Long, but sweet in the enjoying. BEN JONSON. " ULICK, do you think your father likes... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson - 1879 - 844 pages
...I freely may discover What would please me in my lover : I would have her fair and witty, Savoring more of court than city ; A little proud, but full...and humorous in her toying, Oft building hopes, and soon destroying ; Long, but sweet in the enjoying. Neither too easy nor too hard, — All extremes... | |
 | English lyrics - 1883 - 330 pages
...LI. CRISPINUS' AND HERMOGENES' SONG. IF I freely can discover What would please me in my lover : I would have her fair and witty, Savouring more of court...and humorous in her toying, Oft building hopes, and soon destroying ; Long, but sweet in the enjoying ; Neither too easy, nor too hard : All extremes I... | |
 | William James Linton - 1883 - 296 pages
...! shine forth, thou wished star ! TF I FREELY MAY DISCOVER -*- What would please me in my lover : I would have her fair and witty, Savouring more of Court...and humorous in her toying, Oft building hopes, and soon destroying, Long but sweet in the enjoying : Neither too easy nor too hard, All extremes I would... | |
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IF I freely may discover What would please me in my lover, I would have her fair and witty, Savouring more of court than city ; A little proud, but full of pity ; Light and humorous in her toying ; Oft... 
