 | William Shakespeare - 1773 - 504 pages
...tell thy errand. Even fuch a man, fo faint, fo fpiritlefs, So dull, fo dead in look, fo woe be-gone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would...Troy was burn'd: But Priam found the fire, ere he is tongue: And I, my Percy's death, ere thou report'ft it. This thou would'ft fay : Your fon did thus,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1773 - 530 pages
...tongue to tell thy errand. Even fuch a man, fo faint, fo Ipiritlefs, So dull, fo dead in look, 3 fo woe-be-gone, Drew Priam's Curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burn'dr But Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue, And I my Percy's death, ere thou report'ft it.... | |
 | Alexander Gerard - 1774 - 464 pages
...thy tongue to tell thy errand. Ev'n fuch a man, fo faint, fo fpiritlefs, So dull, fo dead in look, fo woe-be.gone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him half his Troy was burn'di (*) Sjlv• Sjwnm, Cent. 9. Exp. Ij. But But Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue ; [ And... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison - 1774 - 346 pages
...woe-be-gone, Drew Priam's curtain at the dead of night, And would have told him half his Trcy was burnt; But Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue, And I my Piercy's death, ere thou report'ft it. The image in this place is wonderfully noble and great; yet... | |
 | Colley Cibber - 1777 - 386 pages
...woe-be-gone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And wou'd have told him half his Troy was burn'tl i But Priam found the fire ere he his tongue, And I my poor fon's death ere ihcu relat'ft it. Now wouldft thou fay, your fon did thus and thus, And thus your... | |
 | Colley Cibber - 1777 - 386 pages
...woe-be-gone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night} And wou'd have told him half his Tray "was burn'dl But Priam found the fire ere he his tongue, And I my poor fon's death ere thou relat'll it. Now wouldft thou fay, your fon did thus and thus, And thus your... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1780 - 336 pages
...tell thy errand. Even fuch a man, fo faint, fo fpiritlefs, So dull, fo dead in look, fo woe be-gone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him half his Troy was burn'd•. I fee a ftrange confeffion in thine eye; Thou, fhak'ft thy head, and hold'ft it fear or fin To fpeak... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1783 - 430 pages
...fuch a man, fo faint, fo fpiritlefs, So dull, fo dead in look, fo woe-be-gone, Drew Priam's curtains in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burn'd) entered the room, and declared,— That Madam Sophia was not to be found. ' Not ' Not to be found !'... | |
 | George Anne Bellamy - 1785 - 216 pages
...part of Henry the 4th. * " Even fuch a wretch, fo faint, fo fpirhlefs, " So dull, fo dead in look, fo woe.be-gone, " Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of...And would have told him half his Troy was burn'd." It was in vain for me to inquire the occafion of fuch an early vifit ; the poor frightened creature... | |
 | 1785 - 680 pages
...returned, with a countenance full аз expreflive of horror as hiscould be ' who ilrew Priam's curtains in the dead of night, and would have told him half his Troy was burnt.' She had no fooner entered the room, than fhe began to exclaim in a mod doleful tone, « Oh... | |
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Thou tremblest ; and the whiteness in thy cheek Is apter than thy tongue to tell thy errand. Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night... 
