 | George Anne Bellamy - 1786 - 228 pages
...of Henry the Fourth. * " Even fuch a wretch, fo faint, fo fpiritlefs, " So dull, fo dead in look, fo woe.begone, " 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... | |
 | 470 pages
...three numbers." Here a little pale-faced gentleman begged to fpeak : " Ev'n fuch a man, fo pale, fo woe-begone, " Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of...night, '' And would have told him half his Troy was burnt :" Said he, " Eh, now ! don't be making fools of yourfelves ; fc .does not the man fay he is... | |
 | George Anne Bellamy - 1786 - 226 pages
...Fourth. * " Even fuch a wretch, fo faint, fo fpiritlefs, " So dull, fo dead in look, fo vvoe-begone, " Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, " And would have told him half his Troy was burn'd." It was in vain for me to inquire the occafion of luch an early vifit ; the poor frightened creature... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1789 - 712 pages
...tongue to tell -thy errand. Even fuch a man, fo faint, fo fpiritlefs, So dull, fo dead in look, p fo woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half hjs Troy was burn'd : But Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue, And I my Percy's death, ere thou... | |
 | Andrew Becket - 1787 - 494 pages
...thy tongue to tell thy errand. Even fuch a man, fo faint, fo fpiritlefs, So dull, fo dead in look, fo woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night,...And would have told him, half his Troy was burn'd. Henry IV. P. 2, A. i, S. i. My lord of York, it better fhew'd with you, When that your flock, •afTembled... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1788 - 590 pages
...tell thy errand. Even fuch a man, fo faint, fo fpiritlefs, So dull, fo dead in look, fo wo-be-gone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would...Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue : And I my Piercy's death, ere thou report'fl it. Second part, Henry IV. acJ l.fc. 3. Why, then I do but dream... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 460 pages
...the Antipodes." STEEVENS. 260. — so dead,—'} So, in the Second Part of Henry 17. aft i. sc. 3. " Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, " So dull, so dead, in look, so woe-begone." STEEVENS. B73- — 0 brave touch !~\ Touch in Shakspere's time was the same with our exploit, or rather... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1790 - 626 pages
...of Homer, and ornamented in this manner. STIIVIN:i — J, woc-begone,] far gut in vise. WAXBUKTON. And would have told him, half his Troy was burn'd...ere he his tongue, And I my Percy's death, ere thou report'ft it. This thou would'ft fay, — Your fon did thus, and thus ; Your brother, thus ; fo fought... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1790 - 598 pages
...tell thy errand. Iven fuch a nun, fo faint, fo fpiritlefs, о dull, fo dead in took, fo woe-bcgone 6, it : Never did I kno \va* burn'd: iut Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue, And I my Percy's death, ere thou report'ft... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1789 - 718 pages
...tongue to tell thy errand. Even fuch a man, fo faint, fo fpiritlefs, So dull, fo dead in look, p fo woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burnV.: But Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue, And I my Percy's death, ere thou report'ft it.... | |
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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... 
