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" Mark it, Cesario; it is old and plain: The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age. "
Mr. William Shakespeare: His Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies - Page 31
by William Shakespeare - 1767
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The Works of Shakespeare: Collated with the Oldest Copies, and ..., Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1773 - 456 pages
...come ; the fong we had lad night.— Mark it, Ct/ario,, it is old and plain ; .... ., The fpinfters and the knitters in the fun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do ufe to chant it : it is filly footh, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age. Ch....
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All's well that ends well. Twelfth Night. Winter's tale. Macbeth

William Shakespeare - 1773 - 558 pages
...in this place with Sir Tho. Hanmer. JOHNSON. Mark it, Cefario ; it is old and plain : The fpinfters and the knitters in the fun, And the free * maids that weave their thread with bones, Do ufe to chaunt it : it is filly footh ', And dallies with the innocence of love ', Like the old age...
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The poetical works of Robert Fergusson, with biogr intr., notes and glossary ...

Robert Fergusson - 1773 - 344 pages
...OF SCOTS MUSIC. Mark it, Csesario ! it is old and plain, The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it. — Skaksjieare's Twelfth Night. ON Scotia's plains, in days of yore, When lads and lasses tartan wore,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes: With Corrections ..., Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1778 - 632 pages
...fellow, come, the fong we had laft night : — Mark it, Cefario; it is old, and plain: The fpinfters and the knitters in the fun, And the free * maids that weave their thread with bones, Do ufe to chaunt it ; it is filly footh 3, And dallies with the innocence of love *, Like the old age...
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The Works of the English Poets: Dyer; Mallet

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 362 pages
...Ramfay and by me. EDW 1 N. EDWIN ANDEMM A. " Mark it, Cefario, it is true and plain. " The fpinfters and the knitters in the fun, " And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, " Do ufe to chant it. It is filly Sooth, " And dallies with the innocence of love, 4' Like the old age."...
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Poems on Various Subjects; Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue: And ...

1780 - 226 pages
...praife EDWIN AND EMMA. BY DAVID MALLET, ES £. Mark it, Cefario, it is true and plain. The fpinilers and the knitters in the fun. And the free maids that weave their thread with bone:, Do ufe to chant it. It is filly Sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Lite the old...
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Edwin and Eltruda: A Legendary Tale

Helen Maria Williams - 1782 - 42 pages
...AND ELTRUDA LEGENDARYTAL E. BY A YOUNG LADY. Mark it, Gefario, it is true and plain ; The fpinfters and the knitters in the fun And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do ufe to chant it. It is filly, footh, And dallies with the .innocence of love, Like the old age. SHAKSPEARE'S...
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 54

Tobias Smollett - 1782 - 510 pages
...than queen Elizabeth's time ; for Shakfpeare fpeaks of old and antick fongs, which " The fpinfters and the knitters in the fun, And the free maids that weave their thread ivith tone, Did * ufe to chaunt." Twelfth Night, Aftii. fc. 4. ' But the art of knitting bofen may...
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Stockdale's edition of Shakespeare, with explanatory notes

William Shakespeare - 1784 - 1118 pages
...R:-enlcr Curio, ai.d С/там. Duke. О fellow, come, the fong we had laft night:— Mark it, Cefario ; it is old, and plain : The Ipinfters and the knitters in the fun, And the free ' maids that weave tlieir thread with bones, Do ufe to chauut it ; it is filly footh ", And dallies with the innocence...
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Stockdale's Edition of Shakespeare: Including, in One Volume, the Whole of ...

William Shakespeare - 1784 - 1116 pages
...Duke. О fellow, come, the fong we had laftn Mirk it, Cefario ; it is old, and plain : The fpinfters and the knitters in the fun, And the free ' maids that weave their С bones, Do ufe to chaunt it ; it is filly footh *, And dallies with the innocence of love» Like...
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