 Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground ; long heath, brown furze, anything: The wills above be done ! but I would fain die a dry death.  The Cornhill Magazine - Page 473edited by - 1876Full view - About this book
 | 1839 - 798 pages
...ground, long heath, brown furze [r. with Sir Thomas Hanmer, ling, heath, broom, furze], any thing. The wills above be done! but I would fain die a dry death " — we are reminded of Panurge, " Pleust a Dieu je feusse en terre ferine bien a mon aise," with... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1840 - 364 pages
...town, two miles off, where, even on these desolate heaths, I could have exclaimed, like Gonzalo, " Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground." I would say of such a voyage, as Lord Chesterfield did of hunting, "Do people ever go a second time!"... | |
 | 1840 - 320 pages
...feel uncomfortable,' rather agreed with onzalo in ' The Tempest,' when he asseverated that he would * give a thousand furlongs of sea, for an acre of barren ground.' Our aste became so perverted that we heeded not he grandeur of the ocean, or the beauties of ieaven,... | |
 | 1875 - 492 pages
...shall forbear to describe. I join heartily with G-onzala and cry (but of course only to myself), " Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an...barren ground — long heath, brown furze, anything." " O that 222 ROUGHING IT. it were morning !" I look at my watch hoping to find some comfort from it,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1841 - 316 pages
...we split!— Ant. Let 's all sink with the king. [Exit. Seb. Let 's take leave of him. [Exit. Gon. Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground ; long heath, brown furze, any thing. The wills above be done ! but I would fain die a dry death. [Exit. SCENE II. The island... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1842 - 394 pages
...give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground; long9 heath, brown furze, any thing: The wills above be done! but I would fain die a dry death. [Exit. SCENE II. The Island : before the Cell of Prospero. Enter PROSPERO and MIRANDA. Mira. If by... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 pages
...we split ! — Ant. Let 's all sink with the king. [Exit. Seb. Let 's take leave of him. [Exit. Gon. Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground ; long heath, brown furze, any thing : The wills above be done ! but I would fain die a dry death. [Exit. SCENE II.— The Island... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 1008 pages
...we split ! — Ant. Let's all sink with the king. \Exit. Sell. Let's take leave of him. [-En/. Gon. ; — and would not change that calling, To be adopted heir to Frederick. Ros. My father lov'd sir any thing : The wills above be done ! but I would fain die a dry death. [Exit. SCENF. II.— The Island:... | |
 | Alexander Dyce - 1843 - 350 pages
...we split ! — Ant. Let's all sink with the king. [Exit. Seb. Let's take leave of him. [Exit. Gon. Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground ; long heath, brown furze, any thing. The wills above be done ! but I would fain die a dry death. [Exit." " This conclusion of... | |
 | Edward Delaval Hungerford Elers Napier - 1844 - 356 pages
...to the Nicobar islands — Arrival at the Isle of France ... 11 CHAPTER II. THE SPORTSMAN AFLOAT. " Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an...above be done ! but I would fain die a dry death." — TEMPEST. THE sea breeze which, daily setting in about two hours after noon, and invariably continuing... | |
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