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" 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. "
The Quarterly Review - Page 67
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Midsummer night's dream ; Merchant of Venice ; As you like it ; Taming of ...

William Shakespeare, Nicholas Rowe - 1709 - 572 pages
...Duke. O Fellow come, the Song we had laft night. Mark it, Cefario, it is old and plain ; The Spinfters and the Knitters in the Sun, 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. Clo....
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The Works of Shakespeare in Seven Volumes, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1733 - 548 pages
...fellow, come j the Song we had Jaft Jiight.-^. Mark it, Cefario^ it is old and plain j The fpinfters and the knitters in the Sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with banes, E)o ufe to chant it: it is filly Sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love. Like the old...
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The poetical works of Robert Fergusson, with biogr intr., notes and glossary ...

Robert Fergusson - 1773 - 344 pages
...on O' gude braid elaith. ELEGY ON THE DEATH 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...
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The Poetical Works: Of Robert Fergusson, with the Life of the Author. By ...

Robert Fergusson - 1800 - 250 pages
...on O' gude Braid Claith. ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF SCOTS MUSIC. Mark it, Csesariot 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. SHAKESPEARE'S TWELFTH NIGHT. ON Scotia's plains, in days of yore, When lads and...
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Remarks on Local Scenery & Manners in Scotland: During the Years ..., Volume 2

John Stoddart - Scotland - 1801 - 402 pages
...beautiful, because genuine and natural effusions, which (forgotten by the learned and the polite) . " The spinsters, and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that wove their thread with bones, Did use to chaunt— " To the artist who seizes a vanishing grace in...
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The Poetical Register, and Repository of Fugitive Poetry for ..., Volume 2

English poetry - 1803 - 502 pages
...smiles the anguish of despair, And pity an unhappy lover. DC 16 ST. ANDREW'S EVE, A VILLAGE LEGEND. The Spinsters, and the Knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it. SHAKSPEAHE'S TWELFTH NIGHT. KEEN, the winds of November swept over the wold, And...
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The Poetical Register, and Repository of Fugitive Poetry for 1801-11, Volume 2

English poetry - 1803 - 508 pages
...anguish of despair, And pity an unhappy lover. D. c. EDINBURGH. ST. ANDREW'S EVE, A VILLAGE LEGEND. The Spinsters, and the Knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it. SHAKIPEAHI'S TWELFTH MIGHT. KEEN, the winds of November swept over the wold, And...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pages
...Clown. Duke. O fellow, come, the song we had last night : — Mark it, Ces'ario ; it is old, and plain : The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids, that weave their thread with bones, 5 Do use to chaunt it ; it is silly sooth, 5 * Countenance. s Lace makers. 6 Simple truth. And dallies...
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Notes Upon Some of the Obscure Passages in Shakespeare's Plays: With Remarks ...

John Howe Baron Chedworth - 1805 - 392 pages
...70. Duke. O fellow, come, the song we had last night: — 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 chaunt it. I incline to think that Mr. Henley's is the true explanation of free. P. 211.—...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 426 pages
...Cloven. Duke. O fellow, come, the song we had last night : — Mark it, Cesarib; 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 chaunt it; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age. Cio....
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