 | William Shakespeare - 1883 - 218 pages
...Compare I Henry IV, iii. I. 135, where Hotspur says : ' I had rather hear a brazen canstick turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tree ; And that would...poetry : 'Tis like the forced gait of a shuffling nag.' Puttenham (quoted by Caldecott) in his Arte of English Poesie (p. 76, ed. Arber) uses the term 'riding... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1881 - 982 pages
...cry mew Than one of these same metro ballad-mongers; 130 I had rather hear a brazen causlick turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tree; And that would...friend; But in the way of bargain, mark ye me I'll cnvil on the ninth part of a hair. 140 Are the indentures drawn? shall we be gone? Qlend. The moon... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1881 - 978 pages
...poetry: Tis like the forced gait of a shuffling nag. Wend. Come, you shall have Trent turb'd. Hoi. I do not care: I'll give thrice so much land To any...mark ye me I'll cavil on the ninth part of a hair. 140 Are the indentures drawn? shall we be gone? Glcnd. The moon shines fair; you may away by night;... | |
 | Asia Booth Clarke - Biography & Autobiography - 1881 - 238 pages
...equity, even with his own family, his severity therein being a principle, as with Hotspur : — " I '11 give thrice so much land To any well-deserving friend...mark ye me, I'll cavil on the ninth part of a hair." The prosperous state of theatrical business in California was most encouraging when the offer had been... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1881 - 738 pages
...ery mew, Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers : 3 had rather hear a brazen canstick turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tree ; And that would...Nothing so much as mincing poetry ; 'Tis like the fore'd gait of a shuffling nag. Sh.Hen.iv. 2, ml Those who write in rhyme still make The one verse... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1882 - 320 pages
...and cry mew Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers ; I had rather hear a brazen canstick turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tree ; And that would...Nothing so much as mincing poetry : 'Tis like the forc'd gait of a shuffling nag. Glend. Come, you shall have Trent turn'd. Hot. I do not care : I 'll... | |
 | Historical ballads - 1882 - 308 pages
...— mew, Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers : I had rather hear a brazen canstick1 turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tree ; And that would...Nothing so much as mincing poetry ; 'Tis like the forc'd gait of a shuffling nag. GLENDOWER. Come, you shall have Trent turn'd. HOTSPUR. I do not care... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1883 - 202 pages
...me not understand you, then ; speak it in Welsh. Glend. I can speak English, lord, as well as you. Come, you shall have Trent turn'd. Hot. I do not care...mark ye me, I'll cavil on the ninth part of a hair. 70 Are the indentures drawn ? Shall wo be gone ? Glend. The moon, shines fair ; you may away by night.... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1883 - 782 pages
...cry mew, Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers ; I had rather hear a brazen canstick turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tree ; And that would...Nothing so much as mincing poetry ; 'Tis like the forc'd gait of a shuffling nag. 3866 Shaks. : 1 Henry IV. Act iii. Sc. 1. Those that write in rhyme... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1883 - 120 pages
...cry mew, Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers ; I had rather hear a brazen candlestick turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tree ; And that would...edge, Nothing so much as mincing poetry ; Tis like the forc'd gait of a shuffling nag. Glend. Come, you shall have Trent turn'd. Hot. I do not care : I 'll... | |
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I had rather hear a brazen canstick turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tree ; And that would set my teeth nothing on edge, Nothing so much as mincing poetry : 'Tis like the forced gait of a shuffling nag. 
