 twas wondrous pitiful. She wish'd she had not heard it, yet she wish'd That heaven had made her such a man; she thank'd me, And bade me, if I had a friend that loved her, I should but teach him how to tell my story, And that would woo her.  The Progressive English reading books - Page 364by Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1866Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 498 pages
...wish'd That heaven had made her such a man : she thank'd me; And bade me, if I had a friend that lov'd her, I should but teach him how to tell my story,...that would woo her. Upon this hint, I spake : She lov'd me for the dangers I had pass'd ; And I lov'd her, that she did pity them. This only is the witchcraft... | |
 | Robert Treat Paine - American literature - 1812 - 572 pages
...by substituting an eminent beauty of delineation, for a most strange misconception of Mr. Fennel!. " She wished she had not heard it ; yet she wished That...him how to tell my story, And that would woo her." This, it should be observed, is the first, timid, half-concealed confession of love, on the part of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1812 - 420 pages
...wish'd That heaven had made her such a man : she thank'd me; And bade me, if I had a friend that lov'd her, I should but teach him how to tell my story....that would woo her. Upon this hint, I spake : She lov'd me for the dangers I had pass'd ; And I lov'd her, that «he did pity them. This only is the... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 596 pages
...'twas passingstrange, " 'Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful" She wished she had not heard it;—yet she wished That Heaven had made her such a man: she...him how to tell my story, And that would woo her. On this hint I spake; She loved me for the dangers I had past, And I loved her that she did pity them... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 588 pages
...passing strange, " 'Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful" She wished she had not heard it; — vet she wished \ ^* * That Heaven had made her such a...him how to tell my story, And that would woo her. On this hint I spake ; She loved me for the dangers I had past, And I loved her that she did pity them... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 528 pages
...wish'd That heaven had made her such a man : she thank'd me ; And bade me, if I had a friend that lov'd her, I should but teach him how to tell my story,...And that would woo her. Upon this hint I spake : She lov'd me for the dangers I had pass'd ; And I lov'd her, that she did pity them. This only is the witchcraft... | |
 | Firdawsī - English poetry - 1814 - 316 pages
...my boyish days, Wherein I spoke of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, She wished she had not heard it ; yet she wished,...That heaven had made her such a man : she thanked me; She loved me for the dangers I had passed ; And I loved her that she did pity them. ' SHAKSPEARE. The... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1816 - 312 pages
...youth suffered. My story being done, She gave me for my pains a world of sighs : She swore, " In faith, 'twas strange 'twas passing strange, " 'Twas pitiful,...him how to tell my story, And that would woo her. On this hint I spake ; She loved me for the dangers I had past, And I loved her that she did pity them... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...That Heaven had madu her such a man ; — she thank'd me; And bade me, if I had a friend that lov'd her, I should but teach him how to tell my story....And that would woo her. Upon this hint I spake : She lov'd me for the dangers I had pass'd ; And I lov'd her, that she did pity them. Perfect Content. O... | |
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...disastrous chances, of moving accidents, of hairbreadth escapes, and with it, all my travels, history; she said 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange, 'twas...she wished that heaven had made her such a man} she then thanked me, and bade me if I had a friend that loved her, I should teach him to tell my story.... | |
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