 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 540 pages
...received : Now, pious sir, You will demand of me, why I do this ? fri. May your grace speak of it ? Duke. We have strict statutes, and most biting laws (The needful bits and curbs for headstrong steedii), Which for these fourteen years we have let sleep ; Even like an o'ergrown... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1852 - 632 pages
...she was to abide her deliverance for good or evil, according to the issue of her trial. CHAPTER XXII. We have strict statutes, and most biting laws — The needful bits and curbs fur headstrong steeds — Which, for these fourteen years, we have let Sleep, Like to an o'crgrown... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1852 - 432 pages
...nimble gunner With linstock now the devilish cannon touches. Lion in Book of Job. MM i. 4. 1. Eve» like an o'ergrown lion in a cave That goes not out to prey. Lions) make leopards tame. HS i. 1, n. Give me nil gage : — Hans make leopards tame. 1Ms— limit.... | |
 | James Spear Loring - 1852 - 720 pages
...for Measure, regarding the statutes and decrees of Austria, may never be said of this republic : " We have strict statutes, and most biting laws, The needful bits and curbs for headstrong steeds. Which for these fourteen years we have let sleep. Now, as fond fathers, Having... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1852 - 512 pages
...it is receiv'd : now, pious sir, You will demand of me, why I do this ? Fri. Gladly, my lord. /'.</. We have strict statutes, and most biting laws (The needful bits and curbs for headstrong steeds,) Which for these fourteen years we have let sleep ; Even like an over-grown... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1852 - 686 pages
...she was to abide her deliverance for good or evil, according to the issue of her trial. CHAPTER XXII. We have strict statutes, and most biting laws — The needful bits, and curbs for headstrong steeds — Which, for these fourteen years, we have let sleep Like to an o'ergrown lion... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1852 - 632 pages
...bits and enrbs fur headstrong steeds— Which, for these fourteen years, we have let sleep, Like to an o'ergrown lion in a cave, That goes not out to prey. MEAMUltE FOK MEASURE. " EUPHEMIA DEANS," said the presiding Judge, in an accent in which pity was blended... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 1158 pages
...it in the common ear, And so it is receiv'd. Now, pious sir, You will demand of me, why I do this ? he composi3 There is another entry, under date 27th...June, 1603, by which "Henry the 4 the first pte." 8 ) Which for this fourteen years we have let sleep 9 ; Even like an o'er-grown lion in a cave, That... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 440 pages
...And so it is recciv'd. Now, pious sir, You will demand of me, why I do this ? Fri. Gladly, my lord. Duke. We have strict statutes, and most biting laws, (The needful bits and curbs to head-strong steeds1) Which for this fourteen years we have let sleep2 ; Even like an o'er-grown lion in a cave,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 552 pages
...And so it is receiv'd : Now, pious sir, You will demand of me, why I do this? Friar. Gladly, my lord. Duke. We have strict statutes, and most biting laws, (The needful bits and curbs for head-strong steeds,) Which for these fourteen years we have let sleep ; Even like an o'ergrown... | |
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