 God ! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run: How many make the hour full complete; How many hours bring...  Table Talk: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things - Page 30de William Hazlitt - 1845 - 386 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | John Platts - 1822 - 844 pages
...beast, and all the vegetable reign. Shakspeare thns describes the pleasures of a shepherd's life :— O God ! methinks it were a happy life To be no better timn a hoineK swain . To sit upon a hill as I do now ; To carve out dials quaintly, point by point,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 384 pages
...thence. : Would I were dead ! if God's good will were BO : For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? O God ! methinks, it were a happy life," To be no...how they run : How many make the hour full complete, How many hours bring about the day, How many days will finish up the year, How many years a mortal... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 442 pages
...this world, but grief and wo? * O God ! methinks, it were a happy life, 234 THIRD PART OF Act 11. ' To be no better than a homely swain ; * To sit upon...they run : * How many make the hour full complete, * How many hours brinff about the day, * How many days will finish up the year, * How many years a... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 590 pages
...so: ' For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? * O God ! methinks, it were a happy life, 2 ' To be no better than a homely swain; * To sit upon...they run: * How many make the hour full complete, * How many hours bring about the day, * How many days will finish up the year, * How many years a mortal... | |
 | Stephen Simpson - 1823 - 268 pages
...recommending that economy 'iftime, s. beautifully pourtrayed by the great bard, wr have jus> quoted. " O God .' methinks it were a happy life, To be no better...a homely swain ; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, Tu carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes as they run : flaw many make... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1824 - 428 pages
...blowing of his nails, Can neither call it perfect day, nor night. THE BLESSINGS OF A SHEPHERD'S LIFE. O God! methinks, it were a happy life, To be no better...how they run: How many make the hour full complete, How many hours bring about the day, How many days will finish up the year, How many years a mortal... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 324 pages
...'Would I were dead ! if God's good will were «o : 1 For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? * O God ! methinks, it were a happy life, ' To be no...they run : * How many make the hour full complete, * How many hours bring about the day, * How many days will finish up the year, * How many years a mortal... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...grief and wo? * O God ! methinks, it were a happy li:'e, * To be no better than a homely/swain ; * To sit upon a hill, as I do now, * To carve out dials...they run : * How many make the hour full complete, * How many hours brinff about the day, * How many days will finish up the year, * FIovv many years... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...dead ! if God's good will were so . For what is in this world, but grief and wo? * 0 God ! melhinks, it were a happy life. To be no better than a homely swain ; ' To sit upon a lull, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1824 - 598 pages
...as it began, And he may weep, that could not keep Hi:, kingdom like a man." GM LAST YEAR. — — " See the minutes how they run : How many make the hour full complete, How many hours bring about the day, How many days will finish up the year. How many years a mortal... | |
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