 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 256 pages
...muse can praise too much ;* Tis true, and all men's suffrage— -but these ways Were not the patbs 1 meant unto thy praise ; For silliest ignorance on...which doth ne'er advance The truth, but gropes, and urgeth all by chance ; Or crafty malice might pretend this praise, And think to ruin where ilseem'd... | |
 | Octavius Gilchrist - 1808 - 74 pages
...true, and all men's suffrage; but these ways Were not the paths I meant unto thy praise : For seeliest ignorance on these may light. Which, when it sounds...which doth ne'er advance The truth, but gropes, and urgeth all by chance; Or crafty malice might pretend this praise, And think to rain, where it seem'd... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 pages
...true, and all men's suffrage: but these ways Were not the paths I meant unto thy praise: For seeliest ignorance on these may light, Which, when it sounds...which doth ne'er advance The truth, but gropes, and urgeth all by chance; Or crafty malice might pretend this praise, And think to ruin, where it seemed... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pages
...true, and aH men's suffrage : but these ways Were not the paths I meant unto thy praise : For seeliest ignorance on these may light, Which, when it sounds...which doth ne'er advance The truth, but gropes, and urgeth all by chance ; Or crafty malice might pretend this praise, And think to ruin, where it seemed... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 482 pages
...ample to thy book and fame ; While I confess thy writings to be such, As neither man, nor Muse, can praise too much. Tis true, and all men's suffrage....which doth ne'er advance The truth, but gropes, and urgeth all by chance ; Or crafty malice might pretend this praise, And think to ruin, where it seem'd... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 676 pages
...true, and all men's suffrage : but these ways Were not the paths I meant unto thy praise : For seeliest ignorance on these may light, Which, when it sounds...which doth ne'er advance The truth, but gropes, and urgeth all by chance ; Or crafty malice might pretend this praise, And think to ruin, where it seem'd... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 548 pages
...thus ample to thy book and fame: While I confess thy writings to be such, As neither man nor Muse can praise too much. 'Tis true, and all men's suffrage....which doth ne'er advance The truth, but gropes, and urgeth all by chance; Or crafty malice might pretend this praise, And think to ruin, where it seem'd... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 544 pages
...thus ample to thy hook and fame: While I confess thy writings to be such, As neither man nor Muse can praise too much. Tis true, and all men's suffrage....which doth ne'er advance The truth, but gropes, and urgeth all by chance; Or crafty malice might pretend this praise. And think to ruin, where it seem'd... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1844 - 600 pages
...sound we would not hear, on whose worth look," &c. 1 Perhaps the initials of John Marston. For secliest ignorance on these may light, Which, when it sounds...which doth ne'er advance The truth, but gropes, and urgeth all by chance ; Or crafty malice might pretend this praise, And think to ruin, where it seem'd... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1847 - 578 pages
...and fame : While I confess thy writings to be such, As neither man nor Muse can praise too much. "Tie true, and all men's suffrage. But these ways Were...which doth ne'er advance The truth, but gropes, and urpcth all b_y chance ; Or crafty malice might pretend this praise, And think to ruin, where it seem'd... | |
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Shakespeare, on thy name, Am I thus ample to thy book and fame, While I confess thy writings to be such As neither man nor muse can praise too much. 'Tis true, and all men's suffrage. 
