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" Tis but an hour ago since it was nine, And after one hour more 'twill be eleven ; And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot ; And thereby hangs a tale. "
Merchant of Venice. As you like it - Page 40
by William Shakespeare - 1785
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...are sworn to try according to their evidence. Hale. 5. Information ; disclosure of any thing secret. From hour to hour we ripe and ripe, And then from...to hour we rot and rot; And thereby hangs a tale. Sba&ifie.ire. Birds live in the air freest, and are aptest by their voice to tell tales what they find,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 340 pages
...eleven ; And so, from hour tu hour, we rifle and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot, and rot t And thereby hangs a tale. When I did hear The motley...the time, My lungs began to crow like chanticleer, That fools should be so deep-contemplative; And I did laugh, sans intermission, An hour by his dial.—O...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 450 pages
...eye, Says, very wisely, It is ten o'elock : Thus may wt see, quoth he, how the world wags ; 'Tis but an hour ago, since it was nine ; And after one hour...more, 'twill be eleven ; And so, from hour to hour, ux ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot, and rot, And thereby hangs a tale. When I did...
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The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1807 - 372 pages
...ago, since it was nine ; And after an hour more, 'twill be eleven ; And so, from hour to hour, ice ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot,...the time, My lungs began to crow like chanticleer, That fools should be so deep-contemplative ; * And I did laugh, sans intermission, An hour by his dial....
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Stultifera Navis: Qua Omnium Mortalium Narratur Stultitia : The Modern Ship ...

William Henry Ireland - Fools and jesters - 1807 - 356 pages
...vetat? * And doubtless will repay their neglect as Jaques did the moralizing of the fool, who saith, When I did hear The motley fool thus moral on the time, My lungs began to crow like chanticleer, That fools should be so deep contemplative : And I did laugh, sans intermission, An hour by his dial....
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Stultifera Navis; ...: The Modern Ship of Fools

William Henry Ireland - Satire, English - 1807 - 330 pages
...doubtless will repay their neglect as Jaques did the moralizing of the fool, who saith, -^^^—— When I did hear "The motley fool thus moral on the time, My lungs began to crow like chanticleer, That fools should be so deep contemplative: And I did laugh, sans intermission, An hour by his dial....
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With Explanatory Notes ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 578 pages
..." Thus may we see," quoth he, " how the world " 'Tis but an hour ago, since it was nine ; [wags: ' And after one hour more, 'twill be eleven ; ' And so, from hour to hour, we ripe, and ripr, ' And then, from hour to hour, we rot, and rot, " And thereby hangs a tale." When I did hear...
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The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the ...

Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 434 pages
...Says, very wisely, " It is ten a'clock : " Thus may we see," quoth he, " How the world wags: Tis but an hour ago, since it was nine ; And after one hour...the time, My lungs began to crow like chanticleer, That fools should be so deep contemplative ; And I did laugh, sans intermission, An hour by his dial....
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The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the ...

Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 454 pages
...Says, very wisely j " It is ten a'clock : " Thus may we see," quoth he, " How the world wags! *f is but an hour ago, since it was nine ; And after one hour...And then, from hour to hour, we rot, and rot, And (hereby hangs a tale." When I did hear The motley fool thus moral on the time, My lungs began to crow...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...eye, Says very wisely, It is ten o'clock : Thus, may we see, quoth he, how the world wags: 'Tis but an hour ago since it was nine, And after one hour...hour to hour we ripe and ripe, And then from hour td hour we rot and rot, And thereby hangs a tale. When I did hear The motley fool thus moral on the...
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