 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1807 - 730 pages
...fellowfhip feem'd far unfit for warlike/warn. . Spenfer. a. A country fervar.t employed in liufbandry.— . It were a happy life To be no better than a homely /-wain. Sbak. 3. A paftoral youth. — B!eft/a,o/nj .' whofe nymphs iu ev'ry grace .excel ; * Bleft... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1808 - 404 pages
...me from the battle; swearing boih, ' * . ' ** ' "Would I were deadl if Gold's good will were so : ' For what is in this world, but 'grief and woe ? * O God ! methinks , it were a happy life, ' T« be no better than a homely swain,; * To sit upon a hill , as t do now, * To carve out dials quaintly... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 546 pages
...' They prosper best of all when I am thence. ' 'Would I were dead ! if God's good will were so : ' For what is in this world, but grief and woe : * O God ! methinks it were a happy life,'2 1 To be no better than a homely swain ; * To s.it upon a liill as I do now, * To carve out... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 386 pages
...both, They prosper best of all when I am thence. 'Would I were dead ! if God's good will were so : For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? O God ! me thinks, it were a happy life,9 To be no better than a homely swain ; To sit upon a hill, as I... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 380 pages
...both, They prosper best of all when I am thence. 'Would I were dead ! if God's good will were so : For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? O God ! methinks, it were a happy life,9 To be no better than a homely swain ; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1813 - 490 pages
...swearing both, They prosper best of all when I am thence. 'Would 1 were dead! if God's good will were so: For what is in this world, but grief and woe? O God ! methinks, it were a happy life, To be uo better than a homely swain ; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1813 - 548 pages
...so : ' Have chid me from the battle; swearing both, ' They prosper best of all when I am thence. * For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? * O God! methinks, it were a happy life, 8 Virgil, however, JEn. Lib. X. v. 354, has a similar comparison: " Nunc hi, mine illi: certatur limine... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 520 pages
...thence. 'Would I were dead! if God's good will were s01 For what is in this world, but grief and woe? : God ! methinks, it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain ; To sit upon a hilI, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point. Thereby to see the minutes how they... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...the morning's war. When dying clouds contend with growing light ; The Blessings of a Shepherd's Life. O God ! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better...To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes now they run : How many make the hour full complete,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 pages
...swearing both They prosper best of all whence I am thence. Would I were dead, if God's good will were so. For what is in this world but grief and woe ? O God!...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,... | |
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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... 
