 Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...  Merchant of Venice. As you like it - Page 25by William Shakespeare - 1785Full view - About this book
 | Penny Gay - Literary Criticism - 2008
...living close to nature (one of the myths of the pastoral genre, especially in its classical Latin form): Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old...woods More free from peril than the envious court? . . . Sweet are the uses of adversity Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious... | |
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