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" If I do prove her haggard, Though that her jesses were my dear heart-strings, I'd whistle her off, and let her down the wind, To prey at fortune. "
Miriam Coffin: Or The Whale-fishermen. A Tale ... - Page 98
by Joseph C. Hart - 1835
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Discoveries in hieroglyphics, and other antiquities, in ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Deverell - 1813 - 588 pages
...knows all qualities, with a learned spirit, Of human dealings. If I prove her haggard, Tho' that the jesses were my dear heart-strings, I'd whistle her...off', and let her down the wind To prey at fortune. Haply, for I'm black, And have not those soft parts of conversation That chamberers have ; or, for...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 20

William Shakespeare - 1813 - 276 pages
...straps of leather tied ahont tie foot of a ihawk , hy which she is held on the fist. P. 64, 1. ii. i2. I'd whistle her off, and let her down the wind, To prey at fortune. J The falconers always let fly the hawk agaiust the wind ; if she flies with the wind hehind her, she...
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Othello. Merchant of Venice. Third Satire of Horace

Robert Deverell - 1816 - 312 pages
...knows all qualities, with a learned spirit, Of human dealings. If I prove her haggard, Tho' that the jesses were my dear heart-strings, I'd whistle her off', and let her down the laind To prey at fortune. Haply, for I'm black, And have not those soft parts of conversation That...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 10

William Shakespeare - 1818 - 348 pages
...learned spirit, Of human dealings : If I do prove her haggard," lago. I once more take my leav?. [Exit. Though that her jesses were my dear heart-strings,*...off, and let her down the wind, To prey at fortune. 1 Haply, for I am black ; And have not those softs parts of conversation That chamberers have : or,...
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Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society, Volume 2, Part 2

Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh - Natural history - 1818 - 516 pages
...fidelity of his wife, we have the following passage : ....•:... " If I do prove her haggard, • . Tho1 that her jesses were my dear heartstrings, I'd whistle...let her down the wind To prey at fortune." , . And without multiplying quotations, it may be observed, that the old English word haggard, is most generally...
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The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 83

English literature - 1819 - 614 pages
...wrongs. We respect his resolute temper ; we sympathize with his indignation. If I do prove her haggard, Though that her jesses were my dear heart-strings,...off, and let her down the wind. To prey at fortune. Haply, for I am black,— And have not those soft parts of conversation That chaniberers have ; —...
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The Plays of Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 pages
...with a learned spirit, Of human dealings : If I do prove her haggard, Though thather jesses weremy dear heart-strings, I'd whistle her off, and let her down the wind, To prey at fortune. Haply, for I am black ; And have not those soft parts of conversation That chamberers have : Or, for...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 530 pages
...trust a wanton haggard in the wind." Again : " For she is ticklish as any haggard, " And quickly lost." Though that her jesses were my dear heart-strings...off, and let her down the wind, To prey at fortune 2. Haply, for I am black ; And have not those soft parts of conversation 3 ture ; bringing the wild...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 520 pages
...and All the Rest Fools, 1619: " — the admirable conquest the faulconer maketh in a hawk's naThough that her jesses were my dear heart-strings ', I'd...off, and let her down the wind, To prey at fortune 3. Haply, for I am black ; And have not those soft parts of conversation 3 ture ; bringing the wild...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: To which are Added His ...

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 588 pages
...re-admission to his pay and office. Of human dealings : if I do prove her haggard *, A'hough thai her jesses f were my dear heart-strings, I'd. whistle her off, and let her down the wind, To prey at fortune. Haply, for I am black ; .And have not those soft parts of conversation JThat chamberersJ have ; —...
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