 | William Hazlitt - 1838
...songs. One of the most beautiful of them occurs in this play, with a preface of his own to it. " DUKE. O fellow, come ; the song we had last night Mark it,...sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with hones, Do use to chaunt it : it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1838 - 660 pagina’s
...ranch , More than light airs and recollected termts, Of these most brisk and giddy-paced times: — in the music, cousin, cbaunt it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age." Act ii. so.... | |
 | Richard Thomson - 1839 - 518 pagina’s
...characterises it, as that fine description of a popular ballad in Twelfth Night :— ' Mark it, Cscsario, it is old and plain ; The Spinsters, and the Knitters...weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ' '' " Come, my good Sir," replied Mr. Postern, " no more words on't, but sing, I pray you." " Then... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1842
...most beautiful of Shakspeare'a Songs occurs in this play with a preface of his own to it. 'Duke. O fellow, come, the song we had last night : — Mark...maids that weave their thread with bones .Do use to chaunt it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.' "After reading... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1843 - 542 pagina’s
...simple. There was many an air not to be despised by the nicest taste, of which it might be said, " It is old and plain : The spinsters and the knitters...dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age." $ * Morley's ' Treatise :' 1597. t Merchant of Venice, Act v., Scene i. t Twelfth Night, Act n., Scene... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843
...that they are so ; To die , even when they to perfection grow ! Re-enter CURIO , and Clown. Duke. O, fellow! come, the song we had last night Mark it,...maids, that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it : it is silly sooth , And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age. Clo. Are... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843
...alas, that they are so ; To die, even when they to perfection grow. Re-enter CURIO and Clown. Duke. O fellow, come, the song we had last night :• —...maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love Like the old age. Clo. Are you... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843
...that they are so ; To die, even when they to perfection grow ! Re-enter CDKIO, and Clown. Duke. О 4 chaunt it ; it is silly sooth °, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age. Clo. Are... | |
 | 1849
...the preference to the simpler strains of an older time. What says Shakespeare ? Mark it. Cœsario. It is old and plain. The spinsters and the knitters...dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age. From Coleridge and other poets we could qnote passages very similar. Swift, who in all human probability... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1844
...Prospects of Man. VOL. XXX. SO. CLXXVI1I. CC spised by tbe nicest taste, of which it might be said, "It is old and plain : The spinsters and the knitters...dallies with the innocence of love Like the old age." * Such was the plaintive" air of, "Bobin Hood is to the greenwood gone," a line of which has been snatched... | |
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O fellow, come, the song we had last night: — Mark it, Cesario; it is old and plain: The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids, that weave their thread with bones. Do use to chant it: it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence... 
