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The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr. of ... - Page 378
by William Shakespeare - 1806
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 432 pages
...speaks, doth gripe the hearer's wrist ; Whilst he, that hears, makes fearful action, With wrinkled brows, with nods, with rolling eyes. I saw a smith stand...measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet **,) Told of a many thousand warlike French, That...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...speaks doth gripe the hearer's wrist, Whilst he that hears makes fearful action. .} With wrinkled brows, with nods, with rolling eyes, I saw a smith stand...did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a taylor's news, Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, which his nimble...
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“The” Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 376 pages
...saw a smith stand with his hammer, thns, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouih swallowing a tailor's news ; Who, with his shears...measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his' nimble haste Had falsely thrnst upon contrary feet,) Told of a many thonsand warlike French, That were...
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Macbeth. King John. King Richard II.-v. 2. King Henry IV. King Henry V.-v. 3 ...

William Shakespeare - 1807 - 346 pages
...speaks, doth gripe the hearer's wrist; Whilst he, that hears, makes fearful action, With wrinkled brows, with nods, with rolling eyes. I saw a smith stand...measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet,) Told of a many thousand warlike French, That were...
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The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volume 4

David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1807 - 786 pages
...have dropp'd his knife, and fell asleep, As Cerberus at the Thracian poet's feet /¿. POLITICKS. ' I saw a smith stand with his hammer thus, The whilst...anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news !' Colloquial politicks, by which I mean the slang of citizens about the evolutions of the world, and...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With Explanatory Notes ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 578 pages
...wrinkled brows, with nods, with rollingeye*. I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, I he whilsi his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news ; Who, >Aith Ills shears and measure in his hand, MiindiiiL' (Mi slippers (which his nimble haste illad fjlsely...
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The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays,: Which are Acted at the ...

Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 416 pages
...speaks, doth gripe the hearer's wrist ; Whilst he that hears makes fearful action, With wrinkled brows, with nods, with rolling eyes. I saw a smith stand...news ; Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Told of a many thousand warlike French, That were embatteled and rank'd in Kent : Another lean unwash'd...
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The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the ...

Elizabeth Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 418 pages
...speaks, doth gripe the hearer's wrist ; Whilst he that hears makes fearful action, With wrinkled brows, with nods, with rolling eyes. I saw a smith stand...news; Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Told of a many thousand warlike French, That were embatteled and rank'd in Kent : Another lean unwash'd...
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Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition, Addressed to His Son

George Gregory - Books and reading - 1809 - 384 pages
...doth gripe the hearer's wrist ; " Whilst he, that hears, nuikcs fearful action " With wrinkled brows, with nods, with rolling eyes. " I saw a smith stand...with his hammer thus, " The whilst his iron did on his anvil cool, " With open mouth swallowing a taylor's news ; " Who with his shears and measure in...
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Elements of Elocution: In which the Principles of Reading and Speaking are ...

John Walker - Elocution - 1810 - 394 pages
...speaks doth gripe the hearer's wrist ; Whilst he that hears makes fearful action, With wrinkled brows, with nods, with rolling eyes. I saw a smith stand...measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet.) Told of a many thousand warlike French, That were...
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