 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 1008 pages
...; Whilst he, that heart, makes fearful action, With wrinkled brows, with nods, with rolling r;«-. p5 5 4 5` 5 new« ; Who, with his shears and measure in hi» hand, Standing on slippers (which his nimble haste... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Anatomy - 1845 - 330 pages
...gripe the hearer's wrist; Whilst he that hears, makes fearful action, Wilhwrinkrdbrows.withnods,with rolling eyes I saw a smith stand with his hammer thus,...measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had safely thrust upon contrary feet,) Told of a many thousand warlike French, That were... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone - England - 1845 - 472 pages
...present fashion, rights and lefts, as we may infer from Shakspeare:* * King John, act iv. sc. 2. " I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst...measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet,) Told, &c., " And a writer on witchcraft, somewhat... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone - England - 1845 - 484 pages
...Sir," said Henrietta, displaying her shoe, " I stand on mine own feet." "I saw a smith stand witli bis hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil...measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet,) Told, &c.. " And a writer on witchcraft, somewhat... | |
 | American essays - 1878 - 816 pages
...the old lexicographer reminds me of one that he made upon the following passage in King John: — " Who, with his shears and measure In his hand, Standing on slippers (which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet), Told," etc. Upon this Johnson, after some formidable... | |
 | Muriel Clara Bradbrook - English drama - 1979 - 204 pages
...panic at news of invasion. I saw a smith stand with his hammer thus, The while his iron did on his anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's...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... | |
 | David Aers - History - 1992 - 230 pages
...Possess'd with rumours, full of idle dreams. . . . I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The while his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...speaks doth gripe the hearer's wrist; Whilst he that hears makes fearful action, With wrinkled brows, nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet, Told of a many thousand warlike French That were... | |
 | Scott McMillin, Sally-Beth MacLean - Drama - 1998 - 288 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...anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news . . . (iV.ii.i9o-5)9 The five moons stun the beholders in Shakespeare, but in the staging of this moment... | |
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I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news, Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary... 
