| Thomas Otway - 1899 - 64 pages
...night has turn'd the balance, And weighs up morning : has the clock struck twelve ? UENAULT. Yes ; clocks will go as they are set : but man, Irregular man's ne'er constant, never certain. I've spent at least three precious hours of darkness In waiting dull attendance ; 'tis the curse Of... | |
| Thomas Otway - English drama (Tragedy) - 1797 - 456 pages
...night has turn'd the balance, And weighs up morning ? Has the clock struck t ., twelve / Ren. Yes ; Clocks will go as they are set: but man, ( Irregular man's ne'er constant, never certain : ~\ I've spent at least three precious hours of darkness/ In waiting dull attendance ; 'tis the curse... | |
| John Bell - English drama - 1792 - 340 pages
...scale of night has turn'd the balance, And weighs up morning f Has the clock struck twelve ? Ren. Yes ; Clocks will go as they are set : but man, Irregular man's ne'er constant, never certain : I've spent at least three precious hours of darkness In waiting dull attendance ; 'tis the curse... | |
| John Bell - English drama - 1797 - 460 pages
...of night has turn'd the balance, And weighs up morning? -Has the clock struck twelve ? Ren. Yes -. Clocks will go as they are set ; but man, Irregular man's ne'er constant, never certain : I've spent at least three precious hours of darkness In waiting dull attendance ; 'tis the curse... | |
| British drama - 1804 - 946 pages
...scale of night has turned the balance, And weighs up morning. Has the clock struck twelve ? Ren. Yes ; Clocks will go as they are set : but man. Irregular man's ne'er constant, never certain t I have spent at least three precious hours of darkness In waiting dull attendance ; 'tis the curse... | |
| English drama - 1804 - 510 pages
...scale of night has turned tlie balance, And weighs up morning. Has the clock struck twelve ? Ren. Yes ; Clocks will go as they are set : but man, Irregular man's ne'er constant, never certain : I have spent at least three precious hours of darkness In waiting dull attendance ; 'tis the curse... | |
| Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 382 pages
...scale of night has turn'd the balance, And weighs up morning; Has the clock struck twelve ? Ren. Yes ; clocks will go as they are set : but man, Irregular man's ne'er constant, never certain. I've spent at least three precious hours of darkness In waiting dull attendance ; 'tis the curse Of... | |
| British drama - 1811 - 712 pages
...scale of night has turned the balance, And weighs up morning. Has the clock struck twelve ? Ren. Yes ; clocks will go as they are set : but man, Irregular man's ne'er constant, never certain : I have spent at least three precious hours of darkness 1л waiting dull attendance; 'tis the curse... | |
| English drama - 1811 - 718 pages
...scale of night has turned the balance, And weighs up morning. Has the clock struck twelve ? Ren. Yes; : I lui vc spent at least three precious hours of darkness In waiting dull attendance ; 'tis the curse... | |
| Thomas Otway - 1813 - 362 pages
...foundation, What storm will butter, and what tempest shake us ! Who's there? Enter SPINOSA. Ren. Yes ; clocks will go as they are set : but man, Irregular man's ne'er constant, never certain : I've spent at least three precious hours of darkness In waiting dull attendance ; 'tis the curse... | |
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