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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... "
The Works of Shakespeare ... - Page 104
by William Shakespeare - 1907
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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for ..., Volume 102, Part 1

English essays - 1832 - 618 pages
...escape him when he says, " Old men and beldams in the streets Do prophecy upon it dangerously. I >aw the smith stand with his hammer thus The whilst his iron...did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing m uilur'a news !" " Speculation," says Mr. Brittnn, "now started into life, hut its spirit experienced...
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Arlington: A Novel, Volume 1

Thomas Henry Lister - 1832 - 336 pages
...shake their heads And whisper one another in the ear, And he that speaks doth gripe the hearer's wrist, Whilst he that hears makes fearful action With wrinkled brows, with nods, with rolling eyes." KING JOHN. THE painful task of conducting those melancholy arrangements which a death entails upon...
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The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment, Volume 8

1832 - 428 pages
...written, in which Hubert is made to say,— I saw a smith stand with Ins hammer thus, The u Jiilst MB Iron did on the anvil cool, ' With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news; Who, with Ms shears and measure in his hand, Standing on slippers (which his nimble haste Had falsely...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ...

William Shakespeare - 1833 - 1140 pages
...in the ear; And he, that speaks, doth gripe the hearer's wrist; Whilst he, that hears, makes learful th she been deformed? Speed. Ever since you loved her. I'al. Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had falsely...
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The Faculties of Birds

James Rennie - Birds - 1835 - 408 pages
...the orifice of the tube being thereby enlarged, — an observation which did not escape Shakspeare : I saw a smith stand with his hammer thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, Wilh open mouth swallowing a tailor's newsf. Such is the ear of man: but in birds it differs in many...
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Norman Leslie [ed. by N.P. Willis].

Theodore Sedgwick Fay - New York (N.Y.) - 1835 - 906 pages
...their heads, And whisper one another in the ear : And he that speaks doth gripe the hearer's wrist Whilst he that hears makes fearful action, With wrinkled brows, with nods, with rolling eyes." K. John. THE Americans are called great travellers. They early imbibe the taste in their own country,...
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Select plays from Shakspeare; adapted for the use of schools and young ...

William Shakespeare - 1836 - 624 pages
...their heads, And whisper one another in the ear; And he, that speaks, doth gripe the hearer's wrist ; Whilst he, that hears, makes fearful action, With...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...
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Winter's tale. Comedy of errors. Macbeth. King John. Richard II. Henry IV, pt. 1

William Shakespeare - 1836 - 570 pages
...their heads, And whisper one another in the ear ; And he that speaks doth gripe the hearer's wrist; Whilst he that hears makes fearful action, With wrinkled...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...
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The Dramatic Works and Poems of William Shakespeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1836 - 570 pages
...doth gripe the hearer's wrist ; Whilst he, that hears, makes fearful action, With wrinkled brows, wilh nods, with rolling eyes,* I saw a smith stand with...hammer thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, Wilh open mouth swallowing a tailor's news ; Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Standing...
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Fifty Years' Recollections of an Old Bookseller: Consisting of Anecdotes ...

William West - Booksellers and bookselling - 1837 - 236 pages
...happily as Shakespear in his King John, where he has with such effect blended the three artificers, " I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst...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 hast« Had falsely...
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