 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 520 pages
...Hath this extent, no more. Rude am I in my speech, And little bless'd with the set phrase of peace 4 ; For since these arms of mine had seven years' pith,...moons wasted, they have us'd Their dearest action 5 in the tented field ; And little of this great world can I speak, More than pertains to feats of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 588 pages
...Hath this extent, no more. Rude am I in my speech, Ami little bless'd with the set phrase of peace ; For since these arms of mine had seven years' pith, Till now some nine moons wasted, they have Qttd Their dearest action* in the tented field ; And little of this great world can I speak, More than... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 454 pages
...STEEVENS. It seems, in all these instances, to mean — greatest, most important. So, in Othello : " For since these arms of mine had seven years' pith, " Till now some nine moons wasted, they have used " Their dearest action in the tented field." See vol. ix. p. 257, where Mr. Malone gives the same... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 446 pages
...Only fair speech. " Rude am I in my speech, " And little bless'd with the soft phrase of peace ; " And little of this great world can I speak, " More than pertains to feats of broils and battles." MALONE. i Even as she speaks, why ALL, their hearts were yours :] The word all was supplied... | |
 | English literature - 1821 - 612 pages
...seven years old, Till now of silver greyness, it has us'd Its dearest action in the field of letters ; And little of this great world can I speak More than pertains to books of needy authors, And therefore little shall I grace my cause In speaking of myself: — Yet,... | |
 | 1821 - 614 pages
...seven years old, Till now of silver greyness, it has us'd Its dearest action in the field of letters ; And little of this great world can I speak More than pertains to .books of needy authors, And therefore little shall I grace my cause In speaking of myself: — Yet,... | |
 | Oratory - 1822 - 116 pages
...offending Hath this extent; no more. Rude am I in speech, And little bless'd with the set phrase of peace; For since these arms of mine had seven years pith, 'Till now some nine moons wasted, they have u^'d Their dearest action in the tented field ; ( And little of this great world can I speak More than... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...Hath this extent ; no more. Rude am I in speech, And little bless'd with the set phrase of peace ; For since these arms of mine had seven years' pith,...I speak, More than pertains to feats of broils and battles ; And therefore little shall I grace my cause, In speaking for myself. Yet, by your patience,... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...For since these arms of mine had seven year's pith, Till now, some nine moons wasted, they have ua'rt Their dearest action in the tented field ; And little...I speak, More than pertains to feats of broils and brittle ; And therefore, little shall I grace my cause, In speaking of myself. Yet by your patience,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 558 pages
...Hath this extent, no more. Rude am I in my speech, And little bless'd with the set phrase of peace ; * For since these arms of mine had seven years' pith,...some nine moons wasted, they have us'd Their dearest action4 in the tented field ; » And little of this great world can I speak, More than pertains to... | |
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Their dearest action in the tented field; And little of this great world can I speak, More than pertains to feats of broil and battle ; And therefore little shall I grace my cause In speaking for myself. Yet, by your gracious patience... 
