 The times have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools.  Punch - Page 2171845Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1798 - 442 pages
...and fince too, murders have been perform'd Too terrible for the ear : the times have been, That, whea the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end : but now, they rife again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And pufh us from our (tools ? This is more... | |
 | PURSUITS. - 1798 - 422 pages
...is ; and I can account for it on no other principle than Macbeth's when Banquo rofe at the feaft ; " The times have been, That, when the brains were out,* the man would eKe, And there an end ; but now, they rife again With twenty mortal gafhes on their crown. — This... | |
 | Books and bookselling - 1799 - 510 pages
...cur amufement. We may truly fay with Macbeth, • • * The times have been, That, when the biains were out, the man would die, And there an end : but now, they rife again, With twenty mortal murdeis on their crowns, And pulh U4 from our floola.' And furely it... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1800 - 322 pages
...ftatute purg'd the gentle weal ; Ay, and fince too, murders have been perform'd Too terrible for the ear: the times have been, That, when the brains were out,...the man would die, And there an end : but now, they rife again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And pufti us from our (tools : This is more... | |
 | Frances Brooke - 1802 - 292 pages
...night the guefls of the Count and Couhtefs, and next da> the party removed to Berezule. CHAP. VII. *• The times have been *' That when the brains were out, the man would die, " And there an end." SHAKESPEARE. JL HE apartments of the haunted corridor were, through particular refpect, allotted, by... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 412 pages
...purg'd the gentle weal ; Ay, and since too, murders have been perform'd Too terrible for the ear : the times have been, That, when the brains were out,...again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools : This is more strange Than such a murder is. Lady M. My worthy lord, Your... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 558 pages
...purg'd the gentle weal ; Ay, and since too, murders have been perform 'd Too terrible for the ear: the times have been, That, when the brains were out,...again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools: This is more strange Than such a murder is. Lady M. My worthy lord, Your... | |
 | 1839 - 618 pages
...philosophy which they pretend to discuss — had been utterly extinguished — — — ' The limes have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end : but now they come again, With twenty mortal mnniers on their crowns, And push us from our stools.' It would be waste... | |
 | Europe - 1803 - 670 pages
...flattered ourselves we had done with the Duke of BEDFORD and his Assessed Taxes — " The times hnve been, " That when the brains were out, the man would die, " And there an end " But unfortunately for him, his bungling Advocates will not suffer the transaction to sink into that oblivion... | |
 | William Cook - Actors - 1804 - 468 pages
...hold out no longer, but exclaimed, -" tiir times have been That when the hrai/it were out the matt would die, And there an end — but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools." The performers on this could not resist a general laugh, which, though... | |
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