| William Shakespeare - 1836 - 570 páginas
...true filed lines : In each of which he seems to shake a lance, As brandished at the eves of ignorance. blows I bear. I should kick, being kick'd ; and, being at that pass, slights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James ! But stay, I ace th<*c in... | |
| 546 páginas
...of the first to bring forward the plays of Shakespeare. He seems to have felt with Ben Jonson — " Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our water yet appear." The sight has been realized ; and the " Swan of Avon," somewhat ruffled by the neglect and slights... | |
| David Paul Brown - 1838 - 86 páginas
...sweet swan of Avon." Jonson, as is said, referring to these complimentary passages, introduces these lines : " Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear, And mark those flights upon the banks of Thames, That did so take Eliza and our... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1838 - 790 páginas
...true-filed lines ; In each of which he seems to shake a lance, As brandish'd at the eyes of ignorance. them tame, and know their natures.— Farewell, monsieur : I waters yet appear ; And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our... | |
| John William Carleton - 1848 - 550 páginas
...of the first to bring forward the plays of Shakespeare. He seems, to have felt with Ben Jonson — " Sweet Swan of Avon '. what a sight it were To see thee in our water yet appear." The sight has been realized ; and the " Swan of Avon," somewhat ruffled by the neglect and slights... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1841 - 316 páginas
...; for Ben Jonson, in his celebrated eulogy, thus apostrophises his departed friend : — Sweet swun of Avon, what a sight it were, To see thee in our waters yet appear ; And make those flights upon the banks ofThames, The latter monarch was present... | |
| Charles Edwards Lester - 1842 - 294 páginas
...show, To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe ; He was not of an age, but for all time. • - * * * * * Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear — ****** But stay ! I see thee in the hemisphere Advanced, and made a constellation... | |
| Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 páginas
...its associations with Shakspere. His contemporaries connected his fame with his native river : — ** Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were, To see thee in our waters yet appear. And make those tlights upon the banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and oui James... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1843 - 690 páginas
...ontemporary notoriety; for Jonson, in his celebrated eulogy, thus apostrophises his departed friend : — " Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were, To see thee in our waters yet appear : Anil make those flights upon the hanks of Thames, That to did tal» Eliza, and... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 páginas
...tiled lines : In each of which he seems to shake a lance, As brandish'd at the eyes of ignorance.' bers •\nd make those flights upon the banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James 1 But stay,... | |
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