With one or other of his loose consorts. I am a knave, if I know what to say, What course to take, or which way to resolve. My brain, methinks, is like an hour-glass, Wherein my imaginations run like sands, Filling up time; but then are turn'd and turn'd:... Cheveley: Or, The Man of Honour - Page 185by Baroness Rosina Bulwer Lytton Lytton - 1839Full view - About this book
| Ben Jonson - 1756 - 526 pages
...way to refolve. " My brain methinks is like an hour-glafs, " Wherein m' Imaginations run like fands " Filling up time ; but then are turn'd and turn'd : " So that I know not what to flay upon, " And lefs to put in act." It fhall be fo. Nay, I dare build upon his fecrefie, He knows... | |
| John Bell - 1776 - 494 pages
...way to refolre. My brain, methinks, is like an hour-glafs, Wherein my imagination runs, like fands, Filling up time; but then are turn'd and turn'd ; So that I know not what to ftay upon, And lefs to put in aft. It Hull be fo. Nay, I dare build upon his fecrecy, He knows not... | |
| David Garrick - 1798 - 318 pages
...consorts. H6 lam 1 am a knave, if I know what to say, What course to take, or which way to resolve. My brain, methinks, is like an hour-glass, Wherein...up time; but then are turn'd, and turn'd: So, that 1 know not what to stay upon, And less, to put in act. It shall be so. Nay I dare build upon his secrecy,... | |
| David Garrick - 1798 - 318 pages
...consorts. H6 lam I am 'a knave, if I know what to say, What course to take, or which way to resolve. My brain, methinks, is like an hour-glass, Wherein...like sands, Filling up time; but then are turn'd, and tnrn'd: So, that I know not what to stay upon, And less, to put in act. It shall be so. 5say I dare... | |
| Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 440 pages
...take, or which way to resolve. My brain, methinks, is like an hour-glass, Wherein my imagination runs, like sands, Filling up time; but then are turn'd and turn'd ; So that 1 know not what to stay upon, And less to put in act. — It shall be so Nay, I dare build upon his... | |
| Walter Scott - 1811 - 690 pages
...hour-glass, Wherein my imagination runs, like sands, Filling up time ; but then are turned, and turned ; So that I know not what to stay upon, And less to put in act. It shall be so. Nay, I dare build upon his secrecy ; He knows not to deceive me. Thomas ! CaM.... | |
| Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 780 pages
...MOST CAKACT«." p. .'0.'. [Art 3. Scene S. " My brain methinks is like an hour-glass, " Wherein in* imaginations run like sands " Filling up time ; but then are turn'd and tnrn'd: " So that I know not what to stay upon, " And li ss to put in act." It shall be so. Nay, I... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 538 pages
...dispatch of business. It appears, from the quarto, to hare been at " ten o'clock." Filling up time;' hut then are turn'd and turn'd : So that I know not what to stay upon, \ And less, to put in act. — It shall be so. Nay, I dare build upon his secrecy, He knows not to deceive me. — Thomas... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 546 pages
...loose consorts. I am a knave, if I know what to say, What course to take, or which way to resolve. My brain, methinks, is like an hour-glass, Wherein my imaginations run like sands, Why, 'tis a cockle, or a walnut shell, A knack, a toy, a trick, a baby's cap ; Away -with it ! come,... | |
| British drama - 1824 - 814 pages
...hour-glass, Wherein my imagination runs, like sands, Filling up time; but then are turn'd and be here too, So that I know not what to stay upon. And less to put in act. It shall be so. Nay, I dare build upon his secrecy, He knows not to deceive me. Thomas ! turn'd;... | |
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