 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: So that I know not what to stay upon,...  Cheveley, Or, The Man of Honour - Page 185by Baroness Rosina Bulwer Lytton Lytton - 1839Full view - About this book
 | 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...1 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. Tbomas ? Cash.... | |
 | 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...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, He knows not to deceive me. Thomas! Cash.... | |
 | 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 - 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,... | |
 | 1832 - 826 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 I know not what to stay upon. And less to put in act. It shall be so. Nay, I dare build upon his secrecy,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1835 - 244 pages
...more. And thus was consummated the martyrdom of the Baptism of Fire. COQ-AL'ANE. VOL. I. COQ-AL'ANE. My brain, methinks, is like an hour-glass, Wherein...sands, Filling up time ; but then are turn'd, and tum'd, So that I know not what to stay upon, less to put in art. BEN JONSOW. A RAINY and gloomy winter... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1835 - 496 pages
...Fire. COQ-AL'AN-E. COQ-AL'ANE. My brain, methinks, is like an hour-glass, Wherein my imaginations ran like sands, Filling up time ; but then are turn'd. and turn'd, So that I know not what to stay upon, And less to put in art. BEN JONSONA RAINY and gloomy winter was just... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1850 - 770 pages
...breeds in, Not caring how the metal of your minds Is eaten with the rust of idleness." Ibid. p. 61. "Mr brain methinks is like an hour-glass, Wherein my imaginations run like sands Filling up time ; but these are turn'd and turn'd, So that I know not what to stay upon, And less to put in act." — Ibid.... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1851 - 768 pages
...breeds in, Not caring how the metal of your minds la eaten with the rust of idleness." Ibid. p. 61. "Mr brain methinks is like an hour-glass, Wherein my imaginations run like sands Filling up time ; but these are turn'd and turn'd, So that I know not what to stay upon, And less to put in act." — Ibid.... | |
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