 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 384 pages
...Now, pious sir, You will demand of me, why I do this i goa Fri. Gladly, my lord. Duke. We have stria statutes, and most biting laws (The needful bits and curbs for head-strong steeds} Which for these nineteen years we Juve let sleep ; Even like an o'ergrown lion in a cave, That goes not out to prey... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 76 pages
...And so it is rcceiv'd. Now, pious sir. You will demand of me, why I do this ? Peler. Gladly, my lord. Duke. We have strict statutes, and most biting laws, (The needful bits and curbs to headstrong steeds,) Which for these fourteen years we have let sleep : Now, as — (fond fathers... | |
 | 1872 - 610 pages
...sterner enactments. The Duke dwells on this necessity in explaining the motives of his conduct : — ' Duke. We have strict statutes and most biting laws, — The needful bits and curbs to headstrong steeds, — Which for this fourteen years we have let sleep, Even like an o'ergrown lion... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 408 pages
...Now, pious Sir, • You will demand of me, why I do this ? I'ri. Gladly, my Lord. Duke. We have strich statutes, and most biting laws, (The needful bits and curbs for head-strong steeds,) "SVhich for these fourteen years we have let sleep; Even like an o'er - grown lion in a cave, That... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 426 pages
...And so it is receiv'd : Now, pious sir, You will demand of me, why I do this ? Fri. Gladly, my lord. Duke. We have strict statutes, and most biting laws, (The needful bits and curbs for head-strong steed*,) Which for these fourteen years we have let sleep 9 ; Even like an o'er-grown lion in a cave,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 382 pages
...it in the common ear, And so it is receiVd : Now, pious sir, You will demand of me, why I do this ? Duke. We have strict statutes, and most biting laws,...these fourteen years we have let sleep ; Even like an o'er-gro\vn lion in a cave, That goes not out to prey : Now, as fond fathers Having bound up the threat'ning... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 578 pages
...statutes, and most biting The needful bits and curbs for head-strong steeds) Which for these nineteen vears we have let sleep ; Even like an o'er-grown lion in a cave, lliat goes not out to prey : Now, as fond fathers Having bound up the ihrcal'ning twigs of birch, 3nly... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 454 pages
...And so it is receiv'd. Now, pious sir. You will demand of me, why I do this ? Peter. Gladly, my lord. Duke. We have strict statutes, and most biting laws, (The needful bits and curbs to headstrong steeds,) Which for these fourteen years' we have let sleep : Now, as — (fond fathers... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 434 pages
...receiv'd. Now, pious sir, You will demand of me, why I do this ? • Peter. Gladly, my lord. Dulse. We have strict statutes, and most biting laws, (The needful bits and curbs to headstrong steeds,) Which for these fourteen years we have let sleep : Now, as — (fond fathers... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1809 - 338 pages
...that of the laws of Vienna, as represented by Duke Vincentio, in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure. We have strict statutes, and most biting laws, The...bits and curbs for headstrong steeds, Which for these MANY years we have let sleep,' Ev'n like an o'ergrown lion in a cave ' That goes not out to prey :... | |
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Even like an o'er-grown lion in a cave, That goes not out to prey. 
