And then he drew a dial from his poke, ! And, looking on it with lack-lustre eye, Says very wisely, " It is ten o'clock : Thus we may see," quoth he, " How the world wags : 'Tis but an hour ago since it was nine, And after one hour more 'twill be eleven... The Works of William Shakespeare - Page 359by William Shakespeare - 1857Full view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1920 - 172 pages
...he, "Call me not fool till heaven hath sent me fortune." And then he drew a dial from his poke, 20 And, looking on it with lack-lustre eye, Says very...was nine ; And after one hour more 'twill be eleven ; 25 And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe And then from hour to hour, we rot and rot, And thereby... | |
| William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...his poak, And looking on it with lack-lustre eye, Says very wisely, It is ten o'clock : Thus, may we see, quoth he, how the world wags: 'Tis but an hour...hour to hour we ripe and ripe, And then from hour td hour we rot and rot, And thereby hangs a tale. When I did hear The motley fool thus moral on the... | |
| Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 454 pages
...Says, very wisely j " It is ten a'clock : " Thus may we see," quoth he, " How the world wags! *f is but an hour ago, since it was nine ; And after one...And then, from hour to hour, we rot, and rot, And (hereby hangs a tale." When I did hear The motley fool thus moral on the time, My lungs began to crow... | |
| William Richardson - 1812 - 468 pages
...lack-lustre ey<;, Says, very wisely, // is ten o'clock ; Thus may we see, quoth he, how the world wags, 'fis but an hour ago since it was nine ; And after one...to hour, we rot and rot, And thereby hangs a tale. 0 noble fool ! A worthy fool !— Motley's the only wear. Duke. What fool is this? Jaq. O worthy fool... | |
| Robert Plumer Ward - 1837 - 338 pages
...too, " he drew a dial from his poke," and with something like a sigh, repeated — " Thus we may see how the world wags ; 'Tis but an hour ago since it...to hour we rot and rot, And thereby hangs a tale." At this he got up, and seemed preparing to walk, when fearing to lose him, I showed myself, and we... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 pages
...lack-lustre eye, Buys, very wisely, It is ten o'clock ; Thus mny we see, quoth he, how the world wags : 'Tie but an hour ago since it was nine, And after one hour...ripe and ripe, And then from hour to hour we rot and roí, And thereby hangs a tale. When I did hear The motley fool thus moral on the time, My lungs began... | |
| William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 pages
...his poke, And looking on it with lack-lu<tre eye, Says very wisely, It is ten o'clock : Thus may we see, quoth he, how the world wags : "Tis but an hour...from hour to hour we rot and rot, And thereby hangs a talc. When I did hear The motley fool thus moral on the time, My lungs began to crow like chanticleer,... | |
| Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 pages
...world ! As I do live by food, I met a fool, Who laid him down and basked him in the sun, And railed on lady Fortune in good terms, In good set terms,...ago, since it was nine ; " And after one hour more, 't will be eleven ; " And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, " And then, from hour to hour, we... | |
| Francis Edward Paget - 1860 - 344 pages
...resolution, the new Curate of Cumberworth went to sleep. CHAPTEE V. TAKING TIME BY THE FOBELOCK. " And then he drew a dial from his poke, And looking...was nine; And after one hour more 'twill be eleven.' " As you liite it. BXIT the Curate of Cumberworth soon woke. FOP his mind being, like Tony Lumpkins',... | |
| Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 pages
...All, that in this world is great or gay, Doth, as a vapour, vanish and decay. Speiuer, Rui us of Time. 'Tis but an hour ago, since it was nine ; And, after...ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot. Sh. At YL 1I. 7. What surety of the world, what hope, what stay, When this was now a king, and now... | |
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