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" I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling Nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them... "
Richard III. Henry VIII. Troilus and Cressida. Timon of Athens. Coriolanus - Page 8
by William Shakespeare - 1836
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The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays,: Which are Acted at the ...

Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 416 pages
...curtail'd of man's lair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissemblmg nature, Deform'd, untinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce...piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away my hours, Unless to see my shadow in the sun, And descant on my own deformity : Then, since this earth...
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The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the ...

Elizabeth Inchbald - 1808 - 418 pages
...curtail'd of man's fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, untinislul, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce...them ; Why I, in this weak, piping time of peace, c2 Have no delight to pass away my hours, Unless to see my shadow in the sun, And descant on my own...
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“The” Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 12

William Shakespeare - 1808 - 292 pages
...before my time Into this breathing world , scarce half made np,.. And that so lamely and nnfashionable, That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them; — Why I...pass away the time; "Unless to spy my shadow in the snn, And descant on mine own deformity : And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 11

William Shakespeare - 1808 - 420 pages
...world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionahle, That dogs hark at me, as I halt hy them ;— . Why I, in this weak piping time of peace,...shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity :7 And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover,s To entertain these fair well-spoken days,9 —...
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King Henry VI., part III. King Richard III. King Henry VIII. Troilus and ...

William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 546 pages
...curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature,5 Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce...deformity ; And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover,6 To entertain these fair well-spoken days, — I am determined to prove a villain, And hate...
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Essays on Shakespeare's Dramatic Characters: With an Illustration of ...

William Richardson - 1812 - 468 pages
...before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and un fashionably, That dogs bark at me as I halt by them : Why I (in...the time, Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And deffcant on mine own deformity : And, therefore, since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair...
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Shakspeare's himself again; or the language of the poet asserted

Andrew Becket - 1815 - 748 pages
...here, I think, disguising. Nature that made me a man, yet disguised me by unseemly features. B. Glo. Why I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no...in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity : And descant on mine m>n deformity :] Descant is a term in music, signifying in general that kind of harmony...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 19

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 518 pages
...nature,] By dissembling is not meant hypocritical nature, that pretends one thing and does i Deform'd, unfinished, sent before my time Into this breathing...shadow in the sun, (And descant on mine own deformity 7 ; And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover 8, another : but nature that puts together things...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 19

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 518 pages
...dissembling is not meant hypocritical nature, that pretends one thing and does Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce...shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity 7 ; And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover s, another : but nature that puts together things...
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The life and death of king Richard iii, a tragedy restored and re-arranged ...

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 108 pages
...nature, Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, B And that so lamely, and unfashionable, That dogs bark...shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity. Then, since this earth affords no joy to me, But to command, to check, to o'erbear such As are of better...
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