 | William Shakespeare - 1871 - 842 pages
...the grey vault of heaven: and by his light, Did all the chivalry of England mo've To do brave acts; he was, indeed, the glass Wherein the noble youth did dress themselves, lie hail no le^'s, that practised not his L'ait: A nit speaking t hick, which nature made h is blemish,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - 488 pages
...In the gray vault of heaven: and by his light Did all the chivalry of England move To do brave acts: he was, indeed, the glass Wherein the noble youth did dress themselves And speaking thick, which nature made his blemish, He had no legs that practis'd not his cait; Became... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1873 - 132 pages
...trisyllable: ' And that hath dazzled my reason's light.' 2 Mirror, #c.] Compare 2 K. Henry IV. ii. 3, ' He was indeed the glass wherein the noble youth did dress themselves.' See the Editor's Hamlet, p. 79. Yet liv'st thou, Salisbury ? though thy speech doth fail, One eye thou... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1874 - 602 pages
...the grey vault of heaven; and, by his light, Did all the chivalry of England move To do brave acts : he was, indeed, the glass Wherein the noble youth...made his blemish, Became the accents of the valiant ; For those that could speak low, and tardily, Would turn their own perfection to abuse, To seem like... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1875 - 438 pages
...grey vault of hea»en : and, by his light, Did all the chivalry of England move To do brave acts ; he was, indeed, the glass Wherein the noble youth...themselves. He had no legs, that practis'd not his gait 1 : And speaking thick 2 , which nature made his blemish, Became the accents of the valiant ; For those... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1875 - 504 pages
...strut, to walk proudly. See vol. iii. p. 393, note 3. 5 Thus in the Second Part of King Henry IV.— " He was indeed the glass, Wherein the noble youth did dress themselves." Again in Cymbeline :— And not so much to feed on, as delight ; All poverty was scorn'd, and pride... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1876 - 1202 pages
...the gray vault of heaven ; and by his light Did all the chivalry of England move To do brave acts : he was indeed the glass Wherein the noble youth did...legs that practis'd not his gait; And speaking thick, 11 which Nature made his blemish, Became the accents of the valiant; For those that could speak low... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1877 - 380 pages
...the grey vault of heaven : and, by his light, Did all the chivalry of England move To do brave acts; he was, indeed, the glass Wherein the noble youth...made his blemish, Became the accents of the valiant; For those that could speak low, and tardily, Would turn their own perfection to abuse, To seem like... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1878 - 502 pages
...the gray vault of heaven ; and, by his light. Did all the chivalry of England move To do brave acts : he was, indeed, the glass Wherein the noble youth did dress themselves. He had no legs, that practised not his gait ; And speaking thick, which nature made his blemish, Became the accents of the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1878 - 300 pages
...root;" and see also Id. i. 6. 3 and iii. 4. 76. 153. The glass of fashion. Cf. 2 Hen. IV. ii. 3. 2r: " he was indeed the glass Wherein the noble youth did dress themselves;" and BJ, Cynthia's Revels, dedic.: " in thee the whole kingdom dresseth itself, and is ambitious to... | |
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He was indeed the glass Wherein the noble youth did dress themselves. He had no legs that practis'd not his gait ; And speaking thick, which nature made his blemish, Became the accents of the valiant." Hence, too, the effect of those writers who unite... 
