 I knew there was but one way; for his nose was as sharp as a pen, and a' babbled of green fields. 'How now, Sir John?' quoth I: 'What, man/ Be of good cheer/' So a' cried out, 'God, God, God/' three or four times: now I, to comfort him, bid him a' should...  The Cyclopædia of Practical Quotations: English and Latin, with an Appendix ... - Page 83by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - 1882 - 899 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1848 - 498 pages
...with flowers, and smile upon his fingers1 ends, I knew there was but one way ; for his nose was •u sharp as a pen. and 'a babbled of green fields. How...John ? quoth I : what, man ! be of good cheer. So 'a cned out — God, God, God ! three or four times : now I. to comfort him. bid him, 'a should not think... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1849 - 952 pages
...tide: for after I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers, and smile upon his finger's 00 0 ` 0 ; I hoped, there was no need to trouble himself with any such thoughts yet : So, 'a bade me lay more... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - 1850 - 582 pages
...twelve and one, e'en at turning o' the tide: for after I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers, and smile upon his fingers* ends, I knew...quoth I: "what, man! be of good cheer. So 'a cried out—God, God, God! three or four times: now I, to comfort him, bid him 'a should not think of God;... | |
 | 1850 - 600 pages
...deeply pathetic in the midst oi its humor : " After I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers, and smile upon his fingers' ends, I knew...as sharp as a pen, and 'a babbled of green fields." Falstaff, to whom a tavern chair was the throne of human felicity, and whose heart was never open to... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1850 - 554 pages
...twelve and one, e'en at turning o' the tide; for after I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers, and smile upon his fingers' ends, I knew...as sharp as a pen, and 'a babbled of green fields. 3 How now, sir John ? quoth I; 2 ie chrisom child; which was one that died within one month of birth,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1850 - 604 pages
...deeply pathetic in the midst of its humor : " After I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers, and smile upon his fingers' ends, I knew...as sharp as a pen, and "a babbled of green fields." Falstaff, to whom a tavern chair was the throne of human felicity, and whose heart was never open to... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1850 - 580 pages
...twelve and one, e'en at turning o' the tide ; for after I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers, and smile upon his fingers' ends, I knew...nose was as sharp as a pen, and 'a babbled of green fields.3 How now, sir John ? quoth I ; 1 ie let me accompany thee. 2 ie chrisom child ; which was one... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1850 - 572 pages
...twelve and one, e'en at turning o' the tide ; for after I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers, and smile upon his fingers' ends, I knew...nose was as sharp as a pen, and 'a babbled of green fields.3 How now, sir John ? quoth I ; 1 ie let me accompany thee. 2 ie chrisom child ; which was one... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 744 pages
...twelve and one, e'en at turning o' the tide ; for after I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers, and smile upon his fingers' ends, I knew...to comfort him, bid him, 'a should not think of God ; I hoped there was no need to trouble himself with any such thoughts yet. So 'a bade me lay more clothes... | |
 | Henry Giles - 1851 - 322 pages
...twelve and one, e'en at turning o' the tide ; for after I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers, and smile upon his fingers' ends, I knew...'a cried out, God, God, God ! three or four times ; . . . then all was cold." Thus, as Shakspeare pictures, a man of pleasure died. Even upon him nature... | |
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