 | Alexander Dyce - 1843 - 350 pages
...of Venice, act ii. " Scene vi. ;" Pericles, act v. " Scene ii." SCENE 4.— C. p. 18 ; K. p. 391. " We have strict statutes, and most biting laws, (The needful bits and curbs to head-strong weeds,) Which for this fourteen years we have let sleep ; Even like an o'er- grown lion in a cave,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1843 - 728 pages
...bits and curbs for headstrong steeds — Which, for these fourteen years, we have let sleep, Like to an o'ergrown lion in a cave, That goes not out to prey. MEASURE FOR MEASURE. ^f- UPHEMIA DEANS," said the presiding Judge, in an accent in which pity Í was... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1848 - 386 pages
...wherein he unfolds his wishes and designs to the principal of the religious house where he puts up. DUKE. We have strict statutes and most biting laws, (The needful bits and curbs of headstrong steeds,) Which for these fourteen years we have let sleep; Even like an o'ergrown lion... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1849 - 952 pages
...And so it is receiv'd: Now, pious sir, You will demand of me, why I do this? Fri. Gladly, my lord. honest use ; therefore you must die. Come, headsman, nil' with his head. for head-strong steeds,) Which for these fourteen years we have let sleep; Even like an o'er-grown... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1850 - 614 pages
...And so it is received : 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 headstrong steeds,) Which for these fourteen years we have let sleep ; Even like an o'ergrown lion... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1850 - 656 pages
...so it is received : now, pious sir, • You will demand of me, why I do this ? Fri. Gladlv, my lord. Duke. We have strict statutes and most biting laws, (The needful bits and curbs for headstrong steeds,) Which for these fourteen years we have let sleep ; Even like an o'enjrown lion... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 620 pages
...And so it is receiv'd : Now, pious sir, You will demand of me why I do this ? FBI. Gladly, my lord. DUKE. We have strict statutes, and most biting laws, (The needful bits and curbs to headstrong steeds d,) Which for this fourteen years we have let slip* ; Even like an o'ergrown lion in a cave, That goes... | |
 | Joseph Banvard - 1851 - 316 pages
...at Bm Hoyil (Jamaica) 1692 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR, LENOX AHO TILOEN CHAPTER XVII. • " We have strict statutes, and most biting laws, The needful bits and curbs to headstrong steeds." — SHAKESPEARE. " The good needs fear no law j It is bis safety, and the bad man's awe." — MASSI^GER.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 622 pages
...And so it is receiv'd : Now, pious sir, You will demand of me why I do this ? FBr. Gladly, my lord. DUKE. We have strict statutes, and most biting laws, (The needful bits and curbs to headstrong steeds'1,) Which for this fourteen years we have let slip6 ; Even like an o'ergrown lion in a cave,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 772 pages
...And so it is received: 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 headstrong steeds,) Which for these fourteen years we have let sleep ; Even like an o'ergrown lion... | |
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