I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news, Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary... The Works of Shakespeare ... - Page 104by William Shakespeare - 1907Full view - About this book
| 1832 - 618 pages
...escape him when he says, " Old men and beldams in the streets Do prophecy upon it dangerously. I >aw the smith stand with his hammer thus The whilst his iron...did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing m uilur'a news !" " Speculation," says Mr. Brittnn, "now started into life, hut its spirit experienced... | |
| Thomas Henry Lister - 1832 - 336 pages
...shake their heads And whisper one another in the ear, And he that speaks doth gripe the hearer's wrist, Whilst he that hears makes fearful action With wrinkled brows, with nods, with rolling eyes." KING JOHN. THE painful task of conducting those melancholy arrangements which a death entails upon... | |
| 1832 - 428 pages
...written, in which Hubert is made to say,— I saw a smith stand with Ins hammer thus, The u Jiilst MB Iron did on the anvil cool, ' With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news; Who, with Ms shears and measure in his hand, Standing on slippers (which his nimble haste Had falsely... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1833 - 1140 pages
...in the ear; And he, that speaks, doth gripe the hearer's wrist; Whilst he, that hears, makes learful th she been deformed? Speed. Ever since you loved her. I'al. Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had falsely... | |
| James Rennie - 1835 - 408 pages
...the orifice of the tube being thereby enlarged, — an observation which did not escape Shakspeare : I saw a smith stand with his hammer thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, Wilh open mouth swallowing a tailor's newsf. Such is the ear of man: but in birds it differs in many... | |
| Theodore Sedgwick Fay - 1835 - 906 pages
...their heads, And whisper one another in the ear : And he that speaks doth gripe the hearer's wrist Whilst he that hears makes fearful action, With wrinkled brows, with nods, with rolling eyes." K. John. THE Americans are called great travellers. They early imbibe the taste in their own country,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1836 - 624 pages
...their heads, And whisper one another in the ear; And he, that speaks, doth gripe the hearer's wrist ; Whilst he, that hears, makes fearful action, With...anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news ; Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had falsely... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1836 - 570 pages
...their heads, And whisper one another in the ear ; And he that speaks doth gripe the hearer's wrist; Whilst he that hears makes fearful action, With wrinkled...anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news ; Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had falsely... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1836 - 570 pages
...doth gripe the hearer's wrist ; Whilst he, that hears, makes fearful action, With wrinkled brows, wilh nods, with rolling eyes,* I saw a smith stand with...hammer thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, Wilh open mouth swallowing a tailor's news ; Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Standing... | |
| William West - 1837 - 236 pages
...happily as Shakespear in his King John, where he has with such effect blended the three artificers, " I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst...anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news ; Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Standing on slippers (which his nimble hast« Had falsely... | |
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