 | Jennifer Mulherin, Abigail Frost - 2001 - 38 pages
...buried. I, that am rudely stamp' d, and want love's majesty To strut before a wanton ambling nymph; Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to see my shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity: Act i Sc i Richard's plots are bearing... | |
 | Richard Slotkin - 2001 - 496 pages
...amorous looking-glass — I!" A noise, something between a laugh and a sob, broke from the man's chest. "I, in this weak piping time of peace, have no delight to pass away the time, unless to see: my shadow in the sun — and rfescant on mine own . . . deformity." His body was seized by a paroxysm... | |
 | Peter Quennell, Hamish Johnson - 2002 - 246 pages
...fascinated by his own image: Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace. Richmond, Henry, Earl of Roderigo Have no delight to pass away the time. Unless to spy my shadow in the sun.(li) Even as death approaches, he cannot escape from the conflict between his ineradicable self-love... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1989 - 1286 pages
...world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by ly band; For And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days, I am determined... | |
 | Michael Hattaway - 2002 - 308 pages
...breathing world scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them, Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have...shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity. (1.1.16-27) 'Descanting', a musical term, signifying that Richard boasts of his ability to counterpoint... | |
 | Gisèle Venet - 2002 - 350 pages
...blesser à mort, il 34. I, I, 2 ; ibid., 24 : «this weak piping time of peace» ; et ibid., 25-26 : «Have no delight to pass away the time, / Unless to spy my shadow in the sun». 35. I, I, 30 : «I am determined to prove a villain» ; et IV, IV, 137-139 : «O, she that might have... | |
 | Mary Ayers - 2003 - 260 pages
...world. scarce half made up. And that so lamely and unfashionable. That dogs bark at me as I halt by them: Why. I. in this weak piping time of peace. Have...shadow in the sun. And descant on mine own deformity: And therefore. since I cannot prove a lover. To entertain these fair well,spoken days. I am determined... | |
 | Susan J. Rosowski - 1996 - 316 pages
...sent before my time / Into this breathing world, scarce half made up"; and he complains that he has "no delight to pass away the time, / Unless to spy...shadow in the sun / And descant on mine own deformity" (ii .20-27). I would not want to overstate the importance of Arthur's brief allusion, but in context... | |
 | Mary Ayers - 2003 - 258 pages
...world. scarce half made up. And that so lamely and unfashionable. Thai dogs bark at me as I halt by them; Why. I. in this weak piping time of peace. Have no delight to pass away the lime. Unless to spy my shadow in the sun. And descant on mine own deformity: And therefore. since I... | |
 | Barry Rubin, Judith Colp Rubin - 2003 - 384 pages
...looking-glass . . . I that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time. — W ILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Richard III PREFACE Writing a biography of anyone is a challenging task,... | |
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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;... 
