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" My story being done, She gave me for my pains a world of sighs; She swore, in faith, 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange; Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful. She wish'd she had not heard it, yet she wish'd That heaven had made her such a man; she thank'd... "
The British orator - Page 243
by Thomas King Greenbank - 1849
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...youth suffer'd. My story being done, She gave me for my pains a world of sighs. She swore in faith, 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange ; 'Twas pitiful,...She wish'd she had not heard it yet she wish'd Tha't Heav'n had made her such a man;...she tbank'd me, And bade me if I had a friend that lor'd her, I should...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr ..., Volume 16

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 438 pages
...never examined a single quarto copy. She swore, — In faith 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange ;5 'Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful : She wish'd,...heaven had made her such a man : she thank'd me ; And hade me, if I had a friend that lov'd her, I should hut teach him how to tell my story, And that would...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 16

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 448 pages
...of the editor of the second folio, who never examined a single quarto copy. She swore, — In faith 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange ;* 'Twas pitiful,...wish'd, she had not heard it; yet she wish'd That heaven hud made her such a man : she thank'd me ; And bade me, if I had a friend that lov'd her, I should...
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Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello. Glossarial index

William Shakespeare - 1811 - 498 pages
...sufler'd. My story being done, She gave me for my pains a world of sighs : She swore, — In faith, 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange ; Twas pitiful,...she thank'd me; And bade me, if I had a friend that lov'd her, I should but teach him how to tell my story, And that would woo her. Upon this hint, I spake...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 pages
...passing strange; " She wish'd she had not heard it yet she wish'd. pitiful 'twas wonderous pitiful That Heaven had made her such a man :—she thank'd. me,. And bade me, if I had a friend that lov*d her, I should but teach him how to tell my story, And that would woo her. On this hint I spake...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: In Nine Volumes, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1812 - 414 pages
...suffer'd. My story being done, She gave me for my pains a world of sighs ; She swore, — In faith.'twas strange, 'twas passing strange; "Twas pitiful, 'twas...she thank'd me; And bade me, if I had a friend that lov'd her, I should but teach him how to tell my story. And that would wno her. Upon this hint, I spake...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1812 - 420 pages
...swore, — In faith, 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange; 'Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitifnl : She wish'd, she had not heard it ; yet she wish'd...she thank'd me; And bade me, if I had a friend that lov'd her, I should but teach him how to tell my story. And that would woo her. Upon this hint, I spake...
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The Works in Verse and Prose

Robert Treat Paine - 1812 - 572 pages
...She wished she had not heard it ; yet she wished That heaven had made her such a man : She thanked me ; And bade me, if I had a friend, that loved her,...him how to tell my story, And that would woo her." This, it should be observed, is the first, timid, half-concealed confession of love, on the part of...
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Discoveries in hieroglyphics, and other antiquities, in ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Deverell - 1813 - 596 pages
...She wished she had not heard it;—yet she wished That Heaven had made her such a man: she thanked me, And bade me, if I had a friend that loved her,...this hint I spake; She loved me for the dangers I had past, And I loved her that she did pity them : This only is the witchcraft I have used. Here comes...
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Discoveries in hieroglyphics, and other antiquities, in ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Deverell - 1813 - 588 pages
...wished she had not heard it; — vet she wished \ ^* * That Heaven had made her such a man : she thanked me, And bade me, if I had a friend that loved her,...hint I spake ; She loved me for the dangers I had past, And I loved her that she did pity them : This only is the witchcraft I have used. Here comes...
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