 Tis true, and all men's suffrage. But these ways Were not the paths I meant unto thy praise ; For silliest ignorance on these may light, Which, when it sounds at best, but echoes right...  Aphorisms from Shakespeare - Page xxxiby William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft - 1812 - 456 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson - 1879 - 844 pages
...Marlowe's mighty line." — B. Or blind affection, which doth ne'er advance The truth, but gropes, and urgeth all by chance; Or crafty malice might pretend this praise, And think to ruin, where it seemed to raise. These are, as some infamous bawd, or whore, Should praise a matron : what would hurt... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1879 - 556 pages
...at best, but echo's right ; Or blind affection, which doth ne'er advance The truth, but gropes, and urgeth all by chance ; Or crafty malice might pretend this praise, And think to ruin, where it seein'd to raise. These are, as some infamous bawd or whore Should praise a matron. What could hurt... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1880 - 300 pages
...at best, but echoes right ; Or blind affection, which doth ne'er advance The truth, but gropes, and urgeth all by chance ; Or crafty malice might pretend...But thou art proof against them ; and, indeed, Above th' ill fortune of them or the need. I, therefore, will begin : Soul of the age, Th' applause, delight,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 524 pages
...might pretend this praise, And think to ruin where it seemed to raise. These are, as some infdmous bawd or whore Should praise a matron ; what could...and, indeed, Above the ill fortune of them, or the need. I therefore will begin : Soul of the age ! The applause, delight, the wonder of our stage ! My... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 536 pages
...at best, but echoes right; Or blind affection, which doth ne'er advance The truth, but gropes, and urgeth all by chance ; Or crafty malice might pretend this praise, And think to ruin where it seemed to raise. These are, as some infamous bawd or whore Should praise a matron; what could hurt... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 528 pages
...at best, but echoes right ; Or blind affection, which doth ne'er advance The truth, but gropes, and urgeth all by chance ; Or crafty malice might pretend this praise, And think to ruin where it seemed to raise. These are, as some infamous bawd or whore Should praise a matron ; what could hurt... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 pages
...best, but echoes right; Or blind affection, which doth ne'er advance The truth, but gropes, and urges all by chance ; Or crafty malice might pretend this praise, And think to ruin where it seemed to raise. But thou art proof against them, and, indeed, Above the ill fortune of them, or the... | |
 | William Thomson - 1880 - 382 pages
...allegoric or dramatic poetry. Either the eulogy by Ben Jonson was thus allusive and not e facie> " Or, crafty malice might pretend this praise, And think to ruin where it seem'd to raise." For Bacon, who had small Latin and little Greek compared with ordinary playwriters of the time, is... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1881 - 304 pages
...at best, but echoes right ; Or blind affection, which doth ne'er advance The truth, but gropes, and urgeth all by chance ; Or crafty malice might pretend...But thou art proof against them ; and, indeed, Above th' ill fortune of them or the need. I, therefore, will begin : Soul of the age, Th' applause, delight,... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pages
...at best, but echoes right, Or blind affection, which doth ne'er advance The truth, but gropes, and 4` 4 228 229 These are, as some infamous bawd, or whore, Should praise a matron : what could hurt her more... | |
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