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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... "
The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare - Page 8
by William Shakespeare - 1826
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The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 11

William Shakespeare - 1808 - 420 pages
...world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionahle, That dogs hark at me, as I halt hy them ;— . Why I, in this weak piping time of peace,...shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity :7 And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover,s To entertain these fair well-spoken days,9 —...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1811 - 386 pages
...ambling nymph ; 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...half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable, ri ] Alluding to the cognizance of E-\vard IV. which was a sun, in mem. cry ct' the three sum, which...
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Essays on Shakespeare's Dramatic Characters: With an Illustration of ...

William Richardson - Characters and characteristics in literature - 1812 - 468 pages
...before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and un fashionably, That dogs bark at me as I halt by them : Why I (in...the time, Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And deffcant on mine own deformity : And, therefore, since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair...
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Shakspeare's himself again; or the language of the poet asserted

Andrew Becket - 1815 - 748 pages
...here, I think, disguising. Nature that made me a man, yet disguised me by unseemly features. B. Glo. Why I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no...in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity : And descant on mine m>n deformity :] Descant is a term in music, signifying in general that kind of harmony...
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Elegant extracts in poetry, Volume 2

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made op. And that so lamely and unfashionable, That dogs bark...me, as I halt by them — Why I, in this weak piping time'of peace. Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 19

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 526 pages
...it be York that capers, the antecedent is at such a distance, that it is almost forgotten. JOHNSON. Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this...shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity 7 ; And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover 8, another : but nature that puts together things...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 19

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 518 pages
...dissembling is not meant hypocritical nature, that pretends one thing and does i Deform'd, unfinished, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce...shadow in the sun, (And descant on mine own deformity 7 ; And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover 8, another : but nature that puts together things...
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The life and death of king Richard iii, a tragedy restored and re-arranged ...

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 108 pages
...nature, Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, B And that so lamely, and unfashionable, That dogs bark...shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity. Then, since this earth affords no joy to me, But to command, to check, to o'erbear such As are of better...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: To which are Added His ...

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 542 pages
...cprtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature ; Deform'd, untinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce...piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the lime ; Unless to spy my shadow in the son, And descant on mine own deformity ; And therefore,— since...
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King Richard III.: A Tragedy; in Five Acts

William Shakespeare - Theater - 1823 - 60 pages
...curtail'd of man's fair proportion. Cheated of features by dissembling Nature, Deform'd, unnnish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce...piping time of peace. Have no delight to pass away my hours, Unless to see my shadow in the sun, And descant on my own deformity : Then, since this earth...
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