| William Shakespeare - 1773 - 530 pages
...ornament ; A virtue that was never feen in you. , Hot. Marry, and I'm glad of it with all my heart ; I had rather be a kitten, and cry, mew, Than one of thefe fame metre-ballad-mongers : I had rather hear * a brazen candleftick turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1780 - 336 pages
...old beldame earth, and topples down High tow'rs and mofs-grown fteeples. On miferahle Rhymers. (7) I had rather be a kitten, and cry, mew ! Than one of thefe fame meter-ballad-mongers : I'd rather hear a brazen candleftick turn'd, Or (6) I blame, &c.]... | |
| Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1784 - 516 pages
...FJ/ay on the Origin und Pregrefs of Song Writing. Three yds. Small %-vo. \2S. in Beards. Johnfon. ' I had rather be a kitten, and cry mew ! Than one of thefe fame metre-ballad mongers.' TriE poet who fupgefts this idea was acquainted with every paflion... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1789 - 712 pages
...btlpful tmamtnt ;]— &t off my .own language by Hot. Marry, and I'm glad of it with all my heart} I had rather be a kitten, and cry— mew, Than one of thefe fame metre ballad-mongers : I had rather hear a brazen candleftick turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate... | |
| Andrew Becket - 1787 - 494 pages
...S. 2. POESY. — — Much is the force of heaven-bred poefy. 'Two Gentlemen of Verona, A. 3, S. 2. I had rather be a kitten, and cry — mew, Than one of thefe fame metre ballad-mongers ; I had rather hear a brazen canftick turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate... | |
| William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1790 - 694 pages
....'.-.:'---••'.,": ft*. Prick out mine eyes with a ballad-maker's pen Mu.Ado A. Nat. Baliad-mxgtrs. I had rather be a kitten and cry — mew, than one of thcfe fame metre ballad-mongers - - - I Her.iy TV. Baiufag. And fo more equal ballafting to thee, Pofthumus... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1790 - 626 pages
...its ttnpti— J The Englifli language.. JOHNSOK. Het. Marry, and I'm glad of it with all my heart ; I had rather be a kitten, and cry — mew, Than one of thefe fame metre ballad-mongers : I had rather hear a brazen canftick turn'd 6, Or a dry wheel grate... | |
| Samuel Ayscough - 1791 - 688 pages
...Bíuaí-ma ',рея. Prick out mine eyes with a ballad-maker's pen Ma. Ado A. Notb. 2 Soi i BiUad-ictgeri. I had rather be a kitten and cry — mew, than one of thefe fame metre I 123 ; -14 ballad-mongers - - I Henry iv. I 458 !¿ Rife/sing. And Го more equal... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1792 - 50 pages
...the world : They lofe it, that do buy it with much care. The Merchant ofVenice, A. i. Sc. 2. RHYMERS. I had rather be a kitten, and cry mew ! Than one of thefe fame metre ballad-mongers. I'd rather hear a brazen candleftick turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1793 - 700 pages
...helpful ornament; A virtue that was never feen in you. HOT. Marry, and I'm glad of 't with all my heart ; I had rather be a kitten, and cry — mew, Than one of thefe fame metre ballad-mongers : I had rather hear a brazen canftick turn'd,7 s For I wat train* d... | |
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