 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 546 pages
...bless the giver, nor look the gift horse in the mouth. ENGLISH BARDS, AND SCOTCH REVIEWERS; A SATIRE. I had rather be a kitten, and cry mew ! Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers. SlIAhSI'KAIM' Such shameless bards we have; and yet, 't is true, There are as mad, abandon'd critics... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Theater - 1826 - 996 pages
...helpful ornament ; A virtue that was never seen in you. Hot. Marry, and I'm glad oft with all my heart : "H 1826 C. & J that would set my teeth nothing on edge, Nothing so much as mincing poetry ; "Tis like the forc'd gait... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 560 pages
...ornament12; A virtue that was never seen 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...ballad-mongers : I had rather hear a brazen canstick 13 turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate on an axle-tree; And that would set my teeth nothing on edge, Nothing... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 558 pages
...ornament12; A virtue that was never seen 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...ballad-mongers : I had rather hear a brazen canstick 13 turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate on an axle-tree ; And that would set my teeth nothing on edge, Nothing... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 514 pages
...ornament ; A virtue that was never seen 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...metre ballad-mongers : I had rather hear a brazen canstick7 turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate on an axle-tree ; And that would set my teeth nothing on edge,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1827 - 844 pages
...rr * heart: I had rather be я kitten and cry— mew, Than one of these same metre ballad mongers : tell vho's your friend ; open your chaps again. Tri». I should know that voice: It s that would set my teeth nothing on edge, Nothing so much as mincing poetry ; "ii, like the forc'd gait... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1827 - 362 pages
...RHYMERS. Marry, and I am glad of it with all my heart: I had rather be a kitten, and cry — mew, i Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers: I had rather hear a brazen canstick§ ttirn'd, Or a dry wheel grate on an axletree; And that would set my teeth nothing on edge, * Drops.... | |
 | Ant The - 1827 - 306 pages
...with fame, And to posterity consigns the glory of his name ! 1828. THITA. THE JOURNEYMAN RHYMER. " I'd rather be a kitten and cry mew, Than one of these same metre ballad-makers : I'd rather hear a brazen candlestick turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate on an axle tree,... | |
 | General reader - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1827 - 246 pages
...Guardian, No. 117. RHYMERS. — FEELINGS THEY EXCITE. Marry, and I am glad of it with all my heart. I had rather be a kitten, and cry — mew, Than one of those same metre ballad mongers; I had rather hear a brazen canstick turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate on... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1828 - 346 pages
...helpful ornament ; A virtue that was never seen 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...hear a brazen canstick turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate oil an axle-tree ; And that would set my teeth nothing on edge, Nothing so much as mincing poetry ;... | |
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I had rather be a kitten, and cry mew, Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers ; I had rather hear a brazen canstick turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tree ; And that would set my teeth nothing on edge, Nothing so much as mincing poetry ; —... 
