 | Henry Headley - 1810 - 236 pages
...conqueror." LLWEN AND GYNETH. O fellow, come, the song we had last night, Mark it, Cesario, it is old and plain, The spinsters and the knitters in the sun,...free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it. <HAKSPEABB. LLWEN. " \J MY troubled soul, I see nought save the hollowbeating wave ; the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 628 pages
...lost : And Mira must contented be, To live by Ramsay and by me. JEDtrrX .l.VO EMMA. Mark it, Cosario, it is true and plain. The spinsters and the knitters in the Sun, [bones, And the free maids that weave their thread with Do use to chant it. It is silly sooth, And... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 454 pages
...Curio, and Clown. Duke. O fellow, come, the song we had last night : — Mark it, Cesario; it is old and plain: The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids, that weave their thread with honest, Do use to chaunt it; it is silly soothj, And dallies with the innocence of love. Like the old... | |
 | Benjamin Stillingfleet - 1811 - 480 pages
...sensations. " The ploughman whistling o'er the furrow'd land/' *' The milk-maid singing blithe," " The spinsters and the knitters in the Sun, And the free maids, that weave their thread with bone . Chaunting," were objects that drew the attention of two of the greatest poets the world has... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1811 - 456 pages
...fragments, which descend by tradition, and are early imprinted on every mind ¡ — " Which spinners and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids, that weave their thread with bones, »o use to chant of." Mr. Cromek next proceeds to investigate some of the causes which may have led... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 460 pages
...fellow, come, the song we had last night : — Mark it, Cesarto; it is old and plain : The spiusters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids, that weave their thread with bo nest, Do use to channt it; it is silly sooth;, And dallies with the innocence of love, lake the... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 520 pages
...CURIO, and Clown. Duke. O fellow, come, the song we had last night : — Mark it, Cesario ; it is old, and plain : The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free6 maids, that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it ; it is silly sooth,7 And dallies... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 434 pages
...CURIO, and Clown. Duke. O fellow, come, the song we had last night : -—Mark it, Cesario ; it is old, and plain : The spinsters and the knitters in the...maids* that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it ; it is silly sooth, s And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age. • Clo.... | |
 | 1812 - 470 pages
...fragments, which descend by tradition, and are early imprinted on every mind ; — " Which Spinners and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids, that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant of." Mr. Cromek next proceeds to investigate some of the causes which may have led to the... | |
 | Robert Fergusson - 1812 - 274 pages
...wi' a suit on O' gude Braid Claith. ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF SCOTS MUSIC. Mark it Caesario ; it is old and plain, The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weace their thread with bones, Do use to chant it. SHAKESPEARE'S TWELFTH NIGHT. Scotia's plains, in... | |
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The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age. 
