 Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him half his Troy was burn'd; But Priam found the fire ere he his tongue, And I my Percy's death ere thou...  The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth - Page 2by Richard Valpy - 1801 - 96 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Mitford - 1804 - 462 pages
...Henry-the-fourth, is well known : Even fuch a man, fo faint, fo fpiritlefs, So dull, fo dead-in-look, fo wobegone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him half his Troy was burnt. I have been allured there is in print a French tranflatioti of this play, whofe author has been greatly... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 480 pages
...thy tongue to tell thy errand. Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burn'd : But Priam found the fire, ere he is tongue, And I my Percy's death, ere thou report'st it.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 488 pages
...tongue to tell thy errand. ' Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burn'd : But Priam found the fire, ere he is tongue, And I my Percy's death, ere thou report'st it.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 502 pages
...tongue to tell thy errand. Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look s, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was buru'd : But Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue, And I my Percy's death, ere thou report'st it.... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pages
...thy tongue to tell thy errand. Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-be^gone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his'Troy was burn'd : But Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue ; And I my Percy's death, ere thou... | |
 | Henry Fielding, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 566 pages
...such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-bc-gone, Drew Priam's curtains in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burn'd) entered the room, and declared, — That Madam Sophia was not to be found. ' Not to be found... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 382 pages
...thy tongue to tell thy errand. Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burn'd: But Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue, And I my Percy's death, ere thou report'st it.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 390 pages
...charg'd with woe." Again, in A Looking Glass for London and England, 1598 : " Fair Alvida, look not so woe-begone." Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burn'd: But Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue, And I my Percy's death, ere thou report'st it.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 398 pages
...readers will probably express) proposed the following emendation: " Fair Alvida, look not so vioe-begone. Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night; And would have told him, half his Troy was burn'd: But Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue, And I my Percy's death, ere thou report'st it.... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 578 pages
...errand. Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone4, Drew Priain's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half bis Troy wasburo'd: But Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue, And I my Percy's death, ere thou report... | |
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