 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 Seiten
...gripe the hearer's wrist; Whilst he that hears, makes fearful action, Wilhwrinkrdbrows.withnods,with rolling eyes I saw a smith stand with his hammer thus,...measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had safely thrust upon contrary feet,) Told of a many thousand warlike French, That were... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone - 1845 - 472 Seiten
...present fashion, rights and lefts, as we may infer from Shakspeare:* * King John, act iv. sc. 2. " I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst...measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet,) Told, &c., " And a writer on witchcraft, somewhat... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone - 1845 - 484 Seiten
...Sir," said Henrietta, displaying her shoe, " I stand on mine own feet." "I saw a smith stand witli bis hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil...measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet,) Told, &c.. " And a writer on witchcraft, somewhat... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 334 Seiten
...wrinkl'd brows.with nods,with rolling eye* I saw a smith stand with his hammer thus, The whilst bin iron did on the anvil cool. With open mouth, swallowing...measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which hia nimble baste Had safely thrust upon contrary feet,) Told of a many thousand warlike French, That... | |
 | 1878 - 816 Seiten
...the old lexicographer reminds me of one that he made upon the following passage in King John: — " Who, with his shears and measure In his hand, Standing on slippers (which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet), Told," etc. Upon this Johnson, after some formidable... | |
 | Muriel Clara Bradbrook - 1979 - 204 Seiten
...panic at news of invasion. I saw a smith stand with his hammer thus, The while his iron did on his anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's...measure in his hand, Standing on slippers which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet Told of a many thousand warlike French That were... | |
 | David Aers - 1992 - 230 Seiten
...Possess'd with rumours, full of idle dreams. . . . I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The while his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing...measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet, Told of a many thousand warlike French, That were... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1996 - 1290 Seiten
...speaks doth gripe the hearer's wrist; Whilst he that hears makes fearful action, With wrinkled brows, nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet, Told of a many thousand warlike French That were... | |
 | Scott McMillin, Sally-Beth MacLean - 1998 - 288 Seiten
...speaks doth gripe the hearer's wrist, Whilst he that hears makes fearful action With wrinkled brows, with nods, with rolling eyes. I saw a smith stand...anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news . . . (iV.ii.i9o-5)9 The five moons stun the beholders in Shakespeare, but in the staging of this moment... | |
 | Richard M. Hogg, Norman Francis Blake, Roger Lass, R. W. Burchfield - 1992 - 812 Seiten
...(690) The Accuser may be drawn to Practice, whilst he is in Person. (|lIC| Raleigh 21 2 Cii) (691) I saw a Smith stand with his hammer (thus) The whilst his Iron did on the Anuile coole . . . (Shakespeare King Jobn IV.ii) The whilst is rare in Early Modern English. As in... | |
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I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news ; Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary... 
