 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 500 Seiten
...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...same metre ballad-mongers: I had rather hear a brazen cànstick' turn'd. Or a dry wheel grate on an axle-tree ; And that would set my teeth nothing on edge,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1831 - 498 Seiten
...the giver, nor look the gift horse in the mouth. ENGLISH BARDS AND SCOTCH REVIEWERS. A SATIRE. 1 1 had rather be a kitten, and cry mew ! Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers." SHAKSPEARE ' Such shameless bards we have; and yet 'tis true, There are as mad, abandon'd critics too."... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 554 Seiten
...be a kitten, and cry— me Than one of these same metre ballad I had rather hear a brazen canstick* Or a dry wheel grate on an axle-tree And that would set my teeth nothing! Nothing so much ал mincing poetry 'Tis like theforc'd gate of a shuffling Glend. Come, you shall... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1832 - 1022 Seiten
...mew, Than one of these fame metre bat lid -monger s : 1 bad rather bear a brazen cauntick t lurnM, Or a dry wheel grate on an axle-tree; And that would...nothing on edge, Nothing so much as mincing poetry; Tie like the furc'd gait of a shuffling nag. Gtend. Come, you shall have Trent turn'd. îlot. \ do... | |
 | Philip W. Martin - 1982 - 268 Seiten
...point about Byron's criticism forcibly. Peacock: His Circle and His Age (Cambridge, 1969), p. 194. 39. 'I had rather be a kitten, and cry mew! / Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers.' 40. English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, 174. 41. Ibid., 278. 42. Ibid., 919. 43. Arthur Melville Clark,... | |
 | Vincent Newey, Ann Thompson - 1991 - 316 Seiten
...of those of his host, his bluffness looks crude. Court music and a street ballad are all the same to him: I had rather be a kitten and cry 'mew' Than one...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 — (III.i.123-28)... | |
 | James McCorkle - 1990 - 608 Seiten
...the moonstruck "romantic" Qlendower, in words that are almost prophetic of the manifestos to come: / had rather be a kitten and cry mew Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers. After Shakespeare, Wordsworth is the precursor of free verse in getting poetry to expand its capacity... | |
 | Mary Beth Rose - 1992 - 256 Seiten
...virtue that was never seen in you," Hotspur shoots back: Marry, and I am glad of it, with all my heart. I had rather be a kitten and cry "mew" Than one of...ballad-mongers. I had rather hear a brazen canstick turned, Or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tree, And that would set my teeth nothing on edge, Nothin... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1994 - 884 Seiten
...ornament - 1 20 A virtue that was never seen in you. HOTSPUR Marry and I am glad of it with all my heart! I had rather be a kitten and cry 'mew' Than one of...ballad-mongers I had rather hear a brazen canstick turned, Or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tree, And that would set my teeth nothing on edge, Nothing... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - 1994 - 884 Seiten
...Away thy breath ! Seek out— less often sought than found— no SATIRES. cmb A SATIRE. (Rmewere: * e path that leads to Liberty ; Back to the struggle, baffled in the strife, War, war "Such shameless bards we hate ; and yet 'tis true, There are as mail, abandon'*! critics too."— Porx.... | |
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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 ; —... 
