 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 bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence...  William Shakspere: A Biography - Page 203by Charles Knight - 1843 - 542 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...flower, Iking once displuy'd, doth fall that very hour. Character of an old Song. Mark it, C'esario, it is old and plain : The spinsters and the knitters...is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of k>v« Like the old age. Song. Come away, come away, death, And in sad cypress let me be laid : Fly... | |
 | Scotland - 1816 - 838 pages
...vainly puzzle ourselves to describe, the essence of the " old and antique song." " Mark it, Cesario ; it is old and plain ; The spinsters and the knitters...maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age." Ay! like... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 pages
...a preface of his own to it. '' Duke. O fellow, come; the song we had last night. Mark it, Cesario, it is old and plain; The spinsters and the knitters...maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chauut it: it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age. SONG. Come... | |
 | England - 1839 - 870 pages
...and recollected terms, Of these most brisk and giddy-patcd times." And again, " Mark it, Caesatio — it is old and plain : — The spinsters, and the knitters...free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do wont to sing it." Yes 1 Shakspeare has sought for the standard of taste in music in a quarter which... | |
 | England - 1846 - 798 pages
...to describe, the essence of the " old and antique song." " Mark it, Cesario ; it is old and plain i The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the...maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to channt it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the iunocence of lore, Like the old age." Ay ! like... | |
 | England - 1846 - 816 pages
...vainly pnz/lc ourselves to describe, the essence of the " old and antique song." " Mark it, Cesario ; it is old and plain ) The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maida that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1817 - 360 pages
...and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids' that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it ; it is silly sooth,* And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.6 Clo. Are you ready, sir ? Duke. Ay ; pr'ythee, sing. [Mutic. SONG. Clo. Come away, corne away,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 328 pages
...a preface of his own to it. " Duke. O fellow, come ; the song we had last night. Mark it, C'esario, it is old and plain ; The spinsters and the knitters...bones, Do use to chant it : it is silly sooth, And dalliei with the innocence of love, .'•ike the old age. SONG. Come away, come away, death, And in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 358 pages
...Re-enter 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...maids, that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it; it is silly sooth', And dallies With the innocence of love, Like the old age. Clo. Are you... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 342 pages
...a preface of his own to it. " 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 tiread with bones, Do use to chant it : it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love,... | |
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