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" O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness... "
Elements of Criticism: Volume I [-II]. - Page 234
by Lord Henry Home Kames - 1765
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Prolusiones poeticæ; or, A selection of poetical exercises, in Greek, Latin ...

Prolusiones - 1788 - 210 pages
...LATIN A. <VlgSQg&fc2%GW^^ A fl., 0 n GU HENRY THE FOURTH'S SOLILOQUY ON SLEEP. FROM SHAKESPEAR. ~f" TOW many thoufands of my pooreft fubjefts Are at this...in forgetfulnefs ! Why rather, Sleep, ly'ft thou in fmoaky cribs, Upon uneafy pallets rtretching thee, And hufh'd with buzzing night-flies to thy flumber;...
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Prolusiones poeticæ; or, A selection of poetical exercises, in Greek, Latin ...

Prolusiones - 1788 - 204 pages
...HENRY THE FOURTH's SOLILOQUY ON .SLEEP. FROM SHAKESPEAR. T TOW many thoufands of my pooreft fubjedls Are at this hour afleep ! O gentle Sleep, Nature's...in forgetfulnefs ! Why rather, Sleep, ly'ft thou in fmoaky cribs, ; Upon uneafy pallets ftretching thee, And hufh'd with buzzing night-flies to thy number;...
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Elements of Criticism, Volume 2

Lord Henry Home Kames - 1788 - 590 pages
...Are at this hour afleep ! O gentle Sleep, Nature's fort nurfc, how have I frighted thee, That tliou no more wilt weigh my eye-lids down, And fteep my...Sleep, ly'ft thou in fmoky cribs, Upon uneafy pallets ftrctching thee, And hufh'd with buzzing night-flics to thy flumber, Than in the perfum'd chambers...
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A View of Society and Manners in Italy: With Anecdotes Relating to Some ...

John Moore - 1790 - 536 pages
...road. Shakefpeare puts the following Addrefs to Sleep, into the mouth of this monarch : . O Sleep ! O gentle Sleep ! Nature's foft nurfe, how have I frighted...fteep my fenfes in forgetfulnefs ? Why rather, Sleep, Heft thou in fmoky cribs, Upon uneafy pallats ftretching thee, And MANNERS IN ITALY. 5g hufh'd with...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1790 - 626 pages
...Pay. How many thoufand of my pooreft fnbjefts Are at this hour afleep ! — O deep, O gentle fleep, Nature's foft nurfe, how have I frighted thee, That...And fteep my fenfes in forgetfulnefs ? Why rather, fleep, ly'ft thou in fmoky cribs, Upon uneafy pallets ftretching thee, And hulh'd with buzzing night-flies...
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The Dramatic Works of Shakspeare: In Six Volumes, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1789 - 718 pages
...Pag*. How many thoufand of my pooreft fubjects Are at this hour aflcep !—O fleep, O gentle fleep, Nature's foft nurfe, how have I frighted thee, That...And fteep my fenfes in forgetfulnefs ? Why rather, fleep, ly'ft thou in fmoky cribs, Upon uneafy pallets ftretching thee, And hufh'd with buzzing night-flies...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections ...

William Shakespeare - 1793 - 684 pages
...[Exit Page. How many thoufand of my pooreft fubjects Are at this hour afleep !— Sleep, gentle fleep,' Nature's foft nurfe, how have I frighted thee, That...And fteep my fenfes in forgetfulnefs ? Why rather, fleep, Heft thou in fmoky cribs, Upon uneafy pallets ftretching thee, And hufh'd with buzzing night-flies...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare. In Fifteen Volumes: With the Corrections ...

William Shakespeare - 1793 - 756 pages
...[Exit Page. How many thoufand of my pooreft fubjefts Are at this hour afleep !^-Sleep, gentle fleep,* Nature's foft nurfe, how have I frighted thee, That...And fteep my fenfes in forgetfulnefs ? Why rather, fleep, lieft thou in fmoky cribs, tJpon uneafy pallets ftretching thee, And hufh'd with buzzing night-flies...
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Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical ..., Volume 1

Joseph Addison - 1794 - 568 pages
...freely forgave what had pafled, and Rothes afked liberty to begin his health in a bumper. ON SLEEP. O Gentle Sleep, Nature's foft nurfe, how have I frighted...in forgetfulnefs? Why rather, Sleep, ly'ft thou in fmoaky cribs Upon uneafy pallets ftretching thee, And hufh'd with buzzing night-flies to thy flumber...
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The Manual of Liberty, Or, Testimonies in Behalf of the Rights of Mankind ...

1795 - 432 pages
...many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eye-lids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness ! Why rather, Sleep, lays't thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets...
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