 I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them;...  SHAKESPEARE - Page 22by BIBLIOTHEQUE ANGLO-FRANCAISE - 1836Full view - About this book
 | Park Honan - 1998 - 522 pages
...father's death. Since peace has robbed Richard of his identity he will entirely refashion himself: I in this weak piping time of peace Have no delight...in the sun And descant on mine own deformity. And therefore since I cannot prove a lover To entertain these fair well-spoken days, I am determined to... | |
 | Carol Rawlings Miller - 2001 - 84 pages
...before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them; Why, I, in...shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity: describe at length And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken... | |
 | Thomas Leech - 2001 - 328 pages
...Our stern alarums changed to merry meetings. Our dreadful marches to delightful measures. . . . 58 Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no...in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity: And, therefore, since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days, I am determined... | |
 | Jennifer Mulherin, Abigail Frost - 2001 - 38 pages
...prosperous days! Act v Sc iv The play's characters Richard Richard's self-knowledge And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair -well-spoken...villain, And hate the idle pleasures of these days. Act i Sc i Richard Shakespeare's original audience already knew what to expect when they first saw... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1989 - 1286 pages
...before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable thee To bind our loves up in a holy band; For therefore, since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days, I am determined... | |
 | Michael Hattaway - 2002 - 308 pages
...before my time Into this breathing world scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them, Why, I, in...shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity. (1.1.16-27) 'Descanting', a musical term, signifying that Richard boasts of his ability to counterpoint... | |
 | Erika Fischer-Lichte - 2002 - 410 pages
...breathing world scarce half made upAnd that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me, as 1 halt by them Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace....Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on my own deformity. (1, 1 14-27) Richard's ugliness places him, on the one hand, in the line of the tradition... | |
 | Wystan Hugh Auden - 2002 - 428 pages
...the time," Unless to see my shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity. And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover To entertain these fair well-spoken...villain And hate the idle pleasures of these days. (Ii 14-1 6, 25-31) Richard Ill's monologue is not unlike Adolf Hitler's speech to his General Staff... | |
 | John O. Whitney, Tina Packer - 2002 - 321 pages
...peace with a "true and just" king on the throne, his possibilities are limited: And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover To entertain these fair well-spoken...villain, And hate the idle pleasures of these days. KING RICHARD III ( 1 . 1 , 28-3 1 ) Richard decides to create his own destiny. He announces to the... | |
 | Sonja Hansard-Weiner - 2002 - 296 pages
...To strut before a wanton ambling nymph; Have no delight to pass away the time And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover To entertain these fair well-spoken...villain And hate the idle pleasures of these days. (Li. 16-30) As in the defenses in the pamphlet controversy about women where men's misogyny is blamed... | |
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