| Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 476 pages
...vvuilil ' 'Tis but an hour agofmce it was nine; ' And after one hour more 'twill be eleven ; ' And fo from hour to hour we ripe and ripe, ' And then from...hour to hour we rot and rot, ' And thereby hangs a tule.' When 1 did hear The motley fool thus moral on the time. My lungs began to trow like chanticleer,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1797 - 644 pages
...ago, fine ~e it was nine ; And after one hour more, "'twill be eleven ; And fo, from hour to hour, ive ripe, and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot,...rot, And thereby hangs a tale. When I did hear The motely fool thus moral on the time, My lungs began to crow like chanticleer, That fools fhould be fo... | |
| William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...Thus may we sea rquoth he , how the world wags: Tis but an hour ago since it was nine , And after one hour more 'twill be eleven ; And so from hour to hour...tale. When I did hear The motley fool thus moral on lhe time , My lungs began to crow like chanticleer, That fools should be so deep contemplative: And... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 386 pages
...'twill be eleven ; And fo, from hour to hour, <zve ripe, and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, *.ve rot, and rot. And thereby hangs a tale. When I did hear The motley fool thus moral on the time, VOL. II. L My lungs began to crow like chanticleer, That fools fliould be fo deep contemplative ; And... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 452 pages
...lack-lustre eye, 'Tis but an hour ago, since it was nine; Thus may we see, quoth he, how the world wags : And after an hour more, 'twill be eleven; And so,...I did hear The motley fool thus moral on the time, That fools should be so deep-contemplative; My lungs began to crow like chanticleer, And I did laugh,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 pages
...are sworn to try according to their evidence. Hale. 5. Information ; disclosure of any thing secret. From hour to hour we ripe and ripe, And then from...to hour we rot and rot; And thereby hangs a tale. Sba&ifie.ire. Birds live in the air freest, and are aptest by their voice to tell tales what they find,... | |
| William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...after one hour more 'twill be eleven ; And so from hour to hour we ripe and ripe, And then from hour td hour we rot and rot, And thereby hangs a tale. When...motley fool thus moral on the time, My lungs began to orowlilte chanticleer, That fools should be so deep contemplative : And I did laugh sans intermission,... | |
| Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 454 pages
...may we see," quoth he, " How the world wags! *f is but an hour ago, since it was nine ; And after one hour more, 'twill be eleven; And so> from hour to...And then, from hour to hour, we rot, and rot, And (hereby hangs a tale." When I did hear The motley fool thus moral on the time, My lungs began to crow... | |
| Joseph Tinker Buckingham - 1809 - 428 pages
...hour ago since it was nine, .^ ... ,., c And after one hour more 'twill be eleven ; .', ,yj^od thus from hour to hour we ripe and ripe, And then from...hour to hour we rot and rot. And thereby hangs a tale — The concluding part of the quotation, " rot and rot," has so strong an application to our ships,... | |
| 1809 - 402 pages
...time. " 'Tis but an hour ago since it was nine, And after one hour more 'twill be eleven ; And thus from hour to hour we ripe and ripe, . . And then from...hour to hour we rot and rot. And thereby hangs a tale The concluding part of the quotation, " rot and rot," has so strong an application to our ships, that... | |
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