| George MacDonald - 1885 - 328 pages
...such that the people go on wondering about him : the phrase is explained by the next clause. Compare : By being seldom seen, I could not stir But, like a comet, I was wondered at. Jf. Henry IV. P. 1. act iii. sc. 1. ' 'wherein Necessity, beggared of material, will not... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1885 - 272 pages
...kept loyal to possession, And left me in reputeless banishment, A fellow of no mark nor likelihood. By being seldom seen, I could not stir But, like a comet, 1 was wonder'd at ; That men would tell their children, •• This is he ; " Others would say, " Where,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1887 - 764 pages
...kept loyal to possession, And left me in reputeless banishment, A fellow of no mark, nor likelihood. By being seldom seen, I could not stir, But, like a comet, I was wondered at; That men would tell their children, — TJm is he; Others would say, — Where? which... | |
| Mary Ellen Bamford - 1889 - 246 pages
...little dry lizard, while the camel is a great ungainly beast." CHAPTER VIII. MINOR MUD AND WATER FOLK. " By being seldom seen, I could not stir But like a comet I was wondered at." King Henry IV. A WHILE ago I heard of a heroic act of selfsacrifice. A neighbor of mine,... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1891 - 568 pages
...inexperienced in arms. • 1 2 Betrothed, contracted. Comet. Some comet or unusual prodigy. T. of Shr. iii. 2. Cardinal, cry thou "Amen," To my keen curses. wondered at. i Hen. t'zf. iii. 2. Comets, importing change pi times and states, Brandish your crystal... | |
| 1892 - 816 pages
...(at least it did in those prebaccarat days) by seldom appearing in public. lie says to his son : " By being seldom seen., I could not stir But, like a, comet, I was wondered at." teors of a troubled heaven," and again, in the same play, is asked the question : —... | |
| Robert George Hobbes - 1893 - 598 pages
...shine it like a comet of revenge, A prophet to the fall of all our foes ! " King Henry IV. observes, " being seldom seen I could not stir, But, like a comet, I was wonder'd at." Marina says (in Pericles), " I am a maid, My lord, that ne'er before invited eyes, But have been gaz'd... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1895 - 224 pages
...uossessiojj +r &> And left me in reputeless banishment, A fellow of no mark nor likelihood. ' ^~/« By being seldom seen, I could not stir But like a comet I was wonder'd at ; /fhat men would tell their children 'This is he;' Others would say ' Where, which is Bolingbroke... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1895 - 226 pages
...passage in / Henry IV. iii. z. 39 f., where he schools the prince in the proper bearing of a king — " By being seldom seen, I could not stir But like a comet I was wonder* d at: That men would tell their children, 'This is he' ; Others would say, 'Where? which is... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1895 - 504 pages
...loyal to 'possession ; And left me in reputeless ' banishment, — A fellow of no mark, nor likelihood. By being 'seldom seen, I could not stir, But, like a comet, I was 'wondered at ; That men would tell their children, " This is he ;" Others would say, — " Where 1... | |
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