 | 1844 - 648 pages
...feed and clothe thee? Why should the poor be flattered 1 No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp; And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning. Dost thou hear 1 Since my dear soul vas mistress of her choice, And could of men distingaish her election,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 554 pages
...feed and clothe thee? Why should the poor be flatter'd? No ; let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp , And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee , Where thrift may follow fawning. Dost thou hear? Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice, And could of men distinguish , her election... | |
 | Joseph Hunter - 1845 - 390 pages
...themselves about the close of the last century. III. 2. HAMIET. No, let the CANDIED tongue lick absurd pomp And crook the PREGNANT hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning. Both these epithets required to be justified, yet it is not easy to do it. The passage seems to be... | |
 | George Hooker Colton, James Davenport Whelpley - 1846 - 724 pages
...our loathing for the ingrained and thorough demagogue. His daily life is a daily lie. Ever ready to " crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, where thrift may follow fawning," he is a swindler by profession, and his mind subsists on the vilest garbage of the political sewer.... | |
 | 1846 - 472 pages
...hope of gaining some portion of the emolument and distinction, which he is able to bestow— " Who crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, Where thrift may follow fawning." "While he is borne on the calm waters of popular favor, while the breeze is prosperous and fortune... | |
 | George Hooker Colton, James Davenport Whelpley - 1846 - 694 pages
...our loathing for the ingrained and thorough demagogue. His daily life is a daily lie. Ever ready to " crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, where thrift may follow fawning," he is a swindler by profession, and his mind subsists or. the vilest garbage of the political sewer.... | |
 | 1847 - 648 pages
...advancement, from sensible men, by means of flattery. " No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp ; And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, Where thrift may follow fawning." But, on the other hand, perhaps no people in the eastern world possess points of interest so many to... | |
 | 1847 - 540 pages
...tried Too much, and snapt in twain at last. SEPARATION. — (See ABSENCE.) SERVILITY — SLAVERY. 1. And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, Where thrift may follow fawning. SHAKSPEARE. 2. Easier were it To hurl the rooted mountain from its base, Than force the yoke of slavery... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1889 - 802 pages
...new-fashioned heavy drinking prevalent at court, and boldly says — Let tlie candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, Where thrift may follow fawning. If any other proof were wanting of his unrecorded Scotch tour, we can almost trace out an nlibi. For... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1980 - 388 pages
...and clothe thee ? Why should the poor be flattered ? 70 No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning. Dost thou hear ? Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice And could of men distinguish her election,... | |
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No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning. 
