 Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him half his Troy was burn'd; But Priam found the fire ere he his tongue, And I my Percy's death ere thou...  The Scots Magazine - Page 1581785Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 382 pages
...such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burn'd: But Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue, And I my Percy's death, ere thou report'st it.... | |
 | Elizabeth Inchbald - 1808 - 418 pages
...such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him half his Troy was burn'd. But Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue, And I my poor son's death, ere thou relat'st it.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 348 pages
...such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain at the dead of night, • And would have told him half his Troy was burnt ; But Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue, And 1 my Percy's death, ere thou report'st it.' The... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 416 pages
...such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him half his Troy was burn'd. But Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue, And I my poor son's death, ere thou relat'st it.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 458 pages
...such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burn'd : But Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue, And I my Percy's death, ere thou report'st it.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 514 pages
...such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was North. How doth my son, and brother ? burn'd: But Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue, And I my... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 454 pages
...such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burn'd : But Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue, And I my Percy's death, ere thou report's! it.... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woc-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him half his Troy was b» J urnd. I tee a strange confession in thine eye : Thou shak'st ihy head ; and hold it it fear or... | |
 | 1816 - 852 pages
...overwhelmed with farrow.— Such a man, So dull, fo dead in look, fo luoetegone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him half his Troy was born'd ; But Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue. Shak. Who fo itioftegone For Ochy, as the ifle... | |
 | Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - 1817 - 532 pages
...Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so wo-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burn'd; But Priam found the fire, ere he his tongue, And I my Percy's death, ere thou report'st it.... | |
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