 A parliament member, a justice of peace, " At home a poor scare-crow, at London an asse, '' If lowsie is Lucy, as some volke miscalle it, " Then Lucy is lowsie whatever befall it : " He thinks himself greate, " Yet an asse in his state, " We allowe by...  Diary of the Rev. John Ward, A. M.: Vicar of Stratford-upon-Avon, Extending ... - Pàgina 47per John Ward - 1839 - 315 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | William Shakespeare - 1785 - 456 pàgines
...thinks himself greate, " Yet an asse in his state, " We allowe by his ears but with asses to mate, " If Lucy is lowsie, as some volke miscalle it, " Sing lowsie Lucy, whatever befall it." ' Contemptible as this performance must now appear, at ut the time when it was written... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 476 pàgines
...himscLf grcate, ,,Yct ail asse in his state, ,,\Ve allowe by his cars but with asses to mate. ,, If Lucy is lowsie, as some volke miscalle it, ,,Sing lowsie Lucy, whatever befall it." ,,Coutemptible as this performance must now appear, at the time when it was written it... | |
 | John Watkins - 1808 - 768 pàgines
...thinks himself greate, Yet an asse in his state ; We allowe by his eares, but with asses to mate ; If Lucy is lowsie as some volke miscalle it Sing lowsie Lucy whatever befall it." Mr. Steevens observes upon these doggrel lines, that, " contemptible as this performance... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 746 pàgines
...He thinks himself greate, Yet an asse in his stale We a) love by his ears but with asses to mate. If Lucy is lowsie, as some volke miscalle it, Sing lowsie Lucy, whatever befall it." These lines, it must be confessed, do no great houour to our poet, and probably were unjust,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 536 pàgines
...thinks himself greate. Yet an asse in his state We ftllowe by liia ears but with asses to mate. If Lucy is lowsie, as some volke miscalle it, , Sing lowsie Lucy, whatever befall it." These lines, it must be confessed, do no great honour to our poet, and prohably were unjust,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 536 pàgines
...an asse in his state We allowe by his ears but with asses to mate. "*•". BB 2 J72 SHAKSPEARE. If Lucy is lowsie, as some volke miscalle it. Sing lowsie Lucy, whatever befall it." These lines, it must be confessed, do no great honour tcf our poet, and probably were unjust,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 526 pàgines
...thinks himself greate, " Yet an asse in his state " We allowe by his ears but with asses to mate. " If Lucy is lowsie, as some volke miscalle it, " Sing lowsie Lucy, whatever befall it." In our preceding edition, we remarked that these lines do no great honour to our poet,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 216 pàgines
...He thinks himself greate, Tet an asse in his state We allowe by his ears but with asses to mate. If Lucy is lowsie , as some volke miscalle it, Sing lowsie Lucy, whatever befall it" 2). This aggravation of injury by insult, was productive of the very natural consequence... | |
 | Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 708 pàgines
...thinks himself greate, Yet an asse in his state We allowe by his ears but with asses to mate. ' , If Lucy is lowsie, as some volke miscalle it, Sing lowsie Lucy, whatever befall it."f * Rowe. f Jones of Tarbick, — related by Oldys and Capell. The ballad has, at last,... | |
 | John Platts - 1826 - 882 pàgines
...He thinks himself greate, Yet an asse in his state We allowe by his ears but with asses to mate. If Lucy is lowsie, as some volke miscalle it, Sing lowsie Lucy, whatever befall it." The consequences drove him to London for shelter, and it is some proof that he had already... | |
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