To make a child now swaddled, to proceed Man, and then shoot up, in one beard and weed, Past three-score years ; or, with three rusty swords, And help of some few foot and half-foot words, Fight over York and Lancaster's long jars, And in the tyring-house... An Essay of Dramatic Poesy - Page 159by John Dryden - 1922 - 179 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1788 - 318 pages
...That corpse, that coffin, now bestick those bays, Which crown'd him poet first, then poets' king. " Past threescore years : or, with three rusty swords,...words, *' Fight, over York and Lancaster's long jars, " And in the tyring-house bring wounds to scars. " He rather prays you will be pleas'd to se« " One... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1788 - 466 pages
...not be amiss to quote the following lines from old Ben's Pro. logue to his Every Man in his Humour : "To make a child now swaddled, to proceed " Man, and then shoot -up, in one heard and weed1, " Past threescore years : or with three rusty swordSf " And help of some few foot-and-half... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 510 pages
...cannot refrain from quoting the following lines from old Ben's prologue to his Every Man in his Humour. To make a child now swaddled, to proceed Man, and...three rusty swords, And help of some few foot and half -foot words, Fight over York and Lancaster's long wars, And in the tyring-house, &c. STEEYEHS.... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1808 - 380 pages
...appears from Stowe, that Robert Greene wrote somewhat on this subject. Farmer. " To make a child new swaddled, to proceed " Man, and then shoot up, in...or with three rusty swords, " And help of some few foot-and-half-foot words, " Fight over York and Lancaster's long wars, " And in the tyring-house,"... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1808 - 420 pages
...Man in 'his Humour: " To make a child new swaddled, to proceed " Man, and then shoot up, in one heard and weed, " Past threescore years : or with three rusty swords, " And help of some few foot-and-lialf-foot words, " Fight over York and Lancaster's long wars, " And in the tyring-house,"... | |
| Octavius Gilchrist - 1808 - 74 pages
...to discover a sneer at him in this passage of the foregoing.extract: To make a child now swaojdled to proceed Man, and then shoot up, in one beard and weed, Past threescore years. This is considered " a palpahle hit" at the beautiful drama, " The Winter's Tale:" than which inference... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1808 - 384 pages
...Man in His Humour: ' To make a child new swaddled, to proceed t Man, and then shoot up, in one heard and weed, ' Past threescore years: or with three rusty swords, ' And help of some *ew foot-and-half-foot words, ' Fight over York and Lancaster's long wars, ' And in the tyring-l:ouse,"... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 432 pages
...purchase your delight at such a rate. As, for it, he himself must justly hate : To make a child new swaddled, to proceed Man, and then shoot up in one beard and weed, , this subject of relations, if we are to be blamed for shewing too much of the action, the French... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1808 - 476 pages
...the following lines from old Ben's prologue to his Every Man in his llumuur : " To make a child new swaddled , to proceed " Man , and then shoot up , in one beard and weed, • "Fast threescore years: or with three rusty > swords, f'Aiid help of some few foot-and-half-ibot... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pages
...dramntick laws, — had little Latin — less Creek — and speaking of plays* &«. ' To make a child new swaddled, to proceed ' Man, and then shoot up, in...or, with three rusty swords, ' And help of some few foot-and-half-foot words, - Fight over York and Lancaster's long jars, ' And in the tiring-house bring... | |
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