 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...To wear an undeserved dignity. O that estates , degrees and offices , Were not deriv'd corruptly I that clear honour Were purchased by the merit of the wearer ! How many then should cover that stand bare I How many be commanded , that command I Oh , who can hold a fire in his... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...Without the stamp of merit ? Let none presume To wear an undeserved dignity. O that estates, degrees, and offices, Were not derived corruptly, that clear...purchased by the merit of the wearer ! How many then should cover that stand bare ! How many be commanded, that command ! Oh, who can hold a fire in his... | |
 | Noah Webster - Elocution - 1814 - 240 pages
...Without the stamp of merit? let none presume To wear an undeserved dignity. O that estates, degrees and offices, Were not derived corruptly, that clear...purchased by the merit of the wearer ! How many then should cover, that stand bare ! How many be commanded, that command ! 12. Tis Slander ! Whose edge... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 516 pages
...wear an undeserved dignity. O, that estates, degrees, and offices, Were not derived corruptly ! And that clear honour Were purchased by the merit of the wearer ! How many then should cover, that stand bare T How many be commanded, that command t How much low peasantry would... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...Without the stamp of merit ? Let none presume To wear an undeserved dignity. O that estates, degrees, and offices, Were not derived corruptly; that clear...purchased by the merit of the wearer ! How many then should cover, that stand bare!. How many be commanded, that command ! Oh who can hold a fire in his... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - Fore-edge painting - 1824 - 428 pages
...wear an undeserved dignity. 0, that estates, degrees, and offices, Were not deriv'd corruptly! and that clear honour Were purchased by the merit of the wearer! How many then should cover, that stand bare? How many be commanded, that command? How much low peasantry would then... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 472 pages
...wear an undeserved dignity. O, that estates, degrees, and offices, Were not deriv'd corruptly! and that clear honour Were purchased by the merit of the wearer! How many then should cover, that stand bare? How many be commanded, that command ? How much low peasantry would then... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 476 pages
...wear an undeserved dignity. O, that estates, degrees, and offices, Were not deriv'd corruptly ! and that clear honour Were purchased by the merit of the wearer ! How many then should cover, that stand bare ? How many be commanded, that command? How much low peasantry would then... | |
 | John Fitzgerald Pennie - 1827 - 672 pages
...our immortal Bard : — " Let none presume To wear an undeserved dignity. O that estates, degrees, and offices Were not derived corruptly ! that clear...purchased by the merit of the wearer ! How many then should eover that stand bare ! How many be commanded that command ! How much low peasantry would then... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1827 - 844 pages
...wear an undeserved tlinnity. O, that estates, degrees, and offices, Were not deriv'd corruptly ! and 's name, Pope Innocent, 1 do demand of the«. A'. JoAn. What earthly name t should cover, that stand bare ? How many be commanded, that command J How much low peasantry would... | |
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O, that estates, degrees, and offices, Were not derived corruptly ! and that clear honour Were purchased by the merit of the wearer ! How many then should cover, that stand bare ? How many be commanded, that command ? How much low peasantry would then... 
