 O God! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run, How many make the hour full complete; How many hours bring...  Tremaine: Or, The Man of Refinement - Page 286by Robert Plumer Ward - 1825Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1771 - 372 pages
...thence. Would I were dead, if God's good-will were fo,For what is in this world but grief and woe ? O God ! methinks it were a happy life To be no better than a homely fwain ; To lit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials queintly, point by point, Thereby to fee... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1771 - 328 pages
...thence. Would I were dead, if God's good will were fo. For what is in this world but grief %nd woe ? O God ! methinks it were a happy life To be no better than a homely fwain, To fit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials queintly, point by point, Thereby to fee... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1773 - 424 pages
...thence. Would I were dead, if God's good will were fo ; For what is in this world but grief and woe i O God ! methinks, it were a happy life To be no better than a homely fwain ; To fit upon a hill, as I. do now, To carve out dials queintly, point by point,. Thereby to... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1773 - 520 pages
...I were dead ! }f God's good will were fo: For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? O God ! s methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely fwain j To fit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to fee... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1780 - 336 pages
...blowing of his nails, Can neither call it perfect day or night. The Ble/mgs efa Shepherd's Life. (6) O God! methinks, it were a happy life To be no better than a homely fwain.j To (4) How, Iic.J There is fomething very peculiar in this paffage, '* The jirime of youth... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1785 - 594 pages
...'Would I were dead ! if God's good xvill were fo : For what is in this world but grief and woe ? OGodl 8 methinks, it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely fwain ; To fit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to fee... | |
 | Andrew Becket - 1787 - 494 pages
...VlII. A. 3, S. 2. By * God's fonties, 'twill be a hard way to hit. Merchant of Venicey A. 2, S. 2. O God ! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely fwain ; To fit upon a hill, as I do now, .To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to fee... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 476 pages
...'Would I were dead ! if God's good will were so : For what is in this world, but grief and woe i O God ! methinks, it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain ; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1790 - 558 pages
...dead ! if God's good will were fo : For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? О God ! mf thinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely fwain ; •J"o fit upon a hill, as 1 do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1791 - 724 pages
...'Would I were dead ! if God's good will were fo : For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? O God ! 'methinks, it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely fwain \ To fit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to fee... | |
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