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" I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them... "
The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of ... - Page 12
by William Shakespeare - 1808
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The British Cicero: Or, A Selection of the Most Admired Speeches ..., Volume 1

Oratory - 1808 - 540 pages
...nymph ; " I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, " Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, " Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time " Into this...world, scarce half made up» " And that so lamely, and unfashionably, " That dogs bark at me as I halt by them." But if we wish for a specimen of hyperbolical...
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King Henry VI., part III. King Richard III. King Henry VIII. Troilus and ...

William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 546 pages
...ambling nymph ; I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature,5 Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this...shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity ; And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover,6 To entertain these fair well-spoken days, — I...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1811 - 386 pages
...ambling nymph ; I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature,* Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this...half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable, ri ] Alluding to the cognizance of E-\vard IV. which was a sun, in mem. cry ct' the three sum, which...
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Essays on Shakespeare's Dramatic Characters: With an Illustration of ...

William Richardson - Characters and characteristics in literature - 1812 - 468 pages
...curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, uufinish'd, scut before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and un fashionably, That dogs bark at me as I halt by them : Why I (in this weak piping time of peace)...
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1813 - 490 pages
...fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my tinie Into this breathing world, scarce half made up. And that so lamely and unfashionable, That dogs hark at me, as I halt by them ; — Why 1, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass...
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare. Whittingham's ed, Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1814 - 520 pages
...made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable, That dogs hark at me, as I halt by them ; — Why I, m this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to...shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity ; And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days, — I...
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History of the University and Colleges of Cambridge: Including ..., Volume 2

George Dyer - 1814 - 538 pages
...of one so infamous in history: I who am curtailed of this fair proportion, Deform r d, unfinished, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionably, That dogs hark at me as I go along. Shahp "are's Kick. III. But authorities seem to...
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Shakspeare's himself again; or the language of the poet asserted

Andrew Becket - 1815 - 748 pages
...here, I think, disguising. Nature that made me a man, yet disguised me by unseemly features. B. Glo. Why I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no...shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity : And descant on mine m>n deformity :] Descant is a term in music, signifying in general that kind...
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Elegant extracts in poetry, Volume 2

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made op. And that so lamely and unfashionable, That dogs bark...me, as I halt by them — Why I, in this weak piping time'of peace. Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant...
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The Northern star, or, Yorkshire magazine, Volume 3

Arthur Jewitt - 1818 - 336 pages
...Shakspeare describes his person in the following manner :— " Deform'd, nnfinish'd, sent before his time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable, That dogs bark'd at him as he halted by them." The crimes imputed to him arc of the greatest magnitude : the...
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