 Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers ; I had rather hear a brazen canstick turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tree ; And that would set my teeth nothing on edge, Nothing so much as mincing poetry : 'Tis like the forc'd gait of a shuffling...  The Literary Panorama - Page 4911809Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 454 pages
...ornament ; A virtue that was never seen in you. Hot. Marry, and I'm glad of it with all my heart ; I had rather be a kitten, and cry — mew, Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers : I had rather hear a brazen canstick turn'd,3 Or a dry wheel grate on an axle-tree ; (9) A cantle... | |
 | Horse racing - 1812 - 422 pages
...endeavours at the falsetto ! " So swells each windpipe, sss intones to ass Discordant twang." POPE. •' I had rather be a kitten, and cry mew, Than one of these same stupid silly songsters." i SHAKESPEARE. These quotations apply to a more miserable set, not imitators,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1813 - 942 pages
...entament ; Л v ii i ut.- that wa» never seen in you. Hot. Marry, and I'm glad of it with all my heart ; I had rather be a kitten, and cry— mew, Than one of these same metre ballad-monger» : I had rather hear a brazen canstick tum'd, Or a dry wheel grate on an axle-tree ;... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...Shakes the old beldame J'.arth, and topples down Steeples and moss-grown towers. On miserable Rhymeri. \ had rather be a kitten and cry — mew. Than one of these same metre-ballad-mongers j I had rather hear a brazen canstick tura'd, Or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tree;... | |
 | English literature - 1824 - 798 pages
...century, they had so far fallen as to excite the indignation of the " Sweet Swan of Avon," who exclaims, " I had rather be a kitten, and cry, Mew, Than one of these same metre balladmongers : I had rather hear a brazen canstick turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate on an axle-tree." And, as before... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 260 pages
...vies. t For the received accounts of the cause of Raphael's death, see his SCOTCH REVIEWERS. A SATIRE. I had rather be a kitten, and cry mew ! Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers. Skakapeare. Such shameless bards we have; and yet 'tis true There are as mad, abandon'd critics too.... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens - 1820 - 348 pages
...ornament ; A virtue that was never seen in you. Hot. Marry, and I 'm glad of it with all my heart ; I had rather be a kitten, and cry — mew, Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers : I had rather hear a brazen canstick turn'd,7 Or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tree ; And that would... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 460 pages
...ornament ; A virtue that was never seen in you. HOT. Marry, and I'm glad of it with all my heart ; I had rather be a kitten, and cry — mew, Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers : I had rather hear a brazen canstick turn'd 7, Or a dry wheel grate on an axle-tree ; And that would... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English literature - 1821 - 486 pages
...FOREIGN LIBRARY, E DO COQ SAINT- IIOMOBE, S°. f). 1821. ENGLISH BARDS, SCOTCH REVIEWERS; A SATIRE. I had rather be a kitten, and cry, mew! Than one of these same metre ballad- mongers. SHAKESPEARE. Such shameless Bards we have ; and yet 'tis true, There are as mad, abandon'... | |
 | 1821 - 746 pages
...reason why your professed critic is generally poor and ragged ; and well does he deserve to be so. I had rather be a kitten, and cry — mew, Than one of the«e sanie loathed critiquemongers. The opera is essentially intellectual, as well аз elegantly... | |
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