 | William Shakespeare - 1833 - 496 pages
...prosper best of all when I am thence. ' Would I were dead, if God's good will were so ! ' For what is in this world but grief and woe ? " O God ! methinks,...were a happy life, " To be no better than a homely swain ; " To sit upon a hill, as I do now ; war, " To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, " Thereby... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - English fiction - 1836 - 780 pages
...on after dinner, as was opened in all due facm m the beginning of the CHAPTER XXXV. TABLE TALK. Ob God ! methinks it were a happy life To be no better than a homely swain. SHAKSPEARE. " IT is all owing to our departing from nature," said the Doctor, " or being what... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 556 pages
...best of all when I am thence. ' 'Would I were dead ! if God's good will were so ; ' For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? * O, God ! methinks it were a happy life,1 1 This speech is exquisitely suited to the character of the king. There are some verses preserved... | |
 | Thomas Miller - Country life - 1837 - 466 pages
...wish into the mouth of a monarch wearied by ambition and courtly cares, than to make him exclaim, " O God ! methinks it were a happy life To be no better than a homely swain— To sit upon a hill as 1 do now. Gives not the hawthorn-bush a sweeter shade To shepherds,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1838 - 360 pages
...thence. Would I were dead, if God's good will were so, For what is in this world but grief and woe ? 0 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1839 - 554 pages
...prosper best of all when I am thence. ' 'Would I were dead! if God's good will were so; ' For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? * O, God ! methinks it were a happy life, 1 1 This speech is exquisitely suited to the character of the king. There are some verses preserved... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Benjamin Humphrey Smart - English drama - 1839 - 490 pages
...Would I were dead, if God's good will were so! For what is in this world but woe and grief ? O heaven ! 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... | |
 | Thomas Peregrine Courtenay - Historical drama, English - 1840 - 354 pages
...insertion of a part of the soliloquy which Henry is made to utter in the midst of the battle — " Methinks it were a happy life To be no better than a homely swain." The speech is characteristic, and may be read as an illustrative specimen of Shakspeare's mode... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1841 - 428 pages
...prosper best of all when I am thence. ' Would I were dead, if God's good will were so i ' For what is in this world but grief and woe ? " O God ! methinks,...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1842 - 462 pages
...prosper best of all when I am thence. ' Would I were dead, if God's good will were so I ' For what is in this world but grief and woe ? " O God ! methinks,...were a happy life, " To be no better than a homely swain , " To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, " Thereby to see the minutes how they run :... | |
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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... 
