 To OUR ENGLISH TERENCE, Mr. WILL. SHAKESPEARE. " Some say, good Will., which I, in sport, do sing, Hadst thou not played some kingly parts in sport, Thou had'st been a companion for a king, And been a king among the meaner sort.  The sonnets of Shakespeare solved - Page 22by Henry Brown (of Newington Butts.) - 1870 - 250 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1848 - 744 pages
...TERENCE, MR. WM. SHAKSPERE. Some say, good Will, which I in sport do sing, Hadst ill.".' not plaied some kingly parts in sport, Thou hadst been a companion for a king, And beene a king among the meaner sort. Some others raill ; but raill as they thinke fit, 'I'll' in hast... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1790 - 670 pages
...good Will, which I in fport do fing, " Hadft thou not play'd fome kingly parti in Iport, " Thou hadll been a companion for a king, " And been a king among the meaner fort. " Some others raile, but raile as they think fit, " Thou hail no railing but a raigning wit ;... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1793 - 594 pages
...Will, which I in fport do fiug, " Hadft them not play'd fome kingly parts in fport, •' Thou hadft been a companion for a king, " And been a king among the meaner fort. " Some others raile, but raile as they think fit, " Thou haft no railing but a raigning wit ;... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1813 - 564 pages
...Henry the Fourth, and King Henry the Sixth : " To our English Terence, Mr. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. '• Some say, good Will, which I in sport do sing, " Hadst thou not play'd some kingly parts in sport, " Thou hadst been a companion for a king, " And been a king among... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 610 pages
...be, Then all the world will laugh at thee and me. To our English Terence, Mr. Jfdliam Shake-spere. Some say, good Will, which I in sport do sing, Hadst thou not play'd some Kingly parts in sport, Thou hadst been a companion for a King ; And been a King among the... | |
 | 1821 - 436 pages
...not quite as respectable in them as necessary. — " To our English Terence, Mr. William Shake-spere. Some say, good WILL, which I in sport do sing, Hadst thou not playd some KINGLY parts in sport, Thou hadst been a companion for a king ; And been king among a meaner... | |
 | William Thomas Moncrieff - 1824 - 396 pages
...gtod Will, which I in sport do sing, • . JJad'st thou not play'd 'some KINGLY parts in sport, ,Jhou had'st been a companion for a King ; ... .And been...' Some others rail: but rail/ as they .think fit, 1 ' Thou hast no railing, but a reigntng wit, • -'And honestly thou sow'st, which they, do reap ;..... | |
 | 1835 - 466 pages
...reasons to disgust him with the profession. Honest John Davies, of Hereford, wrote to him jocosely, — " Some say, good Will, which I in sport do sing, Hadst...for a king, And been a king among the meaner sort 1" but there was truth in this jest ; and it is impossible to think that it can have other than revolted... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1835 - 744 pages
...reasons to disgust him with the profession. Honest John Davies, of Hereford, wrote to him jocosely, — " Some say, good Will, which I in sport do sing, Hadst...for a king, And been a king among the meaner sort !" but there was truth in this jest ; and it is impossible to think that it can have other than revolted... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1838 - 744 pages
...accustomed to perform kingly parts ; " Some gay, good Will, which I in sport do sing, Hadst thoii not play'd some kingly parts in sport, Thou hadst been a companion...for a king, And been a king among the meaner sort ;" * a passage which leads us to infer, that several of the regal characters in his own plays, perhaps... | |
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