 | Selina Bunbury - 1844 - 196 pages
...thither, and once more entered the service of Queen Katharine. CHAPTER V. Verily, I swear, 'tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perked up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. SPEECH OF ANNE BULLEN, SHAKSPEARE, HENRY VIII. |HE wise... | |
 | Motilal M. Munshi - 1904 - 562 pages
...minds, such sleep, such bliss,. Beggars enjoy, when princes oft do miss. —ROBERT GREENE. ' Tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. " A Mar&thi poet. —SHAKESPEARE. t From... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1905 - 770 pages
...beautiful expression he gives to the trite observation that contentment is better than riches ! "Tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow." What clear expression he gives to the indistinct... | |
 | Mary Minerva Barrows - 1905 - 208 pages
...Philip Henry Savage. Without simplicity no human performance can arrive to perfection. Swift. Tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief And wear a golden sorrow. Shakespeare. In its dreams, man's ambition... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1906 - 764 pages
...beautiful expression he gives to the trite observation that contentment is better than riches ! "Tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow." What clear expression he gives to the indistinct... | |
 | Simeon Singer - 1908 - 342 pages
...rise spontaneously to our lips, " Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown " ? And, again, 'Tis better to be lowly born. And range with humble livers in content. Than to be perked up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. That woman was, indeed, a " great woman," who, realizing... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1908 - 206 pages
...'sa stranger now again. Anne. So much the more Must pity drop upon her. Verily, I swear, 't is better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perked up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. Old L. Our content Is our best having. Anne. By my troth... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1908 - 204 pages
...'sa stranger now again. Anne. So much the more Must pity drop upon her. Verily, I swear, 't is better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perked up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. Old L. Our content Is our best having. Anne. By my troth... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1909 - 228 pages
...Outlives in certain pomp, is crown'd before. Timon of Athens. Act IV, Sc. 3. VERILY, I swear, 'tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. Our content Is our best having. Henry yill.... | |
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tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. 
