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" Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night... "
Selections from Ovid, ed. by E.S. Shuckburgh - Page 66
by Publius Ovidius Naso - 1879
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The Idle Man, Volumes 1-2

1821 - 534 pages
...whit. Constant t' lightness still!" u You're for mirth Or I mistake you much.** The Old Lou, E'en mch a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull) so dead in look, so wo-begone." Henry If. IN the first letter which I wrote you from town, I mentioned our old friend's...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 590 pages
...brother ? Thou tremblest; and the whiteness in thy cheek Is apter than thy tongue to tell thy errand. Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night) And would have told him, half his Troy was burn'd: But Priam found the...
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Curiosities of Literature, Volume 2

Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1823 - 306 pages
...Tourneur's paraphrastical version. He found in the celebrated speech of Northumberland in Henry IV. Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone— which he renders " Ainsi, douleur! va-fen!" A remarkable literary blunder has been recently committed...
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Suffolk Words and Phrases: Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms ...

Edward Moor - English language - 1823 - 560 pages
...wither'd. He gives many illustrations. See WEE. WOE-BEGONE. Deeply afflicted. Common in Suffolk. Thus Shakespeare — Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begmie, Drew Priam's curtain in the dtad of night. 2. Hen. VI. i. 1. •• He saw his life's joy...
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Curiosities of Literature, Volume 2

Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1823 - 314 pages
...Tourneur's paraphrastical version. He found in the celebrated speech of Northumberland in Henry IV. Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so ivoe-begone — which he renders " Ainsi, douleur ! vet-fen !" A remarkable literary blunder has been...
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The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Biographical, Historical and ..., Volume 2

Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 326 pages
...time to speak, but says, , The whiteness of thy cheeks Is apter than thy tongue to tell thy errand; Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-bcgonc, Drew Priam's curtain at the dead of night, And would have told him half his Troy was burnt;...
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, from the text of Johnson, Stevens ...

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 984 pages
...the whiteness in thy cheek Is apter than thy tongue to tell thy errand.* Even such a man, so taint, curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burn'd : But Priam found the...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, in Ten Volumes: King John ...

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 372 pages
...the whiteness in thy cheek Is apter than thy tongue to tell thy errand. Even such a man, so taint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burn'd : But Priam found the...
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The Plays, Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 422 pages
...brother ? Thou tremblest ; and the whiteness of thy cheek Is apter than thy tongue to tell thy errand. Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burn'd : But Priam found the...
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The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 882 pages
...brother? Thou tremblest, and the whiteness in thy cheek Is apter, than thy tongue, to tell thy errand. Plan. Now, Somerset, where is your argument? Som. Here, in my scabbard : meditating that, Shall curtain in the deac! of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burn'd: But Priam found the...
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