 | William Shakespeare - 1797 - 596 pages
...their continents : ' The ox hath therefore ftretch'd his yoke in vain, The ploughman loft his fweat ; and the green corn Hath rotted, ere his youth attain'da beard : The fold (lands empty in the drowned field, And crows are fattea with the murrain flock ¡ ' The nine-men's... | |
 | George Chalmers - 1797 - 656 pages
...the expreffion, and inculcates an ufeful moral. (3.) COINTE ; quaint ; nicely Jlrange. [Chaucer.] " And, the quaint " mazes, in the wanton green, for lack of " tread, are undiftinguifhable." [Mid. ND] " The clamorous owl, that nightly hoots, and " at our quaint fpirits."... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1798 - 408 pages
...their continents : The ox hath therefore ftretch'd his yoke in vain, The ploughman loft his fweat ; and the green corn Hath rotted, ere his youth attain'da beard : The fold flands empty in the drowned field, And crows are fatted with the murrain flock ; The nine-men's morris... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1800 - 436 pages
...their continents : The ox hath therefore ftretch'd his yoke in vain, The ploughman loft his fweat ; and the green corn Hath rotted, ere his youth attain'da beard : The fold ftands empty in the drowned field, And crows are fatted with the murrain flock ; The nine-men's morris... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 424 pages
...proud, That they have overborne their continents:5 The ox hath therefore stretch'd his yoke in vain, The ploughman lost his sweat ; and the green corn...are fatted with the murrain flock ; The nine men's morris6 is fill'd up with mud; And the quaint mazes in the wanton green, For lack of tread, are undistinguishable... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 556 pages
...proud, That they have overborne their continents: The ox hath therefore stretch'd his yoke in vain, The ploughman lost his sweat; and the green corn Hath...field, And crows are fatted with the murrain flock; The nine-men's morris is fill'd up with mud; And the quaint mazes in the wanton green, For lack of tread,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 386 pages
...their continents.^] The ox hath therefore ftretch'd his yoke in vain, The ploughman loft his fweat ; and the green corn Hath rotted, ere his youth attain'da beard; The fold ftands empty in the drowned field, And crows are fatted with the murrain flock : Co] From Perigenia,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 410 pages
...pelting—] This word is always used as a word of contempt. The ox hath therefore stretch'd his yoke in vain. The ploughman lost his sweat; and the green corn Hath...field, And crows are fatted with the murrain flock; 7 The nine men's morris is fill'd up with mud; 8 And the quaint mazes in the wanton green, 9 For lack... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 518 pages
...overborne their continents : ] Borne down the banks that The ox hath therefore stretch'd his yoke in vain, The ploughman lost his sweat; and the green corn Hath...field, And crows are fatted with the murrain flock ;7 The nine men's morris is fill'd up with mud;8 And the quaint mazes in the wanton green,9 For lack... | |
 | John Howe Baron Chedworth - 1805 - 392 pages
...incline to think that Mr. Henley's explanation of paved fountain is right. " ' P. 35.— 463.— 42. The fold stands empty in the drowned field, And crows are fatted with the murrain flock. Should we not read murrain' d flock ? ; P. 36.— 464. — 44. ..• . . Human mortals. " Of the information... | |
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Therefore the winds, piping to us in vain, As in revenge, have suck'd up from the sea Contagious fogs ; which falling in the land Have every pelting river made so proud That they have overborne their continents : The ox hath therefore stretch'd his yoke... 
