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" Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low, — an excellent thing in woman. "
Selected Essays - Page 117
by Abraham Hayward - 1879
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Merry wives of Windsor. Much ado about nothing

William Shakespeare - 1785 - 456 pages
...woman.~\ This is from the edition of 1623, and is the true reading. Thus Lear speaking of Cordelia, " Her voice was ever soft, " Gentle and low: — an excellent thing in woman." STEEVENS. In The Midsummer Nighfs dream, Quince tells Flute, who objecls to playing a woman's part,...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare. ....

William Shakespeare - 1800 - 396 pages
...her; now she's gone for ever! — Cordelia, Cordelia, stay a little. Ha! What is't thou say'str — Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low ; an excellent thing in woman,- — I kill'd the slave that was a hanging thee. Off. 'Tis true, my lords, he did. Lear. ' Did I not,...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 104

1856 - 634 pages
...love you less, But keep your tears for me.' On another occasion, a breakfast party, one of the guesta sang one of Moore's songs in Moore's presence to the...excellent thing in woman.' Natural sweetness of tone, however, did not satisfy him either in reading or singing. One of his female acquaintance, whose voice...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 488 pages
...her; now she's gone for ever! — Cordelia, Cordelia, stay a little. Ha ! What is't thou say'st ? — Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low ; an Excellent thing in woman : — I kill'd the slave that was a hanging thee. Off. 'Tis true, my lords, he did. Lear. Did I not,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 642 pages
...her; now she's gone for ever! — Cordelia, Cordelia, stay a little. Ha! What is't thou say'st ? — Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low; an excellent thing in woman : — I kill'd the slave that was a hanging thee. Off. Tis true, my lords, he did. Lear. Did I not,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 490 pages
...her; now she's gone for ever!— Cordelia, Cordelia, stay a little. Ha! What is't thou say'st? — Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low; an excellent thing in woman : — I kill'd the slave that was a hanging thee. Off. 'Tis true, my lords, he did. Lear. Did I not,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 496 pages
...her; now she's gone for ever! — Cordelia, Cordelia, stay a little. Ha ! What is't thou say'st ? — Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low; an excellent thing in woman: — I kill'd the slave that was a hanging thee. Off. 'Tis true, my lords, he did. Lear. Did I not,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 13

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 356 pages
...her; now she's gone for ever!— Cordelia, Cordelia, stay a little. Ha ! What is't thou say'st? — Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low ; an excellent thing in woman :— I kill'd the slave that was a hanging thee. Of. 'Tis true, my lords, he did. Lear. Did I not,...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, with Explanatory Notes ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 584 pages
...; now she's gone fo ever ! — Cordelia, Cordelia, stay a little. Ha ! What is 't thou say'st? — r, " I send it through the rivers of your blood, " Even to the court, : — 1 kill'd the slave that was a hanging thee. Gent. 'Tis true, my lords, he did. Lear. Did 1 not,...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With Explanatory Notes ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 562 pages
...; now she's gone for ever !— Cordelia, Cordelia, stay a little. Ha ! N hat is 't thou say'st? — Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low ; an excellent thing in woman : — I kill'd the slave that was a hanging thee. Gent. 'Tis true, my lordi» he did. Lear. Did I not,...
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