 | William Shakespeare - 1867 - 912 pages
...then thou be son to me, here lies the point ; — Why, being 0 2 son to me, art thou so pointed at? Shall the blessed sun of heaven prove a micher,* and eat blackberries ? a question not to be asked. Shall the son of England prove a thief, and take purses ? a question... | |
 | Richard Webster Huntley - English language - 1868 - 82 pages
...pilfer. " This is miching mallecho, — it means mischief." — Shakespeare, Hamlet, act. iii. sc. ii. " Shall the blessed sun of heaven prove a micher, and eat blackberries?"— Hen. IV., Part I., act ii sc. 4. " Sure she has some meaching rascal in her house." — Beaumont and... | |
 | Swynfen Jervis - 1868 - 390 pages
...will not be annoy'd with suitors. Tam,ng of the Shrew, i. 1. MICHER. A truant; an idler ; a loiterer. Shall the blessed sun of heaven prove a micher, and eat blackberries ? a question not to be asked. Henry 4, P. 1, ii. 4. 204 MINGLE. MICKLE. Much; great. The one ne'er... | |
 | Swynfen Jervis - 1868 - 386 pages
...will not be annoy'd with suitors. Taming of the Shrew, L 1. MICHER. A truant; an idler ; a loiterer. Shall the blessed sun of heaven prove a micher, and eat blackberries 1 a question not to be asked. Henry 4, P. 1, ii 4. MICKLE. 204 MICKLE. Much; great. The one ne' er... | |
 | Robert Backhouse Peacock - English language - 1869 - 142 pages
...roads. Mew, prêt, of To mow. Mezzur, Pr. of measure. Mich, adj. much. Miche, vt to cheat artfully. ["Shall the blessed sun of heaven prove a micher, and eat blackberries?" Ed.] Mich-like, adj. much the same. Mickle, adj. much, great. A Lonsdale proverb runs thus : " Many... | |
 | Robert Backhouse Peacock - 1869 - 146 pages
...roads. Mew, pret. of To mow. Mezzur, Pr. of measure. Mich, adj. much. Miche, vt to cheat artfully. [" Shall the blessed sun of heaven prove a micher, and eat blackberries?" Ed.] Mich-like, adj. much the same. Mickle, adj. much, great. A Lonsdale proverb runs thus : " Many... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1869 - 1046 pages
...If, then, thou be son to me, here lies the point — why, being son to me, art thou so pointed at? midnight ? fie, fie ! he '11 never come. Eva. You see,1 he has been ? a question not to be asked. Shall the sun of England prove a thief, and take purses? a question to... | |
 | Joseph Hatton - 1871 - 344 pages
...me. If then thou be son to me, here lies the point; — Why, being son to me, art thou so pointed at? Shall the blessed sun of heaven prove a micher, and eat blackberries? a question not to be ask'd. Shall the son of England prove a thief, and take purses? a question to... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - 290 pages
...mallecho, that is, sneaking or skulking mischief. Shakespeare used ' micher ' in the sense of ' truant.' ' Shall the blessed sun of heaven prove a micher and eat blackberries?' 1 Henry IV, ii. 4. 451. Minsheu (The Guide into Tongues) gives ' To Miche, or secretly to hide himselfe... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - 488 pages
...If, then, thou be son to me, here lies the point ; — why, being son to me, art thou so pointed at? Shall the blessed sun of heaven prove a micher, and eat blackberries? a question not to be asked. Shall the son of England prove a thief, and take purses? a question to... | |
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A question not to be asked. Shall the son of England prove a thief and take purses? A question to be asked. There is a thing, Harry, which thou hast often heard of, and it is known to many in our land by the name of pitch. This pitch, as ancient writers... 
