 God save the mark ! — And telling me the sovereign'st thing on Earth Was parmaceti for an inward bruise ; And that it was great pity, so it was, This villainous salt-petre should be digg'd Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall...  Elements of Criticism - Page 225by Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816Full view - About this book
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 416 pages
...villainous saltpetre should be digg'd Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall fellow had destroy'd So cowardly ; and, but for these vile guns, He would himself have been a soldier. This bald unjointed chat of his, my lord, I answer'd indirectly, as I said ; Come current for an accusation,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - Humor - 1846 - 282 pages
...villainous saltpetre should be digg'd Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall fellow had destroy'd So cowardly ; and, but for these vile guns, He would himself have been a soldier. This bald unjointed chat of his, my lord, I answer'd indirectly, as I said ; And, I beseech you, let... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 934 pages
...should be digged Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall fellow had destroyed So cowardly ; and but for these vile guns, He would himself have been a soldier. -Henry IV. Part I. KINGLY RESERVE. HAD I so lavish of my presence been, So common-hackneyed in the... | |
 | Harold C. Goddard - Literary Criticism - 2009 - 410 pages
...villanous saltpetre should be digg'd Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall fellow had destroy'd So cowardly; and but for these vile guns, He would himself have been a soldier. Militarism and pacifism have always had a strange family resemblance, and Hotspur and his popinjay... | |
 | Martin Roth - New York (State) - 1968 - 142 pages
...so it was, This villainous salt-petre should be digg'd Out of the bowels of the harmless earth — And but for these vile guns He would himself have been a warrior.11 "Why he stalks up and down, like a peacock, bites his lip with a politic regard, as who... | |
 | United States. 68th Cong., 2d sess., 1924-1925. House - 1925 - 104 pages
...villanous salt-petre should be digg'd Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall fellow had destroy'd So cowardly; and but for these vile guns, He would himself have been a soldier. Those who knew him well always read speeches he made in Congress, with the idea of picking up the touches... | |
 | Hans-Jürgen Weckermann - Literary Criticism - 1978 - 380 pages
...villainous saltpetre should be digg'd Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall fellow had destroy'd So cowardly; and but for these vile guns He would himself have been a soldier. This bald unjointed chat of his, my lord, I answered indirectly, äs I said. (1H4- I.iii. 4-6-47, 4-9-66)... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 884 pages
...should be digged Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, 60 Which many a good tall fellow had destroyed So cowardly, and but for these vile guns He would himself have been a soldier. This bald unjointed chat of his, my lord, I answered indirectly, as I said, And I beseech you, let... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...villainous salt-petre should be digg'd Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall This bald unjoir.ted chat of his, my lord, I answer'd indirectly, as I said; And I beseech you, let... | |
 | Harry Berger, Peter Erickson - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 532 pages
...should be digg'd Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall fellow had destroy 'd So cowardly, and but for these vile guns He would himself have been a soldier. This bald unjointed chat of his, my lord, I answer'd indirectly . . . (59-65) Why should this complaint... | |
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