 | William Shakespeare - 1773
...helpful ornament; A virtue, that was never feen in you. Hot. Marry, and I'm glad of it with all my heart, I had rather be a kitten, and cry, mew ! Than one of thefe fame meetcr-ballad-nyjngers; I'd rather hear a brazen candleftick turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1773
...ornament ; A virtue that was never feen in you. , Hot. Marry, and I'm glad of it with all my heart ; I had rather be a kitten, and cry, mew, Than one of thefe fame metre-ballad-mongers : I had rather hear * a brazen candleftick turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1780
...old beldame earth, and topples down High tow'rs and mofs-grown fteeples. On miferahle Rhymers. (7) I had rather be a kitten, and cry, mew ! Than one of thefe fame meter-ballad-mongers : I'd rather hear a brazen candleftick turn'd, Or (6) I blame, &c.]... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1784
...FJ/ay on the Origin und Pregrefs of Song Writing. Three yds. Small %-vo. \2S. in Beards. Johnfon. ' I had rather be a kitten, and cry mew ! Than one of thefe fame metre-ballad mongers.' TriE poet who fupgefts this idea was acquainted with every paflion... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1789
...btlpful tmamtnt ;]— &t off my .own language by Hot. Marry, and I'm glad of it with all my heart} I had rather be a kitten, and cry— mew, Than one of thefe fame metre ballad-mongers : I had rather hear a brazen candleftick turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate... | |
 | Andrew Becket - 1787 - Страниц: 470
...S. 2. POESY. — — Much is the force of heaven-bred poefy. 'Two Gentlemen of Verona, A. 3, S. 2. I had rather be a kitten, and cry — mew, Than one of thefe fame metre ballad-mongers ; I had rather hear a brazen canftick turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791
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 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1790
....'.-.:'---••'.,": ft*. Prick out mine eyes with a ballad-maker's pen Mu.Ado A. Nat. Baliad-mxgtrs. I had rather be a kitten and cry — mew, than one of thcfe fame metre ballad-mongers - - - I Her.iy TV. Baiufag. And fo more equal ballafting to thee, Pofthumus... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1790
...its ttnpti— J The Englifli language.. JOHNSOK. Het. Marry, and I'm glad of it with all my heart ; I had rather be a kitten, and cry — mew, Than one of thefe fame metre ballad-mongers : I had rather hear a brazen canftick turn'd 6, Or a dry wheel grate... | |
 | Samuel Ayscough - 1791 - Страниц: 1754
...Bíuaí-ma ',рея. Prick out mine eyes with a ballad-maker's pen Ma. Ado A. Notb. 2 Soi i BiUad-ictgeri. I had rather be a kitten and cry — mew, than one of thefe fame metre I 123 ; -14 ballad-mongers - - I Henry iv. I 458 !¿ Rife/sing. And Го more equal... | |
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I had rather be a kitten, and cry mew, Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers ; I had rather hear a brazen canstick turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tree ; And that would set my teeth nothing on edge, Nothing so much as mincing poetry ; —... 
