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" But whate'er you are That in this desert inaccessible, Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time ; If ever you have look'd on better days, If ever been where bells have knoll'd to church, If ever sat at any good... "
Elements of Criticism - Page 242
by Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816
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Shakespeare and the Traditions of Comedy

Leo Salingar - 1974 - 372 pages
...asperity of Jaques; it upsets the dream of a 'golden world', where men can 'fleet the time carelessly' : whate'er you are That in this desert inaccessible,...look'd on better days, If ever been where bells have knoll 'd to church, If ever sat at any good man's feast, If ever from your eyelids wiped a tear And...
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Shakespeare and Elizabethan Poetry: A Study of His Earlier Work in Relation ...

M. C. Bradbrook - 1979 - 294 pages
...Duke for help in terms of daily experience which as Dr. Johnson said 'finds an echo in every breast'. If ever you have look'd on better days, If ever been where bels have knoll'd to Church ; If ever sat at any good man's feast, If ever from your eyelids wip'da...
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The Curate Shakespeare As You Like it: A Play

Don Nigro - 1986 - 104 pages
...me have it. CURATE. Sit down and feed, and welcome to our table. WILLIAM. of stern commandment. But whate'er you are that in this desert inaccessible,...neglect the creeping hours of time— if ever you have looked on better days and know what tis to pity and be pitied, let gentleness my strong enforcement...
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The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom

Tobias Smollett - 1988 - 532 pages
...be disagreeable; and though we have not opportunities of breathing the pure Arcadian air, and cannot 'under the shade of melancholy boughs, lose and neglect the creeping hours of time;'30 we may enjoy ourselves over a glass of punch or a dish of tea: nor are we destitute of friends...
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Shakespeare's Festive World: Elizabethan Seasonal Entertainment and the ...

Frangois Laroque - 1993 - 444 pages
...heen savage here . . . If ever you have looked on better days, If ever heen where bells have knolled to church, If ever sat at any good man's feast, If ever from your eyelids wiped a tear, And know what 'tis to pity, and be pitied, Let gentleness my strong enforcement he. In...
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Michigan History Magazine, Volume 9

1925 - 630 pages
...if not now molested, wave yet for a century above these ingenious idlers who delight to — "— — under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time." Too much praise can hardly be accorded to the activity of the officer, who, in five months, has reared...
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Shakespeare's Comic Commonwealths

Camille Wells Slights - 1993 - 316 pages
...old. Thus Orlando's meeting with Duke Senior involves a ritualistic recital of a common past: Orl. If ever you have look'd on better days, If ever been where bells have knoll'd to church, If ever sate at any good man's feast, If ever from your eyelids wip'da tear, And know what 'tis to pity, and...
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As You Like it

William Shakespeare - 1993 - 134 pages
...that all things had been savage here, And therefore put I on the countenance Of stern commandment. But whate'er you are That in this desert inaccessible, Under the shade of melancholy boughs, no Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time; If ever you have looked on better days, If ever been...
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Four Comedies

William Shakespeare - 1994 - 692 pages
...savage here, And therefore put I on the countenance Of stern commandment. But whate'er you are i io That in this desert inaccessible, Under the shade...neglect the creeping hours of time: If ever you have looked on better days; If ever been where bells have knolled to church; If ever sat at any good man's...
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Shakespeare, Aphra Behn and the Canon

W. R. Owens, Lizbeth Goodman - 1996 - 356 pages
...'If ever', become an invocation, almost as though they are a litany for the breaking of a spell: But whate'er you are That in this desert inaccessible,...neglect the creeping hours of time: If ever you have looked on better days; If ever been where bells have knotted to church: If ever sat at any good man's...
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