 | 1851 - 592 pagine
...penance for the triumph of the day. As a king expresses it, who could sympathize with Solomon : — " How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! — Sleep, gentle sleep ! Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 pagine
...Another imitation of the soliloquy on sleep. Supra, n. I0. SHAKSPEARE, ii. Henry IF. A. iii. S. i. How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! 0 gentle sleep ! — O thou dull god, why liest thou with the vile In loatheome btdt. 16 Fingal,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 534 pagine
...come, bid them o'er-read these letters, And well consider of them : Make good speed. ' [Exit Page. How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep !— Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have 1 frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 pagine
...This only is the witchcraft which I've us'd. IX — Henry IV's Soliloquy on Sleefi. — SnAKEsrEAlfE1. HOW many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O gentle sleep 1 Nature's soft nurse ! how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelid's dowri. And... | |
 | Louis-Pierre Siret - 1815 - 198 pagine
...the fourth's speech , when he receives news by night of the Earl of Northumberland's rebellion (b). How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! О sleep , О gentle sleep , Nature's soft nurse , how have I frighted thee , That thou no more wilt... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 478 pagine
...they come, bid them o'er-read these letters, And well consider of them : Make good speed. [Exit Page. How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! — Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how hare I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1819 - 458 pagine
...Richard II. Act III. Sc. 4. Not less successfully is life and action given even to sleep : King Henry. How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O gt iitle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eye-lids... | |
 | William Scott - 1820 - 398 pagine
...only is the witchcraft ^hich l've us'd. nw ' p.-HAKE TTOW many thousands of my poorest subject. JL A Are at this hour asleep ( O gentle sleep ! Nature's soft nurse ! how have I fri|hted fhee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down. And steep my senses in forgetfulness ?... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 pagine
...that she did pity them. — This only is the witchcraft I have us'd. IX. — Henry IV's Soliloquy on Sleep. HOW many thousands of my poorest subjects Are...hour asleep ! — O gentle sleep ! ' Nature's soft nurs« ! how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses... | |
 | 1823 - 594 pagine
...bles of state and the torments of his mind, and to change places with the lowest of his subjects. " How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are, at this hour, asleep! Sleep, gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thoe, That thou no more wilt weigh' my... | |
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How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep! O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down And steep my senses in forgetfulness? 
