 | Charles Hindley - 1871 - 658 páginas
...STEPHEN'S BREECHES. — Vide Othello, act ii, s. 3 ; also Percy'i Seliyuet, vol. I, p. iSS. King Stephen was a worthy peer, His breeches cost him but a crown ; He held them sixpence all too dear, With that >e call'd the tailor-lown. He was a wight of high renown, And thou art but of low degree... | |
 | Arthur Milman - 1871 - 300 páginas
...allied to lnhu>, lame, clumsy. Shakespeare uses the word in the sense of ' rascal.' ' King Stephen was a worthy peer, His breeches cost him but a crown ; He held them sixpence all too dear, With that he called the tailor lown.' ' Othello,' ii. 3. Lowe.] (XXI. 123.) Flame, blaze. Cf. Ger.... | |
 | Arthur Milman - 1871 - 296 páginas
...lubber, aIlied to lahm, lame, clumsy. Shakespeare uses the word in the sense of ' rascal.' ' King Stephen was a worthy peer, His breeches cost him but a crown ; He held them sixpence all too dear, With that he called the tailor lown.' ' Othello,' ii. 3. Lowe.] (XXI. 123.) Flame, blaze. Cf. Ger.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - 416 páginas
...lieutenant ; and I'll do you justice. lugo. O sweet England ! King Stephen was and a worthy peer, [Sings. His breeches cost him but a crown : He held them sixpence all too dear, With that he call'd the tailor lown. He was a wight of lii^h renown, And thou art but of low degree... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1909 - 208 páginas
...Reliques. The stanza sung by lago in Othello, II, iii, 92-95, explains Trinculo's jests : King Stephen was a worthy peer, His breeches cost him but a crown ; He held them sixpence all too dear, CALIBAN. Let it alone, thou fool ; it is but trash. TRINCULO. O, ho, monster ! we know what belongs... | |
 | Charles H.Sylevester - 1909 - 594 páginas
...old ballad entitled "Take thy old Cloak about thee." The following stanza is quoted: "King Stephen was a worthy peer, His breeches cost him but a crown; He held them sixpence all too dear, Therefore he called the tailor lown." 54. A frippery was a shop where old clothes were sold. Trinculo... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1909 - 146 páginas
...peer! O worthy Stephano ! look what a wardrobe here is for thee ! •Cf. "Othello":— King Stephano was a worthy peer, His breeches cost him but a crown; He held them sixpence all too dear, With that he calle'd the tailor — lown. He «•«« a irifiht of hiah renown. And thou art but of... | |
 | 1910 - 492 páginas
...own degree. Once in my life I'll take a view; For I'll have a new cloak about me. She. King Stephen was a worthy peer; His breeches cost him but a crown ; He held them sixpence all too dear, Therefore he called the tailor ' lown.' He was a king and wore the crown, And thou'se but of a low... | |
 | 1911 - 404 páginas
...degree. Once in my life I'll take a view; For I'll have a new cloak about me. 7. She. King Stephen was a worthy peer; His breeches cost him but a crown; He held them sixpence all too dear, Therefore he called the tailor 'lown.' He was a king and v,-ore the crown, And thou'se but of a low... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Edward Dowden - 1912 - 1474 páginas
...MONTANO. I am for it, lieutenant ; and I'll do you justice. 8S lido. O sweet England ! King Stephen was a worthy peer, His breeches cost him but a crown ; He held them sixpence all too dear, 92 With that he call'd the tailor lown. He was a wight of high renown, And thou art but of low degree... | |
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He was a wight of high renown, And thou art but of low degree. 'Tis pride that pulls the country down; Then take thine auld cloak about thee. 
