Hidden fields
Books Books
" Mark it, Cesario; it is old and plain: The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age. "
Mr. William Shakespeare: His Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies - Page 31
by William Shakespeare - 1767
Full view - About this book

Works: With a Sketch of the Author's Life

Robert Fergusson - 1807 - 378 pages
...of SCOTS Music. Mark it Caesario ; it is old and plain, The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it. SHAKESPEARE'S TWELFTH NIGHT. ON Scotia's plains, in days of yore, When lads and lasses tartan wore,...
Full view - About this book

The Works of Robert Fergusson: To which is Prefixed, a Sketch of the Author ...

Robert Fergusson - 1807 - 378 pages
...of SCOTS Music. Mark it Caesario ; it is old and plain, The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it. SHAKESPEARE'S TWELFTH NIGHT. ON Scotia's plains, in days of yore, When lads and lasses tartan wore,...
Full view - About this book

The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson ..., Volume 12

William Shakespeare - 1807 - 344 pages
...last night : — Mark it, Cesario; it is old, and plain : Tin- spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids, that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age. Clo. Are you...
Full view - About this book

Select Beauties of Ancient English Poetry, Volume 2

Henry Headley - 1810 - 236 pages
...we had last night, Mark it, Cesario, it is old and plain, The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it. <HAKSPEABB. LLWEN. " \J MY troubled soul, I see nought save the hollowbeating wave ; the cold lumiuary...
Full view - About this book

The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1810 - 440 pages
...last night : — Mark it, Cesario ; it is old, and plain : The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids* that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it ; it is silly sooth,* And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age. s Clo. Are...
Full view - About this book

Elements of Elocution: In which the Principles of Reading and Speaking are ...

John Walker - 1810 - 394 pages
...last night : — Mark it, Cesario ; it is old and plain ; The spinsters, and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love Like to old age. Hud. If musick...
Full view - About this book

Literary life and select works of Benjamin Stillingfleet [ed. by W. Coxe].

Benjamin Stillingfleet - 1811 - 480 pages
...more brisk and giddy-pated times. It is old and plain ; The spinsters, and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids, that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it." With regard to the controverted question, whether the Greeks were acquainted with counterpoint,...
Full view - About this book

Select Reviews, Volume 5

1812 - 470 pages
...tradition, and are early imprinted on every mind ; — " Which Spinners and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids, that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant of." Mr. Cromek next proceeds to investigate some of the causes which may have led to the formation...
Full view - About this book

The Works of William Shakespeare: In Nine Volumes, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1810 - 434 pages
...last night : -—Mark it, Cesario ; it is old, and plain : The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids* that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it ; it is silly sooth, s And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age. • Clo....
Full view - About this book

The Poems of Robert Fergusson: in Two Parts. To which is Prefixed ..., Volume 1

Robert Fergusson - 1815 - 348 pages
...OF SCOTS MUSIC. Mark it, Csesario; it is old and plain, The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it. SHAKESPZAIIE'S TWELFTH NIGBT. ON Scotia's plains, in days of yore, When lads and lasses tartan wore,...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF