 | Henry Augustus Boardman - 1853 - 434 oldal
...stand upon the beach, And bid the main flood bate his usual height; You might as well use question with the wolf, Why he hath made the ewe bleat for the lamb ; You might as well forbid the mountain pines To wag their high tops, and to make no noise, "When they are... | |
 | 1853 - 522 oldal
...bleat for the lamb,' which is evidently meaningless ; the latter— ' You may as well use question with the wolf Why he hath made the ewe bleat for the lamb ; ' which is not much better. The corrector supplies at least a better version, though it may be questioned... | |
 | Samuel Weller Singer - 1853 - 350 oldal
...edition of Shakespeare, is far preferable, and of undisputed authority: You may as well use question with the wolf, Why he hath made the ewe bleat for the lamb. P. 121. " The change of a word in the subsequent passage, seems, if not required, probable;— If thou... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 440 oldal
...let their beds Be made as soft as yours, and let their palates 1 in fe : You may as well use question with the wolf, Why he' hath made the ewe bleat for the lamb. Be season'd with such viands ? You will answer, The slaves are ours. — So do I answer you : The pound... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 oldal
...discontent us. Coleridge. QUESTION. I PRAY you think you question with a Jew; You may as well use question with the wolf, Why he hath made the ewe bleat for the lamb. Shakspere. In points of honour to be tried, Suppose the question not your own. Swift. O, impotent estate... | |
 | Conrad Hume Pinches - 1854 - 460 oldal
...go stand upon the beach. And bid the main flood bate his usual height ; You may as well use question with the wolf, Why he hath made the ewe bleat for the lamb ; You may as well forbid the mountain pinea To wag their high tops, and to make no noise, When they are fretted with the gusts of heaven... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 oldal
...beaeh, And bid the main flood bate his usual height; You may as well use question with the wolf, f\'hy he hath made the ewe bleat for the lamb; You may as well bid the mountain pines To wag their high tops, and to make no noise, When they are fretted with the... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 610 oldal
...go stand upon the beaeh, And bid the main lluod bate his usual height; You may as well use question with the wolf, Why he hath made the ewe bleat for the Imib; You may as well bid the mountain pines To wag their high tope, and to make no noi=r, When they... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1856 - 624 oldal
...go stand upon the beaeh, And bid the main flood bate his usual height; You may as well use question with the wolf, Why he hath made the ewe bleat for the lamb; You may as well bid the mountain pines To wag their high tops, and to make no noise, When they are fretted with the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 626 oldal
...go stand upon the beach, And bid the main flood bate his usual height; You may as well use question with the wolf, Why he hath made the ewe bleat for the lainb ; You may as well forbid the mountain pines To wag their high tops, and to make no noise, When... | |
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You may as well go stand upon the beach, And bid the main flood bate his usual height ; You may as well use question with the wolf, Why he hath made the ewe bleat for the lamb... 
