 Shall a peevish sound, A customary form, from man to man, Of brother and of sister, be a bar Twixt my perpetual happiness and me? Say that we had one father, say one womb (Curse to my joys) gave both us life and birth; Are we not therefore each to other...  The Dramatic Works of Massinger and Ford - Page 11by Philip Massinger - 1840 - 450 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Lamb - English drama - 1808 - 512 pages
...they had it there; And kneel to it, as I do kneel to them ? Friar. Why, foolish madman ! Gio. -Shall a peevish sound, A customary form, from man to man,...sister, be a bar 'Twixt my perpetual happiness and me ? i Friar. Have done, unhappy youth, for thou art lost. Gio. No, father ; in your eyes I see the change... | |
 | John Ford - English drama - 1811 - 522 pages
...there ; And kneel to it, as 1 do kneel to them ? Friar. Why, foolish madman ! Gio. Shall a peevish1 sound, A customary form, from man to man, Of brother...sister, be a bar 'Twixt my perpetual happiness and me I Say that we had one father, say one womb (Curse to my joys !) gave both us life and birth ; Are we... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1812 - 572 pages
...word, and its interpretation by Johnson. '' ' 'Ttspity she's a Whore, Act 1. sc. I. " Giov. — Shall a peevish sound, A customary form, from man to man,...sister, be a bar Twixt my perpetual happiness and me ?" Peevish — ie Perverse — contrary to my wishes. Ib. Act 5. scene 3. Giovanni says to the Friar,... | |
 | Charles Lamb - English drama - 1813 - 502 pages
...they had it there; And kneel to it, as I do kneel to them ? Friar. Why, foolish madman ! Gio. Shall a peevish sound, A customary form, from man to man....sister, be a bar 'Twixt my perpetual happiness and me ? Friar. Have done, unhappy youth, for thou art lost. Gio. No, father ; in your eyes I see the change... | |
 | Eton miscellany - 1827 - 532 pages
...they had it there ; And kneel to it, as I do kneel to them ? Friar. Why, foolish madman ? Gio. Shall a peevish sound, A customary form, from man to man,...? Say, that we had one father, say one womb (Curse tq my joy !) gave both us life and birth ; Are we not, therefore, each to other bound So much the more... | |
 | John Ford - Dramatists, English - 1827 - 712 pages
...it, as I do kneel to them ? , \X- Friar. Why, foolish madman ! — Gio. Shall a peevish' sound, i ^ A customary form, from man to man, Of brother and of sister, be a bag. 'Twixt my perpetual happiness and me ? Say that we had one father, say one womb (Curse to my joys!)... | |
 | Philip Massinger - English drama - 1840 - 758 pages
...it there ; And kneel to it, as I do kneel to them ? Friar. Why, foolish madman ! — Gio. Shall л eighty You promised to impart ? [secret Mar. * his thousand pounds, which you must 'Twbtt my perpetual happiness and me ? Say that we had one father, say one womb (Curse to my joys !)... | |
 | Charles Lamb - English drama - 1844 - 330 pages
...they had it there ; And kneel to it, as I do kneel to them 1 Friar. Why, foolish madman ! Gio. Shall a peevish sound, A customary form, from man to man,...sister, be a bar 'Twixt my perpetual happiness and me ? Friar. Have done, unhappy youth, for thou art lost. Gio. No, father : in your eyes I see the change... | |
 | Charles Lamb - English drama - 1845 - 492 pages
...they had it there ; And kneel to it, as I do kneel to them ? Friar. Why, foolish madman ! Gio. Shall a peevish sound, A customary form, from man to man,...sister, be a bar 'Twixt my perpetual happiness and me ? Friar. Have done, unhappy youth, for thou art lost. Gio. No, father : in your eyes I see the change... | |
 | Christianity - 1882 - 662 pages
...the spotless, the brave, who, after a moment's reasoning, tramples on a vulgar prejudice — ' Shall a peevish sound, a customary form from man to man, of brother and of sister, be a bar 'twixt my eternal happiness and me ? ' — sins with a clear conscience, defies the world, and dies, bravely,... | |
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