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" O, for my sake do you with Fortune chide, The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide Than public means which public manners breeds. Thence comes it that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdued... "
Shakespeare and His Times - Page 108
by François Guizot - 1855 - 360 pages
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Poems, with illustrative remarks [ed. by W.C. Oulton]. To which is ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 268 pages
...harmless deeds, That did not better for my life provide, Thau public means which public manners breeds. Thence comes it, that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdu'd To what it works in, like the dyer's hand. Pity me then, and wish I were renew'd : Whilst like...
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The Poems of William Shakespeare: Comprehending Venus and Adonis, Tarquin ...

William Shakespeare - 1808 - 224 pages
...harmless deeds, That did not better for my life provide, Than publick means which publick manners breeds. Thence comes it, that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdu'd To what it works in, like the dyer's hand, Pity me then, and wish I were renew'd ; Whilst like...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 5

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 728 pages
...harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide, Than public means, which public manner* breeds. Thence comes it that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdu'd To what it works in, like the dyer's hand. Pity me then, and wish I were renew'd ; Whilst,...
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The Reflector: A Quarterly Magazine, on Subjects of Philosophy ..., Volume 2

Leigh Hunt - English literature - 1811 - 510 pages
...harmless deeds, That did not belter for my life provide Than public means which public custom breeds— Thence comes it that my name receives a brand ; And...my nature is subdued To what it works in, like the dyer's hand Or that other confession : — Alas ! 'tis true, I have gone here and there, And made myself...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: In Nine Volumes, Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1812 - 372 pages
...harmless deeds, That did not better for my life provide, Than publick means which publick manners breeds. Thence comes it, that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdu'd To what it works in, like the dyer's hand, Pity ma then, and wish I were renew'd ; Whilst like...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1812 - 380 pages
...harmless deeds, That did not better for my life provide, Than public means which publick manners breeds.' Thence comes it, that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdu'd To what it works in, like the dyer's hand. Pity me then, and wish I were renew'd ; Whilst like...
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The Analectic Magazine...: Comprising Original Reviews, Biography ..., Volume 5

1815 - 554 pages
...harmless deeds, That did uot better for my life provide Than public means which public custom breeds — Thence comes it that my name receives a brand; And almost thence my nature i* subdued To what it works in, like the dier's hand—. Or that other confession : — Alas 1 'tis...
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Shakespeare and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - Dramatists, English - 1817 - 702 pages
...harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide, Thanpublick means, ivhich publick manners breeds. Thence comes it that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdu'd To what it works in." It appears strongly indeed, from the best of all evidence, that of his...
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The Works of Charles Lamb: In Two Parts, Volume 2

Charles Lamb - 1818 - 288 pages
...harmless deeds, That did ndt hetter for my life provide Than public means which public custom breeds — Thence comes it that my name receives a brand ; And...my nature is subdued To what it works in, like the dyer's hand Or that other confession : — Alas! 'tis true, I have gone here and there, And made myself...
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The Literary Character: Illustrated by the History of Men of Genius, Drawn ...

Isaac Disraeli - Authors - 1818 - 318 pages
...Than public means which public manners breeds; Thence comes it that my name receives a brand ; .find almost thence my nature is subdued , To what it works in, LIKE THE OVER'S HAND." Such is the fate of that author, who, in his variety of task-works, blue, yellow, and...
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