 Euripides, and Sophocles to us; Pacuvius, Accius, him of Cordova dead, To life again, to hear thy buskin tread, And shake a stage; or, when thy socks were on, Leave thee alone for the comparison Of all that insolent Greece or haughty Rome Sent forth,...  The North American Review - Page 5771887Full view - About this book
 | Robert E. Hunter - 1864 - 296 pages
...Cordova dead ; To live again, to hear thy buskin tread And shake a stage : or, when thy socks were on, Leave thee alone — for the comparison Of all, that insolent Greece, or haughty Borne, Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come. Triumph, my Britain ! thou hast one to show.... | |
 | Stephen Watson Fullom - 1864 - 394 pages
...others it may bo Honour hereafter to be laid by thee." And shake a stage: Or, when thy socks were on, Leave thee alone for the comparison Of all that insolent Greece or haughty Borne Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come. Triumph, my Britain! thou hast one to show, To... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 pages
...Cordova dead, To live again, to hear thy buskin tread, And shake a stage : or when thy socks were on, Leave thee alone for the comparison Of all, that insolent...Rome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come. Triumph, my Britain, thou hast one to show, To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1866 - 588 pages
...Cordova, dead, To life again, to hear thy buskin tread And shake a stage ; or when thy socks were on, Leave thee alone for the comparison Of all that insolent Greece or haughty Borne Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come. Triumph, my Britain ! thou hast one to show,... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1868 - 570 pages
...Cordova dead, To live again, to hear thy buskin tread And shake a stage : or, when thy socks were on, Leave thee alone for the comparison Of all that insolent...Rome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come. Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joy'd to wear the dressing of his lines ! Which were so... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1857 - 598 pages
...too long to insert, not only is Shakespere as a dramatist, placed above Lylly and Marlowe, but — ' all that insolent Greece, or haughty Rome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come.' And then he continues, — . . . . ' Look, how the father's face Lives in his issue, even so the raco... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1868 - 578 pages
...Cordova dead, To live again, to hear thy buskin tread And shake a stage : or, when thy socks were on, Leave thee alone for the comparison Of all that insolent Greece or haughty Bome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come. Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joy*d... | |
 | Class-book - 1869 - 344 pages
...8 dead, To live again, to hear thy buskin tread, 2ft And shake a stage : or when thy socks were on, Leave thee alone for the comparison Of all that insolent...Rome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come. Triumph, my Britain, thou hast one to shew, 25 To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not... | |
 | Epigrammatists - 1870 - 654 pages
...Cordova dead, To life again, to hear thy buskin tread And shake a stage ; or when thy socks were on, Leave thee alone ; for the comparison Of all that...haughty Rome, Sent forth, or since did from their aslic-s come. Seward has a distich on the cities which claim Homer's birth : Seven wealthy towns contend... | |
 | Henry Philip Dodd - 1870 - 652 pages
...dead. To life again, to hear thy buskin tread And shake a stage ; or when thy sucks were on, I/cave thee alone ; for the comparison Of all that insolent...haughty Rome, Sent forth, or since did from their ashes uome. Sewnrd has a distich on the cities which claim Homer's birth : Seven wealthy towns contend for... | |
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