 | William Shakespeare - 1996 - 1290 pages
...father's, Even in these honest mean habiliments: Our purses shall be proud, our garments poor; For ur Grace. DUKE OF GLOSTER. Then send for one presently. MAYOR OF ST. ALBAN'S. Sirrah, go fet honour peereth in the meanest habit. What, is the jay more precious than the lark, Because his feathers... | |
 | Peter J. Leithart - 1996 - 288 pages
...dressed in a fancy gown is still a shrew. This is the point of his lecture on the value of clothing: 'tis the mind that makes the body rich; And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, So honour peereth in the meanest habit. What, is the jay more precious than the lark Because his feathers... | |
 | Stanley Wells - 1997 - 438 pages
...father's Even in these honest, mean habiliments; Our purses shall be proud, our garments poor, For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich, And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, So honour peereth in the meanest habit. (4.3.167-72) Or, as Shakespeare puts it in Sonnet 146, 'Within... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1998 - 260 pages
...father's, Even in these honest mean habiliments. Our purses shall be proud, our garments poor, For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich; And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, 170 So honour peereth in the meanest habit. What, is the jay more precious than the lark Because his... | |
 | Theodor Meron - 1998 - 257 pages
...merit was more important than nobility of birth. Petruccio underlines the importance of merit: For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich, And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, So honour peereth in the meanest habit. (The Taming of the Shrew, IV.iii.170-72) King Simonides makes... | |
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tis the mind that makes the body rich ; And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, So honour peereth in the meanest habit. What, is the jay more precious than the lark, Because his feathers are more beautiful ? Or is the adder better than the eel,... 
