 | Arabella Jane Sullivan - 1833 - Liczba stron: 212
...struck with those lines of Anne Boleyne'a, that I came home and learned (hem by heart — ' I swear 'tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perked up in a glistering «jef And wear a golden Borrow,' If I had but married an honest, true-hearted... | |
 | Lady Catherine Pollock Manners Stepney - 1833 - Liczba stron: 324
...one, more than any unprophetical writer, the way to stem the torrent. He says ; — ' Verily, I swear 'tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perked up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow.' And I have quite profited by many similar... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament, 1833 - 1834 - Liczba stron: 994
...many others who have been forced into distinction, and that their favourite quotation will be, — Tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Then to be perk'd up— in a jury-box, And march as a militia-man— No — I beg pardon — Than to... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - Liczba stron: 588
...lady ! She's a stranger now again. Anne. So much the more Must pity drop upon her. Verily, I swear, 'tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perked up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. Old L. Our content Is our best having.4... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1837 - Liczba stron: 400
...soul and body's severing. OLD LADT. ANNE. So much the more Must pity drop upon her. Verily, I swear, 'tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. How completely, in the few passages appropriated to Anna... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1837 - Liczba stron: 338
...though so nearly related to my Lord and, I believe liked by him, yet with poor Anne Boleyn — ' I swear 'tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perkt up in a glittering grief, And wear a golden sorrow/ " This unexpected and pathetic ending of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - Liczba stron: 484
...another's pride, While pride is fasting in his wantonness! 36 — iii. 3. 191 Contentment, its happiness. 'Tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. . 25 — ii. 3. 192 Humility, feigned. 'Tis a common proof,™... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1839 - Liczba stron: 1084
...seeming prosperity, may be made a question. STERLING. CHAPTER XVI. UNEQUAL FRIENDSHIPS. " Verily, 1 swear 'tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers, in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glittering grief, And wear a golden sorrow.'" Henry Vlll. IT is an old and just observation, that unequal... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1839 - Liczba stron: 414
...his seeming prosperity, may be made a question. CHAPTER XVI. UNEQUAL FRIENDSHIPS. " Verily, I swear 'tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers, in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glittering grief, And wear a golden sorrow." Henry IT is an old and just observation, that unequal... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - Liczba stron: 478
...another's pride, While pride is fasting in his wantonness ! 26 — iii. 3. 191 Contentment, its happiness. 'Tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. 25— ii. !). 192 Humility, feigned. 'Tis a common proof... | |
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tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. 
