 | Thomas Warton - 1781 - 620 σελίδες
...flratagems or the meditation of a lover, to fuch a night as Troilus might have chofen, for ftealing a view of the Grecian camp from the ramparts of Troy. And figh'd his foul towards the Grecian tents Where Creflid lay that night % Among thefe poems is a fliort... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 σελίδες
...EXTRACTS, And they did make no noise ; in such a night, Troilus, methinks, moutited the Trojan wall, And sigh'd his soul towards the Grecian tents, Where Cressid' lay that night, Jes. In such a night, Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew ; And saw the lion's shadow ere... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816 - 452 σελίδες
...the trees, And they did make no noise ; in such a night, Troilus methinks mounted the Trojan wall, And sigh'd his soul towards the Grecian tents Where Cressid lay that night. Merchant of Venice, ActV. Sc. 1. -I have seen Th' ambitious ocean swell, and rage, and foam,... | |
 | Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - 1817 - 532 σελίδες
...kiss the trees, And they did make no noise; in such a night, Troilus methinks mounted the Trojan wall, And sigh'd his soul towards the Grecian tents Where Cressid lay that night. -I have seen Th' ambitious ocean swell, and rage, and foam, To be exalted with the threat'ning... | |
 | William Rhind - 1830 - 376 σελίδες
...the trees, And they did make no noise; in such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the Trojan walls, And sigh'd his soul towards the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay that night.—In such a night Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew, And saw the lion's shadow ere himself,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 σελίδες
...the trees, And they did make no noise ; in such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the Trojan walls, And sigh'd his soul towards the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay that night. In such a night, Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew; And saw the lion's shadow ere himself,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 478 σελίδες
...the trees, And they did make no noise ; in such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the Trojan walls, And sigh'd his soul towards the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay that night. In such a night, Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew ; And saw the lion's shadow ere himself,... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1840 - 550 σελίδες
...love-story of our old poetry, and from its popularity was wrought into a drama by Shakspeare. Troilus's sufferings for Cressida were a common topic for a lover's fidelity and assiduity. Shakspeare, in his MERCHANT OF VENICE, compares a night favorable to the stratagems or the meditation... | |
 | 1848 - 936 σελίδες
...the trees, And they did make no noise ; in such a night Troilus, methinks, mounted the Trojan walls, And sigh'd his soul towards the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay that night ;" and thus, also, did many a brave youth within the narrow limits of this fort, that night,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 608 σελίδες
...the trees, And they did make no noise ; in such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the Trojan walls, And sigh'd his soul towards the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay that night. In such a night, Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew ; And saw the lion's shadow ere himself,... | |
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The moon shines bright : — In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees, And they did make no noise ; in such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the Trojan walls, And sigh'd his soul towards the Grecian tents, Where Cressid... 
