 | Richard Thomson - 1839 - 548 σελίδες
...fine description of a popular ballad in Twelfth Night :— ' Mark it, Cscsario, it is old and plain ; The Spinsters, and the Knitters in the sun, And the...weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ' '' " Come, my good Sir," replied Mr. Postern, " no more words on't, but sing, I pray you." " Then... | |
 | 1839 - 880 σελίδες
...these most brisk and giddy-pated times." And again, " Mark it, Ctesario — it is old and plain : — The spinsters, and the knitters in the sun, And the...free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do wont to sing it." Yes ! Shakspeare has sought for the standard of taste in music in a quarter which... | |
 | Anne Drury Hall - 2010 - 217 σελίδες
...plain that Orsino is pleased by the song's old-fashionedness: Mark it, Cesario; it is old and plain. The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the...weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it. It is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love. Like the old age. This is practically a... | |
 | 1915 - 766 σελίδες
...in Twelfth Night — " — Come, that song we had last night: Hark it, Cesario, it is old and plain; The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their threads with bones, Do use to chaunt it: it is silly-sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1992 - 132 σελίδες
...yellow melancholy'), it is gratifyingly sensuous when read aloud. Mark it, Cesario, it is old and plain: The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their threads with bones, Do use to chant it ... What seems to be a functional introduction to an old song... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1993 - 220 σελίδες
...perfezione. Entrano Curia e Feste ORSINO Vieni, amico, canta la canzone Della notte scorsa. Ascolta, Cesario, The spinsters, and the knitters in the sun, And the...weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it. It is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love Like the old age. FESTE Are you ready, sir... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1994 - 692 σελίδες
...and Feste ORSINO O, fellow, come, the song we had last night. Mark it, Cesario; it is old and plain. The spinsters, and the knitters in the sun, And the...weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it. It is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love Like the old age. 29 still al ways 37 bold... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1994 - 264 σελίδες
...CURIO and FESTE DUKE O fellow, come, the song we had last night. Mark it, Cesario, it is old and plain; The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave dieir direads with bones, Do use to chant it; it is silly soodi, And dallies with the innocence of... | |
 | Alan Sinfield, Lindsay Smith - 1998 - 208 σελίδες
...paced times', and claims to prefer the kind of 'old and plain' song that The spinsrers and the knitrers in the sun. And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt.43 Ptince Hamler, at a celebrared moment in his play, dismisses the 'low' rasre of the 'gmundlings'... | |
 | Jennifer Mulherin - 2001 - 36 σελίδες
...recollected terms Of these most brisk and giddy-paced times . . . Mark it, Cesario, it is old and plain; The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the...weave their thread with bones Do use to chant it; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, 1 '.ike the old age . Act ii Sciv Orsino... | |
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The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age. 
