 | Anna Eliza Bray - 1845 - 472 Seiten
...waking thoughts. In short to him (as is so beautifully expressed by our great dramatic bard), " life was as tedious as a twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man." Two things were also evident in Sir Hugh's change of life : first, that he was become... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 396 Seiten
...As morning roses, newly washed with dru». There's nothing in the world can make me joy ; Ltfe — is as tedious— as a twice-told tale, Vexing the dull ear of drowsy man. Love is ¿¿ma*, and lovers cannot see The petty follies, that themselves commit. How far... | |
 | Mrs. Bray (Anna Eliza) - 1845 - 440 Seiten
...waking thoughts. In short to him (as is so beautifully expressed by our great dramatic bard), "life was as tedious as a twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man." Two things were also evident in Sir Hugh's change of life : first, that he was become... | |
 | Marlborough coll - 1880 - 174 Seiten
...Phil. I fear some outrage ; and I'll follow her. [Exit. Lew. There's nothing in this world can make me joy: Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man. 11 K\tvr]v те Koajteu; rr¡v <p(\rjv iroaiv ôo/ceî owTjöey àvTÏ TOVÔ' àfl ttapóv... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Charles John Kean - 1846 - 76 Seiten
...outrage, and I'll follow her. [Exit, L. Lew. (R.) There's nothing in this world can make me . . . j°y : . Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man. Pan. What have you lost by losing of this day 1 Iiew. All days of glory, joy, and happiness.... | |
 | 1847 - 540 Seiten
...heard no more ; it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. LIFE. 3. Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man. SHAKSPEARE. 4. Oh, how this spring of life resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day,... | |
 | J. L. Styan - 1967 - 260 Seiten
...fate of Prince Arthur and the grief of his mother Constance, There's nothing in this world can make me joy: Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man. (m, iv, 107-9) unite mood and sentiment in the drama of the scene. The idiom of such speech,... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 Seiten
...Shaw on MORALITY; Beecham on Music; Barrie, Wilson on The SCOTS; Muggeridge on SEX; Shaw on VICE Ennui Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man. Lewis, Kingjohn William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist, poet She, while her... | |
 | Daniel Chapelle - 1993 - 268 Seiten
...all-too-familiar anecdotes. In the words of Shakespeare: "There's nothing in this world can make me joy. Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man" (King John 3.4.107-9). Freud emphasizes this sense of timelessness: "Unconscious mental... | |
 | Susan Howe - 1993 - 212 Seiten
...been published in magazines. The title could also be a reference to lines in Shakespeare's King John: "Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, / Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man." Coincidentally or uncannily, Twice-told Tales was published in 1837, exactly two hundred... | |
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There's nothing in this world can make me joy : Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man ; And bitter shame hath spoil'd the sweet world's taste, That it yields nought but shame and bitterness. 
