| 1906 - 810 Seiten
...brave live on, DR, GEORGE SEWELL, The Suicide, from Martial, XI, Epistle 56 The man that lays his hand upon a woman, Save in the way of kindness, is a wretch Whom 'twere gross flattery to name a coward, JOHN TOBIN, The Honcymoon, ii, i Cowards, — Cowards die many times before their deaths;... | |
| William Roberts - 1907 - 424 Seiten
...Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, and of it three lines are worth quoting : " The man that lays his hand upon a woman, Save in the way of kindness, is a wretch Whom 'twere base flattery to call a coward." The play was f1rst produced on January 31, 1805 ; Miss Mellon (1775-1837),... | |
| Frederick Harris Dawes Vieth - 1907 - 406 Seiten
...Isherwood delivered himself of the following quotation from the "Honeymoon" : "The man who lays his hand upon a woman Save in the way of kindness, is a wretch Whom it were gross flattery to name a coward." The audience roared, and so did the performers behind the... | |
| Henry George Bohn - 1911 - 784 Seiten
...Grac'd with a sword, but worthier of a fan. 901 Cowper: Task. Bk. i Line 771 The man that lays his hand upon a woman, Save in the way of kindness, is a wretch Whom 't were gross flattery to name a coward. 902 John Tobin : Honeymoon. Act 11, Sc. 1 Men lie, who lack... | |
| James David Gillilan - 1915 - 200 Seiten
...Skull Valley home, many miles over the Onaqui range. POLYGAMY OF TO-DAY The man that lays his hand upon a woman, Save in the way of kindness, is a wretch Whom 't were gross flattery to name a coward. — John Tobin. A baby was sleeping, Its mother was weeping.... | |
| Herbert Charles O'Neill - 1919 - 480 Seiten
...655. A man of sorrows. — Old Testament (AV 1611), Isaiah, chap. liii. The man that lays his hand upon a woman, Save in the way of kindness, is a wretch. 656. JOHN TOBIN (1770-1804), The Honeymoon, Act ii. sc. i . Man wants but little here below. Nor wants... | |
| Oliver Elton - 1920 - 544 Seiten
...and its rendering of the eternal shrew taming story. It contains the tag ' The man that lays his hand upon a woman Save in the way of kindness, is a wretch,' etc. In serious drama, or melodrama, two main influences became apparent towards the end of the century,... | |
| Samuel Robinson Littlewood - 1921 - 178 Seiten
...it contains the most celebrated of all examples of bathos in the lines : " The man who lays his hand upon a woman, Save in the way of kindness, is a wretch, Whom 'twere gross flattery to name a coward ! " Perhaps it is to Elizabeth's credit that she seems to have resisted this temptation... | |
| 1922 - 756 Seiten
...sterling drama, which, a bit paraphrased, runs thus: lie tbat lays his hand on a new critic Save ID the way of kindness, Is a wretch Whom 'twere gross flattery to call a coward ! BROADWAY, OUR LITERARY SIGNPOST By Kenneth Andrews With Sketches by the Author nULCY" by George S.... | |
| KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 Seiten
...was afterwards boldest in words and tongue. TACITUS— Annalcs. IV. 62. The man that lays his hand on e, and introduced Thompson's Song. See IJR. DINSDALE'S editio name a coward. TOBIN — The Honeymoon. Act II. Sc. 1. is Adieu, canaux, canards, canaille. VOLTAIRE,... | |
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