 | William Shakespeare - 1778 - 546 pages
...years we have fuffered tofafs unEven like an o'er-grown lion in a cave, That goes not out to prey : Now, as fond fathers Having bound up the threatening twigs of birch, Only to flick it in their children's fight, For terror, not to ufe ; in time the rod Becomes more mock'd 9,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1790 - 694 pages
...our loves up in a holy band - Muck Adt Almit Nothing, B'andello. DP ». . Ta,a. of the Sbrnu. £ircb. As fond fathers having bound up the threatening twigs of birch only to ftick it in their childrens fight for terror, not for ufe - Meafurefor Meafore. Birds. About the fixth... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Promptbooks - 1803 - 76 pages
...(The needful bits and curbs to headstrong steeds,) Which for these fourteen years we have let sleep : Now, as — (fond fathers Having bound up the threatening twigs of birch, Only to stick it in their children's sight, For terror, not to use,) — in time the rod Becomes more mock'd, than fear'd : so... | |
 | 1872 - 610 pages
...fourteen years we have let sleep, Even like an o'ergrown lion in a cave, That goes not out to prey. Now, as fond fathers, Having bound up the threatening twigs of birch, Only to stick it in their children's sight For terror, not to use, in time the rod Becomes more mock'd than fear'd ; so our decrees,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 426 pages
...fourteen years we have let sleep 9 ; Even like an o'er-grown lion in a cave, That goes not out to prey : Now, as fond fathers Having bound up the threatening twigs of birch, Only to stick it in their children's sight, For terror, not to use ; in time the rod Becomes more mock'd, than fear'd : so our... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 454 pages
...(The needful bits and curbs to headstrong steeds,) Which for these fourteen years' we have let sleep : Now, as — (fond fathers Having bound up the threatening twigs of birch, Only to stick it in their children's sight, For terror, not to use,) — in time the rod Becomes more mock'd, thanfear'd: so... | |
 | Basil Montagu - Capital punishment - 1809 - 338 pages
...MANY years we have let sleep,' Ev'n like an o'ergrown lion in a cave ' That goes not out to prey : now, as fond fathers Having bound up the threatening...terror, not for use ; in time, the rod Becomes more mock'd than fcar'd : so our decrees, Dead to infliction, to themselves are dead, And liberty plucks... | |
 | 1811 - 462 pages
...foml fathers, having bound up the threatning («igs of birch only to stick it in their chilil i .r, sight for terror, not for use; in time the rod becomes more mocked than feared ; so our decrees, dead to infliction, to themselves are dead,— and liberty plucks justice... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1813 - 942 pages
...fourteen years we have let sleep ; Even like an o'ergrown lion in a cave, That goee not out to prey : n into my sight. Away, I say - Stay's* thou to vex me here ? A slave, that, still an end, turn children's sight, For terror, not to use ; in time the rod Becomes more mock'd, than fear'd : so our... | |
 | William Shakespeare - English drama (Comedy) - 1872 - 480 pages
...occasionally builds a simile on the same plan ; as in the following from Measure for Measure, i. 3 : "Now, as fond fathers, Having bound up the threatening twigs of birch, Only to stick it in their children's sight For terror, not to use, in time the rod Becomes more mock'd than fear'd ; so our decrees,... | |
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Now, as fond fathers, Having bound up the threatening twigs of birch, Only to stick it in their children's sight For terror, not to use... 
