 For when I am in presence either of father or mother, whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go, eat, drink, be merry or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing or doing anything else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure and number, even...  The gamester, by E. Moore. The tragedy of Jane Shore, by N. Rowe. The London ... - Page 326edited by - 1812Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1876 - 606 pages
...when I am in presence either of father or mother, •whether I speak, keep silent, sit, stand, or go ; eat, drink, be merry or sad ; be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing anything •else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly... | |
 | Memoirs - 1876 - 404 pages
...I am in presence either of my father or mother, whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go ; eat, drink, be merry, or sad ; be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing anything else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly, as... | |
 | Barbara R. Bartlett - 1876 - 334 pages
...when I am in presence of either father or mother, whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go, eat, drink, be merry or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing anything else, I must do it, as were, in such weight, measure, and number, or else I am sharply taunted,... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 430 pages
...when I am in presence either of father or mother, whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go, eat, drink, be merry, or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing anything else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly, as... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...when I am in presence either of father or mother, whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go, eat, drink, be merry, or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing anything else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly, as... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - American essays - 1900 - 464 pages
...silence, sit, stand, or go, eate, drinke, be merrie or sad, be sowying, playing, dauncing, or doing anie thing else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfitelie as God made the world, or else I am so sharplie taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea, presentlie... | |
 | Philip Sidney - 1900 - 182 pages
...when I am in presence of either father or mother, whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go, eat, drink, be merry, or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing anything else, I must do as it were in such weight, number, and measure, even so perfectly, as God... | |
 | Philip Sidney - Great Britain - 1900 - 192 pages
...when I am in presence of either father or mother, whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go, eat, drink, be merry, or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing anything else, I must do as it were in such weight, number, and measure, even so perfectly, as God... | |
 | Literature - 1901 - 622 pages
...when I am in presence either of father or mother, whether 1 speak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go, eat, drink, be merry, or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing anything else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly, as... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - Great Britain - 1902 - 420 pages
...keep silence, sit, stand or go, eat, drink, be merry or sad, be sewing, dancing, or doing anything else, I must do it as it were in such weight, measure and number, even as perfectly as the world was made, or else I am so sharply taunted and cruelly threatened, yea, presently... | |
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