| William Shakespeare - 1778 - 546 Seiten
...as white as whale his bone :— And 9 — — as pigeons peas ;~\ This expreffion is proverbial: " Children pick up words as pigeons peas, " And utter them again as God fhall pleafe." See Ray's Collctfion. STEEVENS. 3 waflels,] Waffels were meetings of ruftic mirth and... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1788 - 460 Seiten
...Theobald ends the fourth aft here. JOHNSON. 489. as pigeons peas j] This expression is proverbial : '* Children pick up words as pigeons peas, " And utter them again as God shall please." See Ray's Collettion. STEEVENS. $92. aiatseli— — ] Waiith were meetings of rustick rnstick mirth... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 756 Seiten
...calls diffused. WARBURTON. Line 5.59. pecks up wit, as pigeons peas ;] This expression is proverbial. " Children pick up words as pigeons peas, " And utter them again as God shall please." See Ray's collection. STEEVENS. Line 562. wassels,] A wassel is a drunken bout. 572. A mean most meanly,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 440 Seiten
...P. 30,. 1. n. This fellow pecks up wit, at pigeons peas f] This expression is proverbial: ,,Childrcn pick up words as pigeons peas, ,,A.nd utter them again as God shall please." See Hay's Collection. STEEVENS. 1'ecks is the reading of the first quarto. The folio has — picks.... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 460 Seiten
...plays at tables, chides the dice * pecks up wit, as pigeons peas ;] This expression is proverbial : " Children pick up words as pigeons peas, " And utter them again as God shall please." See Ray's Collection. Steevens. Pecks is the reading of the first quarto. The folio has — picks.... | |
| 1837 - 638 Seiten
...disturb the chess-players if they staid, t Sniggs was a character — in his way; he knew everything that was going on in the neighbourhood. The proverb,...pigeons peas. And utter them again as God shall please." SniggB collected indefatigably, but most disinterestedly retained nothing. What he picked up in one... | |
| 1837 - 604 Seiten
...stairs, to torment the consulting sisters. " He's a nice boy," said Mrs. Brandyball, " only, as I said, ' Children pick up words, as pigeons peas, And utter them again as God shall please.' And something might be said about somebody that might as well go no further ; as I say, ' prevention... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 506 Seiten
...quarto ; folio omits thither. 8 — PECKS up wit, AS PIGEONS PEAS ;] This expression is proverbial : " Children pick up words as pigeons peas, " And utter them again as God shall please." See Ray's Collection. STEEVENS. Pecks is the reading of the first quartO. The folio has — -picks.... | |
| Theodore Edward Hook - 1838 - 336 Seiten
...stairs, totormentthe consul ting sisters. " He's a nice boy," said Mrs. Brandyball, " only, as I said, 1 Children pick up words, as pigeons peas, And utter them again as God shall please.' And something might be said about somebody that might as well go no further; as I say, 'prevention... | |
| Kenelm Henry Digby - 1856 - 418 Seiten
...one can tell who was their author. They seem foundlings; abandoned at first in the streets, where " Children pick up words as pigeons peas, And utter them again as God shall please." Well I never, all serene, stunning, slap-up toggery, hard up, that's cool, wide awake, cut away, a... | |
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