 | 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 - 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...say, ' prevention is better than cure,' and I hate tatting." u " You are perfectly right," eaid Wells, with a look of the profoundcst respect, and in... | |
 | 1837 - 638 Seiten
...way; he knew everything that was going on in the neighbourhood. The proverb, as Ray has it, says, " Children pick up words, as pigeons peas. And utter them again as God shall please." SniggB collected indefatigably, but most disinterestedly retained nothing. What he picked up in one... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1837 - 610 Seiten
...precious sicht more than staying here." " 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 he said about somebody that might as well go no further; as I sav, 'prevention is better than cure,'... | |
 | Theodore Edward Hook - 1839 - 240 Seiten
...way ; he knew every thing that was going on in the neighbourhood. The proverb, as Ray has it, says, " Children pick up words, as pigeons peas, And utter them again as God shall please." Sniggs collected indefatigably, but most disinterestedly retained nothing. What he picked up in one... | |
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Children pick up words as pigeons peas, And utter them again as God shall please. 
