...Shepherd. Shep. I would there were no age, between ten and three-and-twenty, or that youth would 60 sleep out the rest ; for there is nothing in the between...Hark you now! Would any but these boiled brains of 41. be squared by, shape my 56. A savage clamour, ie course in accordance with. of the bear-hunters...

...Shepherd. Shep. I would there were no age, between ten and three -and -twenty, or that youth would 60 sleep out the rest ; for there is nothing in the between...Hark you now ! Would any but these boiled brains of 41. be squared fy, shape my 56. A savage clamour, ie course in accordance with. of the bear-hunters...

...chase ; I am gone forever. [Ex**, pursued by a Bear. Enter an old Shepherd. Shep. I would there was no age between ten and three-and-twenty ; or that...wenches with child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fight. ing. — Hark you *4Sw ! — Would any but these boiled brains of nineteen and two-and-twenty...

...for ever. [Exit, punntd by atear. Enter a Shepherd. Shep. I would there were no age between sixteen and threeand-twenty, or that youth would sleep out...child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fighting— [.Horns.] Hark you now! Would any but these boil'd brains of nineteen and two-amltwenty hunt this weather...

...banned drink we'd still fight. English football fan, 1985 I would there were no age between sixteen and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep out...child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fighting. Shepherd, The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist, poet It would surely...

...through the Whole 1sland of Great Britain 1 would there were no age between ten and three and twenty, or that youth would sleep out the rest; for there...child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fighting. William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, 1H.iii,58 Nor should we listen to those who say, 'The voice...

...this to say about the adolescent years: I would there were no age between ten and three and twenty, or that youth would sleep out the rest; for there...wenches with child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, (and) fighting. Although there is no denying the timelessness of his words, it is important to remember...

...is marked by the same tone, if not the same type of complaint, seen in the Second Shepherds' Play: "I would there were no age between ten and three-and-twenty,...child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fighting." His incredulous wonder at seeing the abandoned baby echoes that of the three shepherds at Mak's cottage:...

...(1854-91). French poet. Roman, set. 1 (repr. in Collected Poems, cd. by Oliver Bernard, 1 962). 13 es' (1934). 19 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616), English dramatis!, poet. Shepherd, in The Winter's Tale, act 3, so...

...whip. This, surely, is what the old shepherd in The Winter's Tale is grumbling about when he wishes there were "no age between ten and three-and-twenty,...child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fighting" (3.3.58). The old shepherd's upper limit appears to derive from contemporary work conditions as well....