...boast) such as Troy hath not seen in all the host 1 There's nothing in this world can make me joy : Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man ; And bitter shame hath spoil'd the world's sweet taste, That it yields nought but shame...

...our life steals to an end "; which may be compared with the following lines from King John : — " Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man." Act III. se. ir. This parallel with others is referred to in Judge Holmes'« most convincing...

...Prince Arthur and the grief of his mother Constance, There's nothing in this world can make me joy: Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man. (m, iv, 107-9) unite mood and sentiment in the drama of the scene. The idiom of such speech,...

...Shaw on MORALITY; Beecham on Music; Barrie, Wilson on The SCOTS; Muggeridge on SEX; Shaw on VICE Ennui Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man. Lewis, Kingjohn William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist, poet She, while her...

...statesman. Moral Essays, "De Tranquillitate Animi" (On Tranquilily of Mind), set. 2, subset. 1 5. 9 e Letters of the farl of Chesterfield to His drowsy man. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1 564-1 61 6), English dramatist, poel. Louis the Dauphin, in Kinglohn,...

...all-too-familiar anecdotes. In the words of Shakespeare: "There's nothing in this world can make me joy. Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man" (King John 3.4.107-9). Freud emphasizes this sense of timelessness: "Unconscious mental...

...been published in magazines. The title could also be a reference to lines in Shakespeare's King John: "Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, / Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man." Coincidentally or uncannily, Twice-told Tales was published in 1837, exactly two hundred...

...fear some outrage, and I'll follow her. [Exit. LOUIS. There's nothing in this world can make me joy: Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man; And biner shame hath spoil'd the sweet world's taste, That it yields naught but shame and...

...pronouncement on life as redundant imitation is spoken by Lewis ("a beardless boy, a cocker'd silken wanton"): "Life is as tedious as a twicetold tale / Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man" (Kiag John, Act 3, scene 4. lines 108-9).' I n his 1851 preface to Twiie-Told Talrs (1837),...

...fear some outrage, and I'll follow her. [Exit. LOUIS. There's nothing in this world can make me joy: 'd w drowsy man; And bitter shame hath spoil'd the sweet world's taste, That it yields naught but shame...