...And now, instead of mounting barbed steeds,2 To fright the souls of fearful adversaries, He capers2 nimbly in a lady's chamber, To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. But I, that am not shap'd for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass ; — I,...

...wrinkled front; And now, instead of mounting barbed steeds, To fright the souls of fearful adversaries, He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber, To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. But I, that am not shaped for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass, I, that...

...ne*s cl bour & Saint Denis.] Herr Vatke sprach über die Frauen in Shakespeares England. He eapers nimbly in a lady's chamber, To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. Shak., K. Richard III. l, 1. Wer ist wohl mehr beschäftigt als die Lady? Sie hat so viel zu thun,...

...And now, — instead of mounting barbed3 steeds, To fright the souls of fearful adversaries, — He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber, To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. But I, — that am not shaped for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass ; I,...

...front; And now,—instead of mounting barbed 3 steeds, To fright the souls of fearful adversaries,— He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber, To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. But I,—that am not shaped for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass; I, that...

...And now, — instead of mounting barbed steeds, To fright the souls of fearful adversaries, — He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber, To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. SHAKSPEABE. Infancy. On parent knees, a naked new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st, while all around...

...And now, — instead of mounting barbed]: steeds, To fright the souls of fearful adversaries, — He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber, To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. But I, — that am not shap'd for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking glass: I, that...

...front; And now, — instead of mounting barbed steeds, To fright the souls of fearful adversaries, He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber, To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. But I, — that am not shaped for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass ; I,...

...contrast: And now, instead of mounting barbed steeds To fright the souls of fearful adversaries He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. (1.1.10-13) These antitheses are ironic in the sense that Richard hardly shares the pretensions of...

...taste of Richard's spite, when he refers to the lack of manhood in his as yet unnamed brother: 'He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber / To the lascivious pleasing of a lute' (12-13). The stately and ceremonious tone, with its conspicuous use of hyperbole, suggests an undercurrent...