human
As in reproof of many tales devis'd-- Which oft the ear of Greatness needs must hear-- By smiling pick-thanks and base news-mongers.
gpt
Mingled his royalty with carping fools.
human
Go, Poins, to horse, to horse!
gpt
At two o'clock in the afternoon.
human
He writes me hëre that _an_ inward sickness.
gpt
It were not good; for therein should we read The very bottom and the soul of hope.
human
All plum'd like estriches that with the wind _are fann'd_.
gpt
The air of Paradise did _fan_ the house (All's Well, iii. 2). The poet had in his mind the Prince's plume, which he supposes to have been worn by his companions also; and it is quite evident--or else there is no force in the comparison--that he also supposed that it was on his head the ostrich carried his long bending feathers. So Drayton also:
human
The Mountfords all in plumes, like ostriches were seen (Polyolb. xxii.). The following line of Tasso gives us the exact image:--
gpt
E _ventolar_ sui gran cimier le penne (Ger. Lib. xx. 28). Hanmer read '_and_ with the wind.' Rowe, who has been generally followed, read _wing_ for 'with'; but the verb _wing_ has but one sense in the poets, to fly, and the ostrich no more flies than the greyhound. Mr. Dyce, however, adopts this reading, which, he says,
human
Vasta velut Libyæ venantum vocibus ales Cum premitur calidas cursu transmittit arenas, Inque modum veli sinuatis flamine pennis Pulverulenta volat.