The fireside sphinx . ful jibe : — Letting / dare not wait upon / would,Like the poor cat i the adage. Yet in all this there is no touch of kindness ; andwhen we go further, we fare worse. Every cat and little mouse, every unworthy thing, moans Romeo, who ought to have been ashamed ofsuch a speech, even in the extremity of his anguish. Creatures vile, as cats and dogs,Of no esteem ; says Cornelius in Cymbeline. * Hang off, thou cat, thou burr : vile thing, let loose ! cries Lysander to poor Hermia; and Bertram, inAlls Well that Ends Well, must needs air hisunwelcome views. I could endu
The fireside sphinx . ful jibe : — Letting / dare not wait upon / would,Like the poor cat i the adage. Yet in all this there is no touch of kindness ; andwhen we go further, we fare worse. Every cat and little mouse, every unworthy thing, moans Romeo, who ought to have been ashamed ofsuch a speech, even in the extremity of his anguish. Creatures vile, as cats and dogs,Of no esteem ; says Cornelius in Cymbeline. * Hang off, thou cat, thou burr : vile thing, let loose ! cries Lysander to poor Hermia; and Bertram, inAlls Well that Ends Well, must needs air hisunwelcome views. I could endure anything before but a cat, and now hes a catto me : is the angry word he flings at Parolles ; and, as hisresentment flames hotter and hotter, he can appar-ently find no more stinging reproach : — * He is more and more a cat. Hes a cat still. THE CAT OF ALBION 103 What wonder that Pussy failed long of her tri-umph upon English soil, when the great poet ofEngland had nothing better than this to say in herbehalf ?.
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