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Literary
May 6, 1801
The Providence Journal, And Town And Country Advertiser
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
What is this article about?
Excerpt from Shakespearean poetry: a soliloquy by a character addressing Sir Richard Wooden, mocking new-made honor's forgetfulness of names, interactions with travelers, and superficial dialogues about geography leading to supper.
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SELECTED POETRY.
NEW TITLES.
SHAKESPEARE.
WOODEN, Sir Richard—God-a-mercy,
Fellow,
And if his name be George, I'll call him Peter:
For new-made honour doth forget men's names:
'Tis too respective and too sociable
For your conversion. Now your traveller,
He and his toothpick at my worship's mess;
And when my nightly stomach is sufficed,
Why then I suck my teeth, and catechise
My picked man of countries;—my dear sir,
(Thus leaning on my elbow I begin,)
I shall beseech you—that is the question now:
And he comes answer like an A B C book:
O Sir, says answer, at your best command,
At your employment, at your service, Sir:-
No, Sir, says question, I, sweet Sir, at yours.
And so, ere answer knows what question
Would,
Saving in dialogue of compliment,
And talking of the Alps and Apennines,
The Pyrenean and the river Po,
It draws towards supper in conclusion so.
But this is worshipful society,
And fits the mountain spirit like myself:
For he is but a bastard to the time
That does not smack of observation.
NEW TITLES.
SHAKESPEARE.
WOODEN, Sir Richard—God-a-mercy,
Fellow,
And if his name be George, I'll call him Peter:
For new-made honour doth forget men's names:
'Tis too respective and too sociable
For your conversion. Now your traveller,
He and his toothpick at my worship's mess;
And when my nightly stomach is sufficed,
Why then I suck my teeth, and catechise
My picked man of countries;—my dear sir,
(Thus leaning on my elbow I begin,)
I shall beseech you—that is the question now:
And he comes answer like an A B C book:
O Sir, says answer, at your best command,
At your employment, at your service, Sir:-
No, Sir, says question, I, sweet Sir, at yours.
And so, ere answer knows what question
Would,
Saving in dialogue of compliment,
And talking of the Alps and Apennines,
The Pyrenean and the river Po,
It draws towards supper in conclusion so.
But this is worshipful society,
And fits the mountain spirit like myself:
For he is but a bastard to the time
That does not smack of observation.
What sub-type of article is it?
Soliloquy
Poem
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Shakespeare
Soliloquy
Social Observation
Travelers
Honor
Dialogue
What entities or persons were involved?
Shakespeare
Literary Details
Author
Shakespeare
Key Lines
For New Made Honour Doth Forget Men's Names:
And Talking Of The Alps And Apennines,
For He Is But A Bastard To The Time That Does Not Smack Of Observation.