...epitomised by the old Shepherd in The Winter's Tale — " I would there were no age between sixteen and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep out...child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fighting." If the young Shakespeare was taken into the family of any of the great gentlemen who lived near Stratford,...

...once more to the theme of developing maturity which plays so important a part in The Winter's Tale. 'I would there were no age between ten and three-and-twenty,...child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fighting.' This reference to the interval of disturbed 'blood' between the innocence of youth (already evoked,...

...reality, and that this resonance contributes to the power of the work over the imagination of the reader. I would there were no age between ten and three-and-twenty,...child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fighting — [III. iii. 59-63] These words were written in 1611. Shakespeare's shepherd identifies the period...

...banned drink we'd still fight. English football fan, 1985 I would there were no age between sixteen and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep out...child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fighting. Shepherd, The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist, poet It would surely...

...through the Whole 1sland of Great Britain 1 would there were no age between ten and three and twenty, or that youth would sleep out the rest; for there...child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fighting. William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, 1H.iii,58 Nor should we listen to those who say, 'The voice...

...this to say about the adolescent years: I would there were no age between ten and three and twenty, or that youth would sleep out the rest; for there...wenches with child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, (and) fighting. Although there is no denying the timelessness of his words, it is important to remember...

...(1854-91). French poet. Roman, set. 1 (repr. in Collected Poems, cd. by Oliver Bernard, 1 962). 13 es' (1934). 19 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616), English dramatis!, poet. Shepherd, in The Winter's Tale, act 3, so...

...is marked by the same tone, if not the same type of complaint, seen in the Second Shepherds' Play: "I would there were no age between ten and three-and-twenty,...child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fighting." His incredulous wonder at seeing the abandoned baby echoes that of the three shepherds at Mak's cottage:...

...whip. This, surely, is what the old shepherd in The Winter's Tale is grumbling about when he wishes there were "no age between ten and three-and-twenty,...child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fighting" (3.3.58). The old shepherd's upper limit appears to derive from contemporary work conditions as well....

...heterogeneous a country as Russia as we face the twenty-first century. Chapter Eleven TEENAGERS AT RISK I would there were no age between ten and three-and-twenty,...child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fighting — " — William Shakespeare A Winter's Tale, Act 3, Scene 3 Irina Pavlovna, a neighbor who shares...