By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-fac'd moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowne'd honour by the locks... Public Characters - Page 1191805Full view - About this book
| Tobias George [novels] Smollett - 1821 - 756 lehte
...the Fourth : " By Heaven, metUnks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright Honour from the pale-faced moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where...fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowntd Honour by the lockt—" " There is a boldness and ease in the expression, and the images are... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 456 lehte
...fired with resentment; as the boasted clamour of a man able to do much, and eager to do more ; as the Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground 3 , And pluck up drowned honour by the locks; So he, that doth redeem her thence, might wear, Without... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1823 - 504 lehte
...Imagination of some great exploit Drives him beyond the bounds of patience. Hot. By heaven, methinks, it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from...the ground, And pluck up drowned honour by the locks ; So he, that doth redeem her thence, might wear, Without corrival, all her dignities : But out upon... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1823 - 372 lehte
...canker-roBe is the dog-rose, the flower of the Cynosbaton. STEEVENS. v [81 For disdainful. JOHNSON. Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line...the ground, And pluck up drowned honour by the locks ; So he, that doth redeem her thence, might wear, Without corrlval, all her dignities : But out upon... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1823 - 984 lehte
...heaven, methinks, it were an easy leap, [moon ; To pluck bright honour from the pale-fac'd Or dive unto Hen. How now, what means this, herald' know'st thou...That I have fin'd these bones of mine for ranCom' So he, that doth redeem her thence, might Without corrival,{ all her dignities : [wear, But out upon... | |
| Euripides - 1823 - 480 lehte
...pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon ; Or drive into the bottom of the deep, Where fadom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned honour by the locks; -,. .' So he, that duth redeem her thence, might wear Without orival all her dignities. we can consider... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1824 - 882 lehte
...Imagination of some great exploit Drives him beyond the bounds of patience. I Int. By heaven, methinks, ; So he, that doth redeem her thence, might wear, Without corrival, all her dignities: But out upon... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1824 - 422 lehte
...Imagination of some great exploit Drives him beyond the bounds of patience. Hot. By heaven, methinks, it were an easy leap^ To pluck bright honour from...the ground, And pluck up drowned honour by the locks ; So he, that doth redeem her thence, might wear, Without corrivalf, all her dignities : But out upon... | |
| British poets - 1824 - 676 lehte
...argument ; But greatly to find quarrel in a straw, When honour's at the stake. By heaven, methinks, it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from...fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drown'd honour by the locks : So he, that doth redeem her thence might wear, Without co-rival all her... | |
| Mrs. Inchbald - 1824 - 556 lehte
...patience. Hot. By Heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright Honour from the pale-faced moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where...the ground, And pluck up drowned Honour by the locks ; So he, that doth redeem her thence, might wear, Without corrivalj all her dignities: — But out... | |
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