 But man, proud man ! Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high Heaven As make the angels weep ; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves...  Measure for measure. Comedy of errors - Page 39by William Shakespeare - 1788Full view - About this book
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1850 - 398 lehte
...every pelting, petty officer Would use his heaven for thunder ; nothing but thunder. Merciful Heaven ! Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Split'st...little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high Heaven, As... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1850 - 260 lehte
...more test made of my metal, before so noble and so great a figure be stamp'd upon it.—ANG. I., 1. Man, proud man ! drest in a little brief authority...most ignorant of what he's most assur'd, his glassy essence,—like an angry ape, plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven, as make the angels weep.—ISAB.... | |
 | 1920 - 968 lehte
..." glassy essence" proposed by MB. H. DAVEY does not agree with the context. It would read thus: — But man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority ; Most ignorant of what he's moat assurd, Hie glassy semblance. MB. DAVEY, however, connects it with the following context, and... | |
 | Pliny Miles - 1850 - 372 lehte
...merry, than experience to make me sad. As You Like It — Act 4, Sc. 1. SHAKSPEARE. A DESERT. 89. — Man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority ; Most ignorant of what he's most assured ; Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven, As make the angels weep. Measure for Measure... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 lehte
...; nothing but thunder. Merciful heaven ! Thou rather, with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt, Splitt'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle : O, but man, proud man ! Dress'd in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd, His glassy essence,... | |
 | 1850 - 488 lehte
...sulphureous holt, Than the soft myrtle :—O but man, proud man! Splitt'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak Drest in a little brief authority; Most ignorant of what he's most assured, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, As... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 464 lehte
...every pelting potty officer Would use his heaven for thunder ; nothing but thunder. Merciful heaven ! Thou rather, with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt, Split'st...oak, Than the soft myrtle. O, but man ! proud man ! Dress'd in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd, His glassy essence,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 772 lehte
...every pelting, petty officer, Would use his heaven for thunder ; nothing but thunder. Merciful Heaven ! Thou rather, with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt, Split'st...unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Than the soft myrtle : — But man, proud man ! Dressed in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured,... | |
 | Victor M. Rentel, Samuel A. Corson, Bruce R. Dunn - 1985 - 380 lehte
...management and the union are involved. C. Are there distress-inducing factors in educational institutions? But man, proud man Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As make... | |
 | Michael L. Greenwald - 1985 - 332 lehte
...was a dominant theme in Barton's interpretation, it perhaps lay in Isabella's admonition to Angelo: Man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape Plays such fantastic tricks before high Heaven As make... | |
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