 | 1802 - 436 pages
...confer The sense, I believe, is contempt that is repelled -witA equal contempt, or disdain. 537. " — Methinks it were an easy leap " To pluck bright honour from the pale-fac'd moon, " Or dive," &c. Dr. Johnson, I think, has well defended this sally of Hotspur ; "but,"... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 756 pages
...unsteudfast footing of a spear.] That is of a •pear laid across. WARBURTON. Line 362. By hearen, methinks, it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-fac'd moon;] Euripides has put the very same sentiment into the mouth of Eteocles : " I will not,... | |
 | 1804 - 452 pages
...the speech of Hotspur. Ralph hein^ desired to " speak a huffing part," begins, " By Heavens, mcthinks it were an easy leap, " To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moop: " Or dive into the bottom of the sea, " Where never fathom line touch'd any ground, " And pluck... | |
 | 1805 - 654 pages
...of success. Even our Hotspurs succeed to a certain degree, although ready to exclaim : " By hearen, 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,... | |
 | Robert Treat Paine - 1812 - 572 pages
...discrimination. And we cite as another example of the higher flights of scenick delineation : " Mcthinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon." &c. Instances might be multiplied, such as his testy mortification and resentment at the revolt... | |
 | Euripides - 1820 - 254 pages
...Thebes this would be a reproach, if through fear b Shakfepeare makes Hotspur say, By heaven, nwLhinks it were an easy leap To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon : Or dire into the bottom of the deep, Where fadom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck... | |
 | Tobias George [novels] Smollett - 1821 - 756 pages
...always admired that speech of Hotspur, in the first part of Henry 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... | |
 | Euripides - 1823 - 484 pages
...extravagance to an Athenian audience, as it was softened by popular belief. But when Hotspur says, By heav'n, methinks it were an easy leap To pluck bright honour from the pale faced moon , Or drive into the bottom of the deep, Where fadom-line could never touch the ground,... | |
 | 1824 - 718 pages
...preference, as the one indicating most risk to an adventurer. I now come to HOTSPDR'S vaunting apostrophe : " By heaven, methinks, it were an easy leap To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced MOON," &c. &c. &c. Gildon has condemned this as rant; Dr. Warburlon has extolled it on the ground of... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1824 - 556 pages
...start a hare. North. 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 pale-faced moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck... | |
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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 fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned Honour by the locks; So he that doth redeem her thence... 
