 | 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... | |
 | 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 of... | |
 | 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 up drowntd... | |
 | Tobias George [novels] Smollett - 1821 - 738 pages
...always admired that speech of Hotspur, in the first part of Henry the Fourth : " By Heaven, mtthinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright Honour from the pale-faced Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1821 - 744 pages
...always admired that speech of Hotspur, in the first part of Henry the Fourth: " By Heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright Honour from the pale-faced Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1824 - 556 pages
...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 up drowned... | |
 | 1824 - 718 pages
...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 its beautiful... | |
 | 1829 - 414 pages
...cause alone, in as lamentable a state ai can be imagined. ( 156 ) SONNETS TO AMBITION. " IVTethinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale,faced moon. LIGHT of the noble mind ! the proud of earth Have ever breathed to thee their matin song;; And lofty... | |
 | Thomas Dibdin - 1827 - 462 pages
...trip ! — if it were done, 't were well it were done quickly ! — to leap ! — By Heaven, methinks it were an easy leap To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon ; but, in this leap, what broken bones may come, puzzles the will, lest we, upon this bank and shoal... | |
 | Robert William Hale Hardy - 1829 - 578 pages
...sensibly have I felt, and how often repeated the beautiful lines of the enraptured poet : " methiuks it were an easy leap To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced deep." Don Pablo Ochou, who was for many years a superintendent of the fishery, and himself a most... | |
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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... 
