| William Shakespeare - 1810 - 444 pages
...quiet, For every pelting, petty officer, Would use his heaven for thunder ; nothing but thunder. — Merciful heaven ! Thou rather, with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt, Splitt'st the unwedgeable aud gnarled oak,* Than the soft myrtle ; — O, but man, proud man ! Brest in a little... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1810 - 436 pages
...quiet, For every pelting, petty officer, Would use his heaven for thunder ; nothing but thunder. — Merciful heaven ! Thou rather, with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt, Splitt'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak,5 Than the soft myrtle ; — O, but man, proud man ! Drest in a little... | |
| William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft - 1812 - 544 pages
...Jove would ne'er be quiet : For every pelting petty officer 'Would use his Heaven for thunder. 559. 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, (Drest in a little brief... | |
| John Moore - 1820 - 268 pages
...Hanno, being connected with our purpose, may, without impropriety, be mentioned here. CHAPTER XV. " 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 ! Brest in a little brief... | |
| Christopher Legge Lordan - 1843 - 224 pages
...moral springs from the meditation of this marvellous oblation of Love — 'tis the trusting all to Him. There can be no sympathy in heaven with the self-sufficient....with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt, Splitt'st the unwedgablc and gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle?'* * Measure for Measure. Shakspeare. " I have perambulated... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 pages
...quiet, For every pelting, petty officer, Would use his heaven for thunder : nothing but thunder. — Merciful heaven ! • Thou rather, with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt, Splitt'st the unwedgeable and gnarled ouk, Than the soft myrtle ; — O, hut man, proud man, (Drest in a little brief... | |
| Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 pages
...doth sympathise," " When splitting winds Make flexible the knees of knotted oaks." j Again : — " Merciful Heaven ! Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Splitt'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle." } Even the woodman's economy, who is careful not... | |
| Christopher Legge Lordan - 1844 - 290 pages
...that most daring insurrection in Thine own abode, has it not been seen, that, ' Merciful Heaven! Tbou rather, with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt, Splitt'st...this; but serious thoughts flow naturally from its solemn theme, and forcibly to divert or counteract their current is ill beseeming a man who cannot... | |
| Christopher Legge Lordan - 1844 - 294 pages
...abode, has it not been seen, that, ' Merciful Heaven! Thou rather, with thy sharp and sulphurous boh, Splitt'st the unwedgable and gnarled oak Than the...this; but serious thoughts flow naturally from its solemn theme, and forcibly to divert or counteract their current is ill beseeming a man who cannot... | |
| Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...be quiet ; For every pelting, petty officer, Would use his heaven for thunder ; 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... | |
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