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" 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... "
Characteristics of women, moral, poetical and historical - Page 21
by Anna Brownell Jameson - 1832
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Public Characters, Volume 4

1804 - 646 pages
...roan ! proud man ! " Drest in a litt'e brief authority ; " Most ignorant of what is most assured, " His glassy essence — like an angry ape, " Plays such fantastic tricks before hjgh Heaven, " As makes the angels weep." SHAKESPEAR. Since the publication of the first edition of...
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Public Characters

1804 - 636 pages
...but man ! proud man ! " Drest in a litt'e brief authority ; " Most ignorant of what is mod assured, " His glassy essence — like an angry ape, " Plays such fantastic tricks before high Heaven, " As makes the angels weep." SHAKESPEAR. Since the publication of the first edition of this vfork,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 522 pages
...pelting jade." Steevenc. Than the soft myrtle ; — O, hut man, proud man f Drest in a little hrief authority ; Most ignorant of what he 's. most assur'd,...— like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks hefore high heaven, As make the angels weep;s who, with our spleens, Would all themselves laugh mortal.6...
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Stultifera Navis; ...: The Modern Ship of Fools

William Henry Ireland - 1807 - 330 pages
...— — — — O, but man! proud man! Brest 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 Heav'n, As make the angels weep. COME, senseless men, and view your god, Who rears on earth the idiot's...
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Stultifera Navis: Qua Omnium Mortalium Narratur Stultitia : The Modern Ship ...

William Henry Ireland - 1807 - 356 pages
...IMPERIAL FOOLS. O, but 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 Heav'a, As make the angels weep. COME, senseless men, and view your god> Who rears on earth the ideot's...
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The Posthumous Works of Mrs. Chapone: Containing Her Correspondence with Mr ...

Mrs. Chapone (Hester) - 1807 - 372 pages
...virtue. —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 Hear'n, As make the angels weep. " But, say you, suppose the parent or the " king exert his authority...
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The Works of Mrs. Chapone: Now First Collected: Miscellanies: Essays. The ...

Mrs. Chapone (Hester) - 1808 - 240 pages
...virtue. -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 tiigh Heav'n, As make the angels weep. " But," say you, " suppose the parent or the ' king exert his...
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The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death

Basil Montagu - 1809 - 338 pages
...soft myrtle : O but 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. SHAKESPEARE*. This imputation of tyranny and cruelty hath at different periods...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1810 - 444 pages
...myrtle ; — O, but man, proud man ! Brest 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 ; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves laugh mortal. Lucio. O, to him,...
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A pamphlet on the difficulties and dangers of a theatrical life. [Followed ...

Elizabeth Wright Macauley - 1810 - 40 pages
...soft myrtle—Oh! but 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 befqre high Heaven, As make the Angels weep, who with our spleen, Would all themselves laugh mortal....
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