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" By heaven, 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, And pluck up drowned honour by the locks; So he, that doth redeem her thence,... "
King John. King Richard II. King Henry IV, part I-II - Page 247
by William Shakespeare - 1773
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King Henry IV Part 1: Third Series, Part 1

William Shakespeare - 2002 - 424 pages
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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's History Plays

Michael Hattaway - 2002 - 308 pages
...heaven, methinks it were an easy leap / To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon', he vaunts, 'So he that doth redeem her thence might wear / Without corrival all her dignities' ( 1 99-200, 204-5 ). The nakedness of his ambition is palpable. Through him, Shakespeare voices a feudalism...
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Shakespeare and Violence

R. A. Foakes - 2003 - 242 pages
...touching and absurd: 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...thence might wear Without corrival all her dignities. (1.3.199-2o5) The imagery is extravagant, but his ebullient overconfidence in his ability to do the...
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CLEP: Official Study Guide

2003 - 450 pages
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Henry IV, Part 1: The First Part of Henry the Fourth : the First Folio of ...

William Shakespeare - 2004 - 272 pages
...some great exploit Drives him beyond the bounds of patience. By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap To pluck bright honour from the pale-fac'd moon, Or...thence might wear Without corrival all her dignities. But out upon this half-fac'd fellowship! He apprehends a world of figures here, But not the form of...
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The Adventures Of Ferdinand Count Fathom

Tobias George Smollett - 2004 - 464 pages
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Success and How to Attain It

Andrew Carnegie - 2004 - 449 pages
...address: By heavens, roethinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honor from the pale-faced moon t Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line...could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned honor by the locks ; So be that doth redeem her thence might wear Without co-rival all her dignities....
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Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William ..., Volume 80

1984 - 472 pages
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Shakespeare

George Ian Duthie - 2005 - 216 pages
...speech on honour: 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...thence might wear Without corrival all her dignities. I have no doubt that, if we read these lines, magnificent as they are, in their context, we shall be...
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You Can't be Mexican, You Talk Just Like Me

Frank S. Mendez - 2005 - 108 pages
...coming battle: 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...ground, And pluck up drowned honour by the locks. The "top's" concern about the unbridled drives of eighteen-year-old Marines did not impress me that...
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