 Making it momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth. And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up :...  The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare - Pagina 184de William Shakespeare - 1821Vizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 556 pagini
...momentany as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth,...— Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion. Her. If then true lovers have been ever cross 'd, It stands... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 424 pagini
...momentany6 as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied7 night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth,...— Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion. Her. If then true" lovers have been ever cross'd, It stands... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 392 pagini
...Jonson's Poetaster: " Thou hast not collied thy face enough." Steevens. 3 That, in a spleen, unfolds bath heaven and earth, And, ere a man hath power to say,...always hurried on by the grandeur and multitude of hia ideas, assumes, every now and then, an uncommon licence in the use of his words. Particularly in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 518 pagini
...momentany as a sound,7 Swift as a shadow, short as any dream; Brief as the lightning in the collied night,8 That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth,...say,— -Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up: So quick bright things come to contusion. Her. If then true lovers have been ever cross'd, It stands... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 384 pagini
...collied night,"] Collied, ie black, smutted with coal, a word still used in the midland counties. Y2 That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth,...say, — Behold! The jaws of darkness do devour it up:3 So quick bright things come to confusion. Her. If then true lovers have been ever cross'd, It... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 414 pagini
...a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied night', That, in a spleen 10, unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath...say, — Behold! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion. Her. If then true lovers have been ever cross'd, It stands... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 520 pagini
...as a sound,7 Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied night,8 That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth,...— Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion. Her. If then true lovers have been ever cross'd, It stands... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 436 pagini
...momentanyt as a sound, Swift as » shadow, short as any dream j Brief as the lightning in the colHedJ night. That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth,...— Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up: So quick bright things come to confusion. Her. If then true lovers have been ever cross'd, It stands... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 418 pagini
...with thee. Lys. Keep promise, love : Look, here comes Helena. [ft] Though the word ipleen be h»re employed oddly enough, yet I believe it right. Shakspeare,...his ideas, assumes every now and then an uncommon license in the nse of his words. Particularly in complex moral modes it is usual with him to employ... | |
 | Mary Hill (novelist.) - 1813 - 500 pagini
...momentary, as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream; Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth :...— Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion. SHAKESPEARE. V.jhat kind of sullen suspense which pervades... | |
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