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" Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be quiet, For every pelting, petty officer, Would use his heaven for thunder ; Nothing but thunder. "
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare - Page 41
by William Shakespeare - 1907
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Measure for measure. Comedy of errors

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 384 pages
...but it is tyrannous, To use it like a giant. Lucia. That's well said. hab. Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be .quiet,...officer, Would use his heaven for thunder ; nothing but thun-- der Merciful heaven ! .oo Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Split'st the unwedgeable...
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Shakspeare's Measure for Measure: A Comedy

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 76 pages
...Luc'io. That 's well said. Isab. Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be qui-t; For every pelting, petty officer Would use his heaven...! Thou rather, with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt, Split's! the umvedgeable and gnarled oak, Than ihe soft myrtle : — O, but man, proud man,— Dress'd...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 424 pages
...Isab. Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be quiet, For every pelting,4 petty officer, Would use his heaven for thunder; nothing...rather, with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt, Split'st the umvedgeable and gnarled s oak, Than the soft myrtle; — O, but man, proud man! Drest in a little brief...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 12

1808 - 556 pages
...quoties peccant homines sua fulmina mittat Jupiter, exiguo tempore inermis erit. " I. 1 27. And again, " Merciful heaven ! Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous...unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Than the soft myrtle. " ' There is much affinity between the above lines and these in Persius, sat. ii. " Ignovisse putas,...
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The Works of the Honourable James Wilson, L. L. D.: Late One of ..., Volume 1

James Wilson - 1804 - 494 pages
...themselves with the gaudy insignia of power. Well might nature's poet say — • Could great men thunder, As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be quiet ;...heaven ! Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Spht'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Than the soft myrtie : O, but man, proud man, Dressed in a...
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Notes Upon Some of the Obscure Passages in Shakespeare's Plays: With Remarks ...

John Howe Baron Chedworth - 1805 - 392 pages
...think this reading (which was before proposed by Mr. Tyrrwhitt) is right. P. 51. — *0. — 240. . ' Merciful heaven ! Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous...oak, Than the soft myrtle ; — But man, proud man ! Dress'd, &c. As a word is manifestly wanted, I would receive the reading of the second folio (0 but...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 410 pages
...would ne'er be quiet, For every pelting, 1 petty officer, Would use his heaven for thunder: nothing t thunder. Merciful heaven ! Thou rather, with thy sharp...sulphurous bolt, Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak, 2 Than the soft myrtle ;—O, but man, proud man Brest in a little brief authority ; Most ignorant...
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The Mysterious Freebooter: Or, The Days of Queen Bess. A Romance ...

Francis Lathom - 1806 - 352 pages
...which they parted, fully satisfied with the promises of each other. CHAP. VII. Crtild great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be quiet; For...unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Than the soft myrtle. But man!—proud man! Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd, His glassy...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 426 pages
...but it is tyrannous, To use it like a giant. Lucio. That's well said. Isab. Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be quiet, For...sulphurous bolt, Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak *I, Than the soft myrtle ; — O, but man, proud man ! Drest in a little brief authority ; Most ignorant...
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The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson ..., Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1807 - 382 pages
...but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. Lucio. That's well said. Isab. Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be quiet, For...unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Than the soft myrtle ; — O, but man, proud man ! Drest in a little brief authority ; Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd,...
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