 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. Merciful heaven ! Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Split'st the unwedgeable...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 4441808Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 384 pages
...pelting, petty officer, Would use his heaven for thunder ; nothing but thun-- der Merciful heaven ! .oo Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Split'st...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,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 424 pages
...be quiet, For every pelting,4 petty officer, Would use his heaven for thunder; nothing but thunder. Merciful heaven ! Thou 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... | |
 | 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...unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Than the soft myrtle ; — But man, proud man ! Dress'd, &c. As a word is manifestly wanted, I would receive the reading... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 410 pages
...be quiet, For every pelting, 1 petty officer, Would use his heaven for thunder: nothing t thunder. Merciful heaven ! Thou rather, with thy sharp and...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... | |
 | E. H. Seymour - 1805 - 498 pages
...Ireland) of confounding the auxiliary verbs shall and will. The thought occurs in another place : " Merciful heaven ! . " Thou rather, with thy sharp...and sulphurous bolt, " Split'st the unwedgeable and knarled oak, " Than the soft myrtle." Measure for Measure. S34. " To tear with thunder the wide cheeks... | |
 | Francis Lathom - 1806 - 352 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...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 426 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, 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... | |
 | Francis Douce - 1807 - 552 pages
...quoties peccant homines sua fulmina initial Jupiter, exiguo tempore inermis eriL" Sc. 2. p. 240. I«AB. Merciful heaven ! Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous...in Persius, sat. ii. : " Ignovisse putas, quia, cum tonar, ocyus ilex Sulfure discutitur sacro, quam tuque domusque ?" but although there were two or three... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 382 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...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,... | |
 | Francis Douce - 1807 - 560 pages
...heaven ! Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Split' st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Thau the soft myrtle. There is much affinity between the above lines and these in Persius, sat. ii. : " Ignovissc putas, quia, cum tonat, ocyus ilex Sulfure discutitur sacro, quam tuque domusque ? "... | |
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