 Like the brass cannon ; let the brow o'erwhelm it As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean. Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide, Hold hard the breath and bend up every...  The Complete Works of William Shakespeare - Page 56by William Shakespeare - 1908Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 1008 pages
...aspect ; Let it pry through the portage of the head, Like the brass cannon ; let the brow o'erwbelm an daunt mine ears ? Have I not in my time heard lions roar ? Have I not heard the sea, puff'd To hi» full height ! — On, on, you noblest English, • Bank or ihor*. • Stcnu of Ihe thip«.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 516 pages
...the brass cannon : let the brow o'erwhelm it, As fearfully, as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty2 his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild and wasteful...wide; Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit To his full height!— On, on, you noble English3, "Whose blood is fet* from fathers of war-proof!... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 pages
...brow o'erwhelm it, As tearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swilled with the wild and wasteful ocean. Now set the teeth...wide, Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit To its full height ! — On, on, you noble English, Whose blood is set from fathers of war-proof! Fathers,... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 pages
...hard-favored rage : Then lend the eye a terrible aspect ; Let it pry through the portage of the head, Like the brass cannon ; let the brow o"erwhelm it,...galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swilled with the wide and Wasteful ocean. 2. Now set teeth, and stretch the nostrils wide ; Hold hard... | |
 | 1927 - 254 pages
...this day." There can be little doubt that these lines are an echo of the following from King Henry V : "Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide, Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To his full height." (Act III, Sc. 1, 11. 15-17.) The Death of General Montgomery is in quality and... | |
 | Michael Harrison, Christopher Stuart-Clark - 1989 - 216 pages
...hard-favour'd rage; Then lend the eye a terrible aspect; Let it pry through the portage of the head Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it As...wide, Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit To his full height! On, on you noblest English! Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof; Fathers... | |
 | Donald Churchill - 1989 - 116 pages
...Disguise fair nature with hardfavour'd rage: (MARCIA scratches.) Then lend the eye a terrible aspect. Now set the teeth, and stretch the nostril wide: hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit to his full height! On, on ... (She scratches again.) MARCIA. Please Mr. Page. WALTER. On, on you noble... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1992 - 264 pages
...action of the tiger: Stiffen the sinews, conjure up the blood, Disguise fair nature with hard-favoured rage. Then lend the eye a terrible aspect, Let it...galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swilled with the wild and wasteful ocean. Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide, 15 Hold hard... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...hard-favored rage. Then lend the eye a terrible aspect: Let it pry through the portage of the head Swilled with the wild and wasteful ocean. Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide, Hold hard... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1994 - 884 pages
...hard-favoured rage; Then lend the eye a terrible aspect; 10 Let it pry through the portage of the head Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it As...galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swilled with the wild and wasteful ocean. Now set the teeth, and stretch the nostril wide, 3 2 likes... | |
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