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" 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 castle of Santa Fe, by [the] author of Jealousy; or, The dreadful ... - Page 115
by Cleeve - 1805
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The Stanley tales, original and select, Volume 1

Ambrose Marten - 1827 - 382 pages
...dream ; Brief as the lightning in the colHed night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and eartb, And ere a man hath power to say — Behold! The jaws of darkness do devour it up: So quick bright things come to confusion. . Sltakspam. AMBROSE MARTEN was a native of the wild and...
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The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare: With a Life, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1828 - 378 pages
...suort 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 t So quick bright things come to confusion. Her. If then true lovers have been ever cross'd , It stands...
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Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical & Critical. Printed ...

1828 - 386 pages
...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 : So quick bright things come to confusion. Her. If, then, true lovers have been ever cross'd, It stands...
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Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical, Volume 20

George Daniel, John Cumberland - 1828 - 384 pages
...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 : So quick bright things come to confusion. Her. If, then, true lovers have been ever cross'd, It stands...
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The Broad Stone of Honour: The True Sense and Practice of Chivalry : Second ...

Kenelm Henry Digby - 1828 - 416 pages
...dead. A flash of lightning " unfolds both heaven and earth," " Sed heu ! rara hora, et'parva morat." " Ere a man hath power to say behold, The jaws of darkness do devour it up." Then " Our soul is by vile fear assail'd, which oft So overcasts a man, that he recoils From noblest...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 6

Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 828 pages
...smut with coal. Brief as the lightning ¡n the collied night. That in a speed, unfolds both heaven and earth And, ere a man hath power to say, behold. The jaws of darkness do devour it up. Shalttpearc . Suppose thoii saw her dressed in some old binait attire, out of fashion, coarse raiment,...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare, George Steevens - 1829 - 506 pages
...as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied4 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 : So quick bright things come to confusion. Her. If then true lovers have been ettr cross'd, It stands...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 21

Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 842 pages
...your nobler soul. H. Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That in a spleen unfold: both heaven and earth, And, ere a man hath power to say, behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it,up. Id. They that desire the ifiten, and would cli« with laughing. I<1. Take thy fingen from my...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ..., Part 1, Volume 6

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 426 pages
...with coal. Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That in a speed, unfolds both heaven and eirtl And, ere a man hath power to say, behold, The jaws of darkness do devour it up. StaksfO"Suppose thou saw her dressed in some oW ''""I attire, out of fashion, coarse raiment, besmeared*1...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 420 pages
...as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the colliedk night, That, in a spleen,i unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to 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...
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