I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the... The Handy-volume Shakspeare [ed. by Q.D.]. - Page 28by William Shakespeare - 1867Full view - About this book
| 1858 - 642 pages
...ghost, they would say to the young aspirant after the more than regal honors of the profession, — " But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house,...combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine. But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh... | |
| Jacob N. Taylor, M. O. Crooks - 1858 - 454 pages
...whose brows uplift toward heaven and are bathed by the morning dew, but speak, they could, indeed, " A tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up...and combined locks to part, And each particular hair stand on end, Like quills upon the fretfulp orcupine." Thpse tall oaks, with tops upreared, and whose... | |
| D. H. Rawlinson - 1968 - 254 pages
...fires, Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature Are burnt and purg'd away: but that I am forbid 5 To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a...two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotty and combined locks to part 10 And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the... | |
| Marie Corelli - 1972 - 446 pages
...honest ghost,' there is no possibility of doubt on the matter. Does not the mournful phantom say — " ' But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house,...combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand on end. . . . '?" " By Jove ! I say, El-Rami, don't look at me like that ! " exclaimed Vaughan uneasily,... | |
| Ekbert Faas - 1986 - 244 pages
...amid "sulf rous and tormenting flames"1: But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison house, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow...combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porpentine. (iv) Everywhere in the play, "Heaven's face... With... | |
| Leonard Barkan - 1985 - 216 pages
...promise to inflict an equal violence on their audience or readers. The Ghost darkly intimates to Hamlet, But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house,...combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand on end Like quills upon the fretful porpentine. (I. vl 3-20) Although there is plenty of nonlinguistic... | |
| Janusz Głowacki - 1990 - 226 pages
...day, confin'd to waste in fires Til the foul crimes done in my days of nature Art burnt and purg'd away. But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of...combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine: But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh... | |
| Janusz Głowacki - 1990 - 226 pages
...day, confin'd to waste in fires Til the foul crimes done in my days of nature Art burnt and purg'd away. But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of...combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine: But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh... | |
| Norman Austin - 2010 - 280 pages
...compassion with hints of the tortures he is suffering in the sulphurous flames of the other world: I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow...combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porpentine. (Iv 15-20) Hamlet's young soul is harrowed sufficiently... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1992 - 196 pages
...spirit, Doomed for a certain term to walk the night, 10 And for the day confined to fast in fires27 Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature Are...combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porpentine. ao But things eternal blazoned must not be 28 To ears... | |
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