 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 532 pages
...possession so ; Had, having, and in quest to have , extreme; A bliss in proof, — and prov'd , a very woe ; Before, a joy propos'd; behind, a dream. All this...well To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell. cxxx. My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun ; Coral is far more red than her lips' red : If snow... | |
 | 1897 - 918 pages
...flashes out the mad pursuit of pleasure, followed by swift disenchantment, ending with the bitter cry:— All this the world well knows; yet none knows well...To shun the Heaven that leads men to this Hell. It is difficult to select a representative sonnet of Shakespeare's, but the following one is a fine example... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 574 pages
...deseribed such happiness : — " A bliss in proof, — and proved, a very woe ; Before, a joy proposed ; behind, a dream : All this the world well knows ;...exception to the general purity of his female characters. Ho did not, like the dramatists of the age of the Restoration, make purity the exception : his estimate... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 582 pages
...in quest to have, extreme ; A bliss in proof, — and proved, a very woe ; Before, a joy proposed; behind, a dream; All this the world well knows; yet...To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell.— 129 Thou blind fool, Love, what dost thou to mine eyes, That they behold, and see not what they see?... | |
 | 1956 - 596 pages
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 | William Shakespeare - 1850 - 484 pages
...in quest to have, extreme ; A bliss in proof, — and proved, a very woe ; Before, a joy proposed ; behind, a dream ; All this the world well knows ;...well To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell. 129. VOL. VIII. 2t Thou blind fool, Love, what dost thou to mine eyea, That they behold, and see not... | |
| 1956 - 616 pages
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 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 446 pages
...in quest to have, extreme ; A bliss in proof, — and proved, a very woe ; Before, a joy proposed ; behind, a dream : All this the world well knows ;...well To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell. cxxx. My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun ; Coral is far more red than her lips' red : If snow... | |
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Past reason hated, as a swallow'd bait On purpose laid to make the taker mad: Mad in pursuit and in possession so; Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme; A bliss in proof, and proved, a very woe; Before a joy proposed; behind a dream. All this the... 
