 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
 | Edwin Abbott Abbott - English language - 1901 - 544 pages
...we should arrange " Would use his heav'n for thunder ; nothing but thunrler ! Merciful heaven (512), Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak Tlian the soft myrtle. But man, proud man, Brest in a little brief authority," &c. So in the impassioned... | |
 | George William Rusden - 1903 - 432 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 I Drest in a little brief authority; Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1903 - 232 pages
...the ear and not for the eye, nor yet for the fingers. Compare Measure for Measure, ii. 2. 115-117: " Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Split'st...the unwedgeable and gnarled oak Than the soft Myrtle : but man, proud man, etc." 30. who love I. Wh» for whom, as frequently in Shakespeare. This license... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - Readers - 1904 - 896 pages
...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...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 assured,... | |
 | John Vance Cheney, Sir Charles G. D. Roberts, Charles Francis Richardson, Francis Hovey Stoddard, John Raymond Howard - English poetry - 1904 - 930 pages
...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: but man, proud man! Drest in a little brief authority, — Most ignorant of what he 's most assured,... | |
 | John Hawley Stotsenburg - 1904 - 556 pages
...2, Scene 2, he will see at once the difference in style: "Nothing but thunder. Merciful heaven! That rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Splits't...unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Than the soft myrtle; but man, proud man." The syllable is wanting in the middle, as the reader will notice. Let the reader... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - Readers - 1904 - 890 pages
...every pelting, petty officer Would use his heaven for thunder; nothing but thunder. Merciful heaven I Thou rather, with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Split'st the 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 assured,!... | |
 | Julia Ellen Rogers - Trees - 1905 - 816 pages
..."Measure for Measure" seconds the popular belief in his time; the opinion prevails among woodsmen to-day: "Merciful heaven! Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous...unwedgeable and gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle." There is a whole thunderstorm crowded into these lines. Durability is a prime merit in oak timber. The oldest... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1905 - 166 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...the unwedgeable and gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle : but man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he 'a most assured,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Oscar Asche - 1906 - 280 pages
...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...the unwedgeable and gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle : but man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven... | |
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