 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
 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 570 pages
...quiet, For every pelting, petty Officer Would use bis Heaven for thunder : nothing but thunder.— Merciful Heaven ! Thou rather, with thy sharp and...unwedgeable and gnarled Oak, Than the soft Myrtle !— Oh ! but Man, proud Man, Drest in a little brief Authority — Most ignorant of what he's most... | |
 | John Wilson - English language - 1856 - 188 pages
...left. Approach, and read (for thou canst read) the lay Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn. Thou rather, with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt, Splitst...unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Than the soft myrtle. RULE H. The Genitive or Possessive Case. The apostrophe is used to distinguish the possessive case... | |
 | John Wilson - Abbreviations, English - 1856 - 360 pages
...left. Approach, and read (for thou canst read) the lay Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn. Thou rather, with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt, Splitst...unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Than the soft myrtle. A bearded man, Armed to the teeth art thou : one mailed hand Graspa the broad shield. and one the sword.... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 364 pages
...left. Approach, and read (for thou canst read) the lay Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn. Thou rather, with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt, Splitst...unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Than the soft myrtle. A bearded man, Armed to the teeth art thou: one mailed hand Grasps the broad shield, and one the sword.... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1856 - 624 pages
...that oft looks so; Pardon is still the nurse of seeond woe. Shakt. Mea.for Mea. Mere,ful heaven! H,ou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt, (Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Thau the soft myrtle. How would you be, If he, whieh is the top of judgment, should But judge as you... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 386 pages
...be quiet. For every pelting,1 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 ! Paltry. * Knotted. Dress'd in a little brief authority ; Most ignorant of what... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 490 pages
...be quiet, For every pelting,8 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 and gnarled 10 oak, Than the soft myrtle ; but man, proud man ! Dress'd in a little brief authority, 7 This alludes... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1859 - 450 pages
...be quict, 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 and gnarled oak, Tnan the soft myrtle : — But man, proud man '. T)rcst in a little brief authority, Most ignorant... | |
 | ROBERT NARES, A.M., F.R.S., F.A.S., - 1859 - 494 pages
...kindred word, gnarly, is cited from an old play, entitled Antonio's Revenge, printed in 1602: Thon rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Tlian the soft myrtle. Meat, fur Meas., ii, 2 'Till, by degrees, the tough and gnarly trunk Be riv'd... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1863 - 492 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...unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Than the soft myrtle ; but man, proud man, Brest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd, —... | |
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