 Merciful heaven ! Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Splitt'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Than the soft myrtle ; but man, proud man ! Dress'd in a little brief authority, — Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd, His glassy essence,...  Newton Forster; Or, The Merchant Service - Page 133by Frederick Marryat - 1838 - 383 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - Promptbooks - 1803 - 76 pages
...sharp and sulphurous bolt, Split's! the umvedgeable and gnarled oak, Than ihe soft myrtle : — O, but man, proud man,— Dress'd in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd, His glassy essence, — like an angry ape, Plays such fantastick tricks before high... | |
 | Biography - 1804 - 646 pages
...myrtle ! O, but roan ! proud man ! " Drest in a litt'e brief authority ; " Most ignorant of what is most assured, " His glassy essence — like an angry ape, " Plays such fantastic tricks before hjgh Heaven, " As makes the angels weep." SHAKESPEAR. Since the publication of the first edition of... | |
 | Mrs. Chapone (Hester) - Conduct of life - 1808 - 240 pages
...his reason and virtue. -Man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before tiigh Heav'n, As make the angels weep. " But," say you, " suppose the parent or the ' king exert his... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 454 pages
...sharp and sulphurous bolt, Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Than the soft myrtle : — O, but man, proud man, — Dress'd in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd, His glassy essence, — like an angry ape, Plays such fantastick tricks before high... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 332 pages
...sharp and sulphurous bolt, Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Than the soft myrtle : — O, but man, proud man ! Dress'd in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd, His glassy essence, — like an angry ape, Plays such fantastick tricks before high... | |
 | Robert Burton - Melancholy - 1824 - 374 pages
...vexations of a fascinating world, through the paths of Virtue, to the highest bowers of terrestrial bliss. But Man, proud man, Dress'd in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd, His glassy essence, instead of following the dictates of sound and unpolluted reason,... | |
 | English drama - 1826 - 506 pages
...sharp and sulphurous bolt, Split's!, the unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Than the soft myrtle : — O, but man, proud man— Dress'd in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd, His glassy essence— like an angry ape, [ANGELO retires and sits Rc Plays such... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - 1832 - 312 pages
...1832. PRINTED BY AJ VAI.PY, KID LION COURT, FI.EKT STRKF.T. NEWTON FORSTER; OR, THE MERCHANT SERVICE, CHAPTER I. But man, proud man, Dress'd in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he 'a most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high Heaven.... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - English language - 1845 - 456 pages
...constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love. 208. Man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he 's most assured. 260. No might nor greatness in mortality Can censure 'soape ; back-wounding calumny The whitest virtue... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - English language - 1845 - 454 pages
...constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love. 268. Man, proud man, Brest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he 's most assured. 269. N& might nor greatness in mortality Can censure 'scape ; back-wounding calumny The whitest virtue... | |
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