Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth. And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to... Handy-book of Literary Curiosities - Page 637by William S. Walsh - 1909 - 1104 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 410 pages
...sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it; Making it momentany as a sound, 7 Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the...both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say,—Behold! The jaws of darkness do devour it up: So quick bright things come to confusion. Her.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...suddrn motion ; a fit. Brief as the lightning in the eollied night, That in a spleen unfolds both hcav'n and earth ; And, ere a man hath power to say, behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up. Staksp, 5. Melancholy ; hypochondriacal vapours. Thespteen with sullen vapours clouds the brain, And... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 384 pages
...sympathy in choice, "War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it; Making it momentany as a sound,1 Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied night,' But I rather think, that to beteem, in this place, signifies (as in the northern counties) to pour... | |
| E. H. Seymour - 1805 - 498 pages
...Christian of Theseus. 524. " I must employ you in some business.'" Business a trisyllable. 32(5. " And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! " The jaws of darkness do devour ii up." This thought, a little varied, occurs in Romeo and Juliet. Too sudden, Too like the lightning,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 518 pages
...sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it ; Making it momentany as a sound,7 Swift as a shadow, short as any dream; Brief as the lightning in the collied night,8 That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say,— -Behold... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 392 pages
...a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it; Making it momentany as a sound,1 Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied night,3 But I rather think, that to beteem, in this place, signifies (as hi the northern counties)... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 328 pages
...a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it; Making it momentany as a sonnd. Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the rollied night, Thai, in .i spleen, nnfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say,... | |
| Cleeve - 1805 - 276 pages
...a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it,, Making it momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream, Brief as the lightning in the colly'd night, That in a spleen unfolds both hcaren and earth, And ere a man hath power to say— Behold... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 414 pages
...a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it; Making it momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the...lightning in the collied night', That, in a spleen 10, unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold! The jaws of darkness... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 384 pages
...a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it; Making it momentany as a sound,1 Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied night,* But I rather think, that to beteem, in this place, signifies (as in the northern counties) to pour... | |
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