 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 76 pages
...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 heaven,... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 454 pages
...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 Heaven... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 332 pages
...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 Heaven,... | |
 | Robert Burton - 1824 - 378 pages
...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, mistaking... | |
 | 1826 - 506 pages
...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 fantastick... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1833 - 832 pages
...sulphurous bolt, Split'«t the unwedgeable and gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle ! O, but man, proud чти ! 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 fantastic tncks before high Heaven As make... | |
 | Sophia Briggs - 1845 - 988 pages
...bolt, Split' st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle. O ! but man, proud man, Brest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's...Flays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As make the angels weep." SHAKSPEAM. IT was the morning of the day that had been appointed for signing... | |
 | 1847 - 556 pages
...hit. Doubtless, there is in this an abuse of power; but when has power not been abused ? " Man, proud man ! Dress'd 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 high heaven, As make... | |
 | Joseph A. Nunes - 1848 - 272 pages
...pleasure in the miseries of others ; nor was he one of those " Mere mock-birds of a despot's song," who, " Dress'd 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 high heaven. As make the... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...sulphurous bolt, Splitt'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 fantastic tricks before high Heaven, As... | |
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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, — like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As make the angels weep ; who, with... 
