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" List his discourse of war, and you shall hear A fearful battle render'd you in music: Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter... "
The works of lord Macaulay, complete, ed. by lady Trevelyan - Page 316
by Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1866
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Southern Literary Messenger, Volume 5

1839 - 914 pages
...phase of the sky, for every variation of the landscape, for every humor of the fitful elements. " Turn him to any cause of policy, the Gordian knot of it he will unloose, familiar as his garter." See, too, how after-coming poets do but repeat the simplest conceits of him, whom "Rare Ben" was pleased...
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The Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare: Comprising Moral Philosophy ...

William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 478 pages
...must vent ; And being angry, does forget that ever He heard the name of death. 28 — iii. 1. 185 Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter ; that, when he speaks, The air, a charter'd libertine, is still, And the mute wonder lurketh in men's...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 564 pages
...study: List his discourse of war, and you shall hear A fearful battle render'd you in music : r Turn him to any cause of policy, 'The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter ; that, when he speaks. The air, a charter'd libertine, is still, 7 And the mute wonder lurketh in...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Henry IV, pt. 2. Henry V. Henry VI ...

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 554 pages
...music : Turn him to any cause of policy, Ely. We are blessed in the change. 120 KING HENRY V. [ACT I. The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter; that, when he speaks, The air, a chartered libertine, is still, And the mute wonder lurketh in men's...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Henry IV, pt. 2. Henry V. Henry VI ...

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 550 pages
...king Henry V. says:— " My father is gone wild into his grave, For in his tomb lie my affections." The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter ; that, when he speaks, The air, a chartered libertine, is still, And the mute wonder lurketh in men's...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry ...

William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1842 - 594 pages
...study : List his discourse of war, and you shall hear A fearful battle render'd you in music : Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter ; that, when he speaks, The air, a charter'd libertine, is still, And the mute wonder lurketh in men's...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry ...

William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1842 - 594 pages
...study : List his discourse of war, and you shall hear A fearful battle render'd you in music : Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter ; that, when he speaks, The air, a charter'd libertine, is still, And the mute wonder lurketh in men's...
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The plays and poems of Shakespeare, according to the improved text ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1842 - 472 pages
...study : List his discourse of war, and you shall hear A fearful battle render'd you in music : Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter ; that, when he speaks, The air, a charter'd libertine, is still, And the mute wonder lurketh in men's...
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The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal, Volume 20

1842 - 796 pages
...study: 1,1st his discourse of war, and you shall hear A fearful battle rendered you in music: Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter." He does not spoil his cause, as some men do, by fastening upon nice and difficult points which stand...
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William Shakspere: A Biography, Book 2

Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 pages
...study : List his discourse of war, and you shall hear A fearful battle render'd you in music : Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter; that, when he speaks, The air, a charter'd libertine, is still, And the mute wonder lurketh in men's...
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