 By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon, Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned honour by the locks...  Beaumont and Fletcher: Or, The Finest Scenes, Lyrics, and Other Beauties of ... - 156. lappuseautors: Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Leigh Hunt - 1855 - 363 lapasPilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1839 - 348 lapas
...the soldier to the storm of the fortified rock ; the sailor to brave the splitting tempest ; both " To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon, Or dive into the bosom of the deep, And pluck up drowned honour by the locks." What did it not do for " Macedonia's... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1840 - 746 lapas
...thou canst do ; speak a huffing part ; I warrant you the gentlemen will accept of it. Cit. Do, Ralph, do. Ralph. By Heaven, methinks, it were an easy leap...sea, Where never fathom-line touch'd any ground, And plnck up drowned honour frotn the lake of hell. Cit. How say you, gentlemen, is it not as I told yon... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 364 lapas
...the sky. Probably to their minds, even the gallant Hotspur's aspirations are tamely reasonable — " By heaven, methinks, it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon !" What a creature of circumstance is man ! His opinions are as variable as the colours of the chameleon,... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 714 lapas
...the sky. Probably to their minds, even the gallant Hotspur's aspirations are tamely reasonable — " By heaven, methinks, it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon !" mile from it. To follow up the illustration from Swift's admirable satire, how pitifully insignificant... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 370 lapas
...the sky. Probably to their minds, even the gallant Hotspur's aspirations are tamely reasonable — " By heaven, methinks, it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon !'' mile from it. To follow up the illustration from Swift's admirable satire, how pitifully insignificant... | |
 | Henry Mayhew, Mark Lemon, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - 1871 - 298 lapas
...declaration which may give you some idea of his horsemanship. He says, on an occasion : — " By hearen, methinks it were an easy leap To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon." That was Hotspur's notion of an easy leap. You mil own that it was highly creditable to him, or to... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 672 lapas
...start a hare. North. Imagination of some great exploit Drives him beyond the bounds of patience. Hot. By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap To pluck...the pale-faced moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned honour by the locks : So... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 348 lapas
...start a hare. North. Imagination of some great exploit Drives him beyond the bounds of patience. Hot. By heaven, methinks, it were an easy leap To pluck bright honour from the pale-fac'd moon ; Or dire into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 1008 lapas
...start a hare. North. Imagination of some great exploit Drives him beyond the bounds of patience. Hoi. eare palc-fac'd moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground,... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1843 - 592 lapas
...17C8. Ralph. By heaven, methinks, w it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-fac'd moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the sea, Where never fathom-line touched any ground, And pluck up drowned honour from the lake of hell. Cit. How say you, gentlemen... | |
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