 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 ; So he that doth redeem her thence...  The Works of Shakespeare - Page 102by William Shakespeare - 1752Full view - About this book
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1805 - 416 pages
...replied with the moft frightful contortions and ridiculous grimaces ; By Heaven, methinks it were an eafy leap, To pluck bright Honour from the pale-fac'd moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowiied Honour by the locks ; So he that could... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1805 - 418 pages
...replied with the moft frightful contortions and ridiculous grimaces; By Heaven, -mtthinks it were an eafy leap, To pluck bright Honour from the pale-fac'd moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom line cculd never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned Honour by the locks ; fco lie that could... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 356 pages
...the fourth JEneid: " pecora inter inertia votis " Optat aprum, aut fulvum descendere monte leonem." Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground,2 And pluck up drowned honoMr by the locks ; So he, that doth redeem her thence, might wear,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 494 pages
...heaven, methinks, it wej e an easy leap, To pluck bright honour form the pale-fac'd moon ; Or dive inio the bottom of the deep, "Where fathom-line could never...pluck up drowned honour by the locks; So he, that dolh redeem her thence, might wear ' Without coirival, all her dignities : fiui . upon this hiilf fac'd... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 416 pages
...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;...honour by the locks ; So he, that doth redeem her thmce, might wear, Without corrival. all her dignities: — But out upon this half-tac'd fellowship... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 534 pages
...some great exploit Drives him beyond the hounds of patience. Hot. By heaven, methinks, it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-fac'd moon;...he, that doth redeem her thence, might wear, Without corrivalt, all her dignities : But out upon this half.fac'd fellowship! ! Wor. He apprehends a world... | |
 | Tobias Smollett, Robert Anderson - 1811 - 548 pages
...that speech of Hotspur in the first part of Henry the Fourth.— ' By Heaven, methinks it were an easy leap To pluck bright honour from the pale-fac'd moon,...ground, And pluck up drowned Honour by the locks'— * There is a boldness and ease in the expression, and the imag'es are very picturesque. But, without... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 544 pages
...the Cynosbaton. * — — disdain'd — ] For disdainful. Hot. By heaven, methinks, it were an -easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-fac'd moon.; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathon>-line could never touch the ground, : And pluck up drowned honour by the locks ; . --- So he,... | |
 | Andrew Becket - 1815 - 748 pages
...falsehoods : thou spcakest untruths." Hot. By heaven, methinks, it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honor from the pale-fac'd moon ; Or dive into the bottom...could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned honor by the locks j So he, that doth redeem her hence, might wear, Without corrival, all her dignities... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1817 - 372 pages
...the pale-fac'd moon ; p] The canker-rose i, the dng-rose, the flonerot the CynnshatoD. STEEVENg. , Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line...the ground, And pluck up drowned honour by the locks ; Without corrival, all her dignities : So he, that doth redeem her thence, might wear, But out upon... | |
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