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" Than the soft myrtle: but man, proud man, Drest 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 angels weep; who, with our spleens,... "
McClellan; a Vindication of the Military Career of General George B ... - Page 102
by James Havelock Campbell - 1916 - 458 pages
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The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature ..., Volumes 5-6

1836 - 866 pages
...bolt, Split'st the unwedgcaMe and gnarled dak, Than the soft myrtle ; — But man, proud man ! Brest in a little brief authority ; Most ignorant of what he's...assured, His glassy essence, — like an angry ape, Flays such fantastic tricks before high heaven, As make the ungels weep." It would be well if reading...
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Characteristics of Women, Moral, Poetical, and Historical

Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1837 - 400 pages
...with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Split'st the unwedgable and gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle. O but man, proud man ! Drest 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 Heave n As...
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Newton Forster; Or, The Merchant Service

Frederick Marryat - 1838 - 402 pages
...SECOND. CHAPTER I. But 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. SHAKSPEARE. THE reef upon which the brig had been wrecked was one of those extending along the southward...
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Complete Works: With Dr. Johnson's Preface, a Glossary, and an Account of ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 pages
...thy sharp and sulphurous bolt, Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Tnaa the soft myrtle ; — r Scott, Webster and Geary"- Shakespeare William" William Shakespeare( he' s most assur'd, His glassy essence, — like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high...
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The wisdom and genius of Shakspeare: comprising moral philosophy ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...the earth, she ought still to find a dwelling in the hearts of kings.' Than the soft myrtle ! — O, but man, proud man ! Drest 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...
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The New Monthly Belle Assemblée, Volume 19

460 pages
...scanty pittance doled out to them with the niggard hand of a parsimonious parish functionary, who, " Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most issured — His glassy essence — like an angry ape, Pluys such ftntaatic tricks before' high heaven...
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The Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare: Comprising Moral Philosophy ...

William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 480 pages
...hearts of kings.' I Paltry. IT Knotted. Than the soft myrtle ! — O, but man, proud man ! Brest in a little brief authority — Most ignorant of what...ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven, As make the angels weep. 5— ii. 2. 74 Divine Justice. You are above, You justicers, that these our...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Life. New facts regarding the life ...

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 608 pages
...Split's! the unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Than the soft myrtle : — But man, proud man ! Dressed in a little brief authority, — Most ignorant of what...ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high Heaven, As make the angels weep ; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves laugh mortal. Lucio. O, to him,...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 550 pages
...bolt, Sph't'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak, * Than the soft myrtle ;4—O, but man, proud maat Drest 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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Manners and Customs of the New Zealanders: With Notes ..., Volume 2

Joel Samuel Polack - 1840 - 334 pages
...antipathy, as induce the quiet philosopher to exclaim with Shakspeare. "0, but man, proud man ! Brest in a little brief authority ; Most ignorant of what he's...ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven, As make the angels weep ; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves laugh mortal." Measure far Measure,...
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