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" Making it momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth. And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up :... "
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by Familiar quotations - 1883
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Midsummer-night's dream. Love's labor's lost. Merchant of Venice. As you ...

William Shakespeare - 1836 - 554 pages
...momentanya as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream, Brief as the lightning in the collied3 night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and...devour it up. So quick bright things come to confusion. Her. If then true lovers have been ever crossed, It stands as an edict in destiny. Then let us teach...
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Thirty Years Ago: Or, The Memoirs of a Water Drinker, Volume 2

William Dunlap - 1836 - 256 pages
...that men's ears should be To counsel deaf, and not to flattery." •" Swift as a shadow, short as a dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied night,...man hath power to say, behold! The jaws of darkness doth devour it up : S So quick-bright things come to confusion." " Whereto serves mercy, But to confront...
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Memoirs of a Water Drinker, Volumes 1-2

William Dunlap - 1837 - 512 pages
...O, that men's ears should be To counsel deaf, and not to flattery." " Swift as a shadow, short as a dream; • Brief as the lightning in the collied night,...man hath power to say, behold! The jaws of darkness doth devour it up: So quick-bright things come to confusion." " Whereto serves mercy, But to confront...
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Memoirs of a Water Drinker

William Dunlap - 1837 - 440 pages
...O, that men's ears should be To counsel deaf, and not to flattery." " Swift as a shadow, short as a dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied night,...and earth ; And ere a man hath power to say, behold! Thejaws of darkness doth devour it up : So quick.bright things come to confusion." " Whereto serves...
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The complete works of William Shakspeare, with notes by the most ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 790 pages
...were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did fay siege toit; Making it momentary as a sound, am" William Shakespeare( Her. If then true lovers have been ever cross'd. It stands as an edict in destiny: Then let us teach...
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The wisdom and genius of Shakspeare: comprising moral philosophy ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream; Brief as the lightning in the collied1 night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and...devour it up: So quick bright things come to confusion. 7 — i. 1. 270 O that thou didst know how many fathom deep I am in love ! But it cannot be sounded;...
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The Young lady's magazine

1838 - 468 pages
...death, or sickness, did lay siege to it ; MakMg it momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as anv dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied night,...power to say — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour'it up : So quick bright things come to confusion. ment, otherwise there is no doubt that Thisbc...
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Complete Works: With Dr. Johnson's Preface, a Glossary, and an Account of ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 pages
...did lay siege to it ; ^hkiag it momentary as a sound, S»ift ua shadow, short as any dream ; Brief is 0 ȣ 1 ! Tie jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quirk bright things come to confusion. Her. If then true...
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The Quarterly review, Volume 12

1815 - 560 pages
...fair promise of this favoured mind— for death did lay siege to it; Making it momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the...in the collied night, That in a spleen unfolds both earth and heaven, And ere a man hath power to say — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up...
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The Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare: Comprising Moral Philosophy ...

William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 478 pages
...sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness, did lay eiege to it : Making it momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the...it up : So quick bright things come to confusion. 7 — i. 1. 270 O that thou didst know how many fathom deep I am in love ! But it cannot be sounded...
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