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" 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 fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned honour by the locks... "
Half Hours of English History: From the Roman Period to the Death of Elizabeth - Page 454
by Charles Knight - 1866 - 687 pages
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, from the text of Johnson, Stevens ...

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 984 pages
...to south, Arid let them grapple;— O! the blood more To rouse a lion, than to start a have. [stirs, re, and, with wild rape, [ters, Yerk out their armed...masKilling them twice. O, give us leave, great king. [moon ; To pluck bright honour from the pale-fac'd Or dive unto the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 502 pages
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A dictionary of quotations from the British poets, by the author of The ...

British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...to stir without great argument ; But greatly to find quarrel in a straw, When honour's at the stake. By heaven, methinks, it were an easy leap, To pluck...fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drown'd honour by the locks : So he, that doth redeem her thence might wear, Without co-rival all her...
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The British Theatre: Or, A Collection of Plays, which are Acted at ..., Volume 8

Mrs. Inchbald - 1824 - 556 pages
...to south, And let them grapple; — Oh! the blood more stirs To rouse a lion than to start a hare. North. Imagination of some great exploit Drives him...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,...
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The miscellaneous works of Tobias Smollett, with a life of the author, Volume 8

Tobias George Smollett - 1824 - 308 pages
...a soul. I have always admired that speech of Hotspur, in the first part of Henry the fourth — is" By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck...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. — " There is...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 3

1824 - 452 pages
...adventure. To him — " M ethink it were an easy leap, To pluck bright guineas 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 drownM l*»iVei'gn* by tUeneap.'' 27» c79 6. A plan for erecting a basin of three hundred acres, close...
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The Works of Shakspeare: From the Text of Johnson, Steevens, and Reed

William Shakespeare - 1825 - 1010 pages
...Imagination of some great exploit Drives him beyond the bounds of patience. //c/. By heaven, metbinlu, are np drowned honour by the locks; So he, that doth redeem her thence, might wear, Without corrival, all...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: From the Text of ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1825 - 508 pages
...heaven, methinks, it were an easy leap [moon ; To pluck bright honour from the pale-fac'd Or dive unto the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never...locks ; So he, that doth redeem her thence, might Without corrival,f all her dignities: [wear, But nut upon this half-fac'd fellowship !} WOT. He apprehends...
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King Richard II. King Henry IV, part 1. King Henry IV, part 2. Henry V

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 560 pages
...south, And let them grapple : — O ! the blood more stirs, To rouse a lion, than to start a hare. North. Imagination of some great exploit Drives him...pale-fac'd moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep ir, 16 ie disdainful. 17 \Varburton observes that Euripides has put the same sentiment into the mouth...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Richard II. Henry IV, pt. 1-2 ...

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 558 pages
...to south, And let them grapple: — O! the blood more stirs, To rouse a lion, than to start a hare. North. Imagination of some great exploit Drives him...pale-fac'd moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep 1J, 16 ie disdainful. 17 Warburton observes that Euripides has put the same sentiment into'the mouth...
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