Merciful Heaven, Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak 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... Sartor Resartus - Page 354by Thomas Carlyle - 1896 - 432 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1788 - 384 pages
...thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Split'st the unwedgeable 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 fantastick tricks before high... | |
| 1801 - 618 pages
...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 is most assured, ' His glassy essence—like an angry ape, " Plays such fantastic tricks before high... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 424 pages
...sharp and sulphurous bolt, Split'st the umvedgeable and gnarled s 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 fantastick tricks before high... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 518 pages
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...above upon this commentator, then might the bard have recourse to his own words , and exclaim " Oh but man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assurM, : like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high Heav'n As make the angels... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 426 pages
...and sulphurous bolt, Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak *I, 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 fantastick tricks before high... | |
| William Henry Ireland - Fools and jesters - 1807 - 356 pages
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| Mrs. Chapone (Hester) - 1807 - 372 pages
...suited to the nature of man, that it seldom fails to intoxicate him, and overturn his reason and virtue. —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 Hear'n,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1807 - 382 pages
...sharp and sulphurous bolt, Split'st the unwedgeable 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 fanlastick tricks before high... | |
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...suited to the nature of man, that it seldom fails to intoxicate him, and overturn his reason and virtue. -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 tiigh... | |
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