What if it tempt you toward the flood, my lord, Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff That beetles o'er his base into the sea, And there assume some other horrible form, Which might deprive your sovereignty of reason And draw you into madness? The Construction of Tragedy: Hubris - Page 67by Mary Anneeta Mann - 2004 - 228 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1788 - 522 pages
...flood, my lord? Or < Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff, That beetles o'er his base into the sea ? And there assume some other horrible form, Which might...your sovereignty of reason, And draw you into madness ? think of it : [The very place puts toys of desperation, 690 Without more motive, into every brain,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 446 pages
...flood, my lord, Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff, That beetles I' o'er his base into the sea ? And there assume some other horrible form, Which might...your sovereignty of reason, And draw you into madness ? think of it : The very place puts toys ' of desperation, Without more motive, into every brain, That... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1804 - 642 pages
...the flood, my lord, Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff, That beetles o'er his base into the sea? And there assume some other horrible form, Which might...sovereignty of reason, And draw you into madness? think of it: The very place puts toys of desperation, Without more motive, into every brain, That looks... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 420 pages
...the flood, my lofd, Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff, That beetles o'er his base into the sea ? And there assume some other horrible form, Which might...sovereignty of reason, And draw you into madness? think of it: The very place puts toys s6 of desperation, Without more motive, into every brain, That... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1811 - 498 pages
...flood, my lord, Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff, That beetles o'er his base4 into the sea ? And there assume some other horrible form, Which might...sovereignty of reason,* And draw you into madness ? think of it : The very place puts toys of desperation,8 Without more motive, into every brain, That... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1812 - 414 pages
...the flood, my lord, Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff, That beetles o'er his base into the sea ? And there assume some other horrible form. Which might...your sovereignty of reason, And draw you into madness ? think of it : The very place puts toys of desperation,* Without more motive, into every brain, That... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1812 - 420 pages
...the flood, my lord. Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff, That beetles o'er his base into the sea ? And there assume some other horrible form. Which might...your sovereignty of reason, And draw you into madness ? think of it : The very place puts toys of desperation,* Without more motive, into every brain, That... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1814 - 528 pages
...the flood, my lord, Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff, That beetles o'er his base into the sea? And there assume some other horrible form, Which might...sovereignty of reason, And draw you into madness? think of it: The very place puts tovs of desperation, , Without more motive, into every brain, That... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 472 pages
..." What if it tempt you toward the flood, my lord, Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff, And then assume some other horrible form, Which might deprive...sovereignty of reason, And draw you into madness!" This passage has proved a perpetual torment to the commentators — " your sovereignty of reason,"... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 474 pages
..." What if it tempt you toward the flood, my lord, Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff, And then assume some other horrible form, Which might deprive...sovereignty of reason, And draw you into madness!" This passage has proved a perpetual torment to the commentators — " your sovereignty of reason,"... | |
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