 | Maurice O'Sullivan - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 240 pages
...eyes. And again this passage, called forth possibly by the letters of the Rev. Walter Blaise:Slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword; whose Tongue...posting winds and doth belie All corners of the world. As also then:Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven, Whiles,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1998 - 308 pages
...dishonour and equally to me 30 disloyal.' PISANIO (aside) What shall I need to draw my sword ? The paper Hath cut her throat already. No, 'tis slander, Whose...tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile, whose breath 35 12 summer ie joyful. Compare Sonnet 24 grief injury 98.7 : 'any summer's story'. 32 What why, ie... | |
 | David Crystal, Hilary Crystal - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2000 - 604 pages
...plain, he must speak truth. William Shakespeare, 1605-6, King Lear, II. ii. (Oxford) 94 36:86 [Pisanio] Slander, / Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose...posting winds and doth belie / All corners of the world. William Shakespeare, 1610-11, Cymbeline, III. iv. 33 36:87 If you want truth to go round the world... | |
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tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave... 
