 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 : So quick bright things come to confusion.  The Young lady's magazine - Page 4191838Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1828 - 416 pages
...dead. A flash of lightning " unfolds both heaven and earth," " Sed heu ! rara hora, et'parva morat." " Ere a man hath power to say behold, The jaws of darkness do devour it up." Then " Our soul is by vile fear assail'd, which oft So overcasts a man, that he recoils... | |
 | William Shakespeare, George Steevens - 1829 - 506 pages
...momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied4 night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and...power to say,— Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion. Her. If then true lovers have been ettr cross'd,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 828 pages
...grime with coal : to smut with coal. Brief as the lightning ¡n the collied night. That in a speed, unfolds both heaven and earth And, ere a man hath power to say, behold. The jaws of darkness do devour it up. Shalttpearc . Suppose thoii saw her dressed in some old binait attire, out of fashion,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 426 pages
...with coal. Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That in a speed, unfolds both heaven and eirtl And, ere a man hath power to say, behold, The jaws of darkness do devour it up. StaksfO"Suppose thou saw her dressed in some oW ''""I attire, out of fashion, coarse... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 842 pages
...torment to her. Shaluftart. Charge not in your tpleen a noble person, And spoil your nobler soul. H. Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That in a spleen unfold: both heaven and earth, And, ere a man hath power to say, behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 444 pages
...as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the colliedk night, That, in a spleen,1 unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion. Her. If then true lovers have been ever cross'd,... | |
 | Samuel Felton - 1830 - 270 pages
...from almost a severe countenance, and which, when that gleam is over, leave no trace of it behind — Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That in a spleen unfolds both heaven and earth, And e'er a man has time to say, behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up, There is another smile,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 500 pages
...momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied4 night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and...power to say, — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion. Her. If then true lovers have been ever cross'd,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 542 pages
...; Brief as the lightning in the collied6 night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both ..^avcn and eartb, ere abus'd with divers stolne, and surreptitious copies, maimed and d devour it up ; So quick bright things come to confusion. Her. If then true lovers have been ever сгомЧ... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 pages
...death, or sickness did lay siege to it ; Making it momentany as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any 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.— Shakspeare. O RUSTIC herald of the Spring... | |
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