 Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be quiet, For every pelting, petty officer, Would use his heaven for thunder ; Nothing but thunder.  A manual of English prosody - Page 61by Robert Frederick Brewer - 1869Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1773 - 498 pages
...thunder As Jove himfelf does, Jove would ne'er be quiet ; For every pelting, petty, officer Would ufe his heaven for thunder ; nothing but thunder. Merciful heaven ! Thou rather with thy fliarp and fulph'rous bolt Split'ft the unwedgcable and gnarled oak,7 Than the foft myrtle : O, but... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1778 - 546 pages
...thunder AS Jove himfelf does; Jove would ne'er be quiet, For every pelting ', petty officer, Would afe his heaven for thunder; nothing but, thunder. Merciful heaven ! Thou rather with thy fharp and fulphurous bolt 9 Either HOW — ] Thus the old copy. Modern Editors read •— — Or new... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Joseph Rann - 1786 - 654 pages
...MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Aft II, S. 2. Queen. ~" Poor ft/ting villages. LEAR, Aft II, S. 3. £<&. Would ufe his heaven for thunder; nothing but thunder.— Merciful heaven ! Thou rather with thy {harp and fulphurous bolt Split'ft the unwedgeable and b gnarled oak, Than the foft myrtle : O, but... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 384 pages
...Lucia. That's well said. hab. Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be .quiet, For every pelting, petty officer, Would use his heaven for thunder ; nothing but thun-- der Merciful heaven ! .oo Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Split'st the unwedgeable... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1793 - 582 pages
...thunder As Jove himfelf does, Jove would ne'er be quiet, For every pelting,9 petty officer, Would ufe his heaven for thunder ; nothing but thunder. Merciful heaven ! Thou rather, with thy fharp and fulphurous bolt, Split'ft the unwedgeable and gnarled oak,1 Than the foft myrtle ; — O,... | |
 | 1793 - 524 pages
...thunder, As Jove himfelf does, Jove would ne'er be quiet, For every pelting*, petty officer, Would nie his heaven for thunder ; nothing but thunder. Merciful heaven ! Thou rather, with thy (harp and fulphurous bolt, Splitt'il the unwedgeable and gnarled f oak, Than the loft myrtle. But man,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1797 - 600 pages
...thunder As Jove himfelf does, Jove would ne'er be quiet, For every pelting,3 petty officer, Would ufe his heaven for thunder ; nothing but thunder.— Merciful heaven ! Thou rather, with thy fharp and fulphurous bolt, Split'ft the unwedgeable and gnarled oak,* Than the foft myrtle ; — O,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1800 - 426 pages
...thunder As Jove himfelf does, Jove would ne'er be quiet, For every pelting, petty oflicer, Would ufe his heaven for thunder; nothing but thunder. — Merciful heaven ! Thou rather, with thy fharp and fulphurous bolt, Split'ft the unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Than the foft myrtle ; — O,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1800 - 420 pages
...thunder As Jove himfelf does, Jove would ne'er be quiet, For every pelting, petty officer, Would ufe his heaven for thunder ; nothing but thunder. — Merciful heaven ! Thou rather, with thy (harp and fulphurous bolt, Split'lt the unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Than the foft myrtle ; — O,... | |
 | 1801 - 618 pages
...thy 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... | |
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