 | Tobias George [novels] Smollett - 1821 - 756 pages
...first part of Henry the Fourth : " By Heaven, metUnks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright Honour from the pale-faced moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowntd Honour by the lockt—" " There is a... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1824 - 556 pages
...beyond the bounds of patience. Hot. By Heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright Honour from the pale-faced moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned Honour by the locks ; So he, that doth... | |
 | George Colman - Actors - 1830 - 350 pages
...turnpike road over the shifting * " By heaven ! mc-thinks it were an easy leap To pluck bright Honour from the pale-faced moon; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned honour by the locks." SAa'ispcare. sands... | |
 | John Evans - Life - 1831 - 322 pages
...eloquently does Hotspur cry out — By Heaven methinks it were an easy leap To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon, Or dive into the bottom of the deep ! Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned honour by the locks ; So he that doth... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1833 - 522 pages
...great exploit Drives him beyond the hounds of patience. Hot. By heaven, methinks, it were an easy leap, To pluck bright Honor from the pale-faced moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned Honor by the locks ; So he, that doth... | |
 | 1848 - 780 pages
...seas. From his language you might mistake him for a Polyphemus, a Brobdidnag, a Colossus, to whom " it were an easy task to pluck bright honor from the pale-faced moon," to bestride the world, to pile Pelion upon Ossa and to scale the heavens. The rants of Lee, the fustian... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1836 - 534 pages
...this careering and wide-spreading comprehension of mind — and those longreaches of thought, that " Pluck bright honor from the pale-faced moon, Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom line could never touch the ground, And drag up drowned honor by the locks — " This is the prowess, and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 570 pages
...great exploit Drives him beyond the bounds of patience. Hot. By Heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honor from the pale-faced moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned honor by the locks ; So he, that doth... | |
 | William Wirt - Character - 1838 - 92 pages
...— this careering and widesweeping comprehension of mind — and those long reaches of thought, that -Pluck bright honor from the pale-faced moon, Or, dive into the bottom of the deep, WjSre fathom line could never touch the ground, And drag up drowned honor by the locks — This is... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1839 - 568 pages
...great exploit Drives him beyond the bounds of patience. Hot. By Heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honor from the pale-faced moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned honor by the locks ; So he, that doth... | |
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By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon, Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned honour by the locks... 
