 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1849 - 348 pages
...careering and wide-spreading comprehension of mind ' , and these long reaches of thought', that •• Pluck bright honor from the pale-faced moon, Or dive into the bottom of the deep, And drag up drowned honor by the locks'," this is the prowess', and these the hardy achievements',... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1849 - 406 pages
...hypocrite, but by the original free thoughts of men of Genius, who aspire to pluck bright truth • from the palefaced moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned — " truth. Even those who may dissent... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1850 - 606 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 Shakespeare - 1850 - 576 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 - 1852 - 72 pages
...this careering and wide-sweeping 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, Where fathom line could never touch the ground, And drag up drowned honor by the locks— This is the prowess, and these... | |
 | William Wirt - Character - 1852 - 80 pages
...this careering and wide-sweeping 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, Where fathom line could never touch the ground, And drag up drowned honor by the locks — This is the prowess, and these... | |
 | United States. Congress - United States - 1853 - 648 pages
...perhaps, a boon worth contending for; it is the fruitful parent of many virtues ; it is the germ^f whatever adorns and sanctifies urbanity, courtesy,...line ne'er sounded, And fetch up drowned honor by the locks ; So he that brought her thence Might, without co-rival, wear all her dignities." 135 H1STORY... | |
 | United States. Congress - United States - 1853 - 644 pages
...polished life. The honorable gentleman fro" Maryland, in the fervor of his imagination, po» sibly may think, " It were an easy task, To pluck bright...line ne'er sounded, And fetch up drowned honor by the locke; So he that brought her thence Might, without co-rival, wear all her dignities." "EBRBARY, 1812.... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Children - 1853 - 344 pages
...this careering and wide-spreading + comprehension of niind', and these long reaches of thought, that " Pluck bright honor from the pale-faced moon, Or dive into the bottom of the deep, And drag up drowned honor by the locks';" this is the prowess', and these the hardy achievements',... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 832 pages
...beyond the bounds of patience. Hot. By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap To pluck bright honour u well assured He shall in strangeness stand no further off Than in a fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned honour 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... 
