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... The Romance of History: France - Página 152por Leitch Ritchie - 1831Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1812 - 562 páginas
...the gentlemen will accept of it. Ralph. By Heaven, methinks, ? it were an easy Cit. Do, Ralph, do. To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon, Or dive into the bottom of the sea, Where never fathom-line touch'd any ground, And pluck up drowned honour from the lake of hell.... | |
| Tobias George [novels] Smollett - 1821 - 756 páginas
...speech of Hotspur, in the 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 - 1824 - 556 páginas
...great exploit Drives him 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 - 1830 - 350 páginas
...is as hopeless as a 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... | |
| 1834 - 630 páginas
...supplant my friend; but. in justice to myself, I am bound to say, that though " it were an easier task to pluck bright honour from the palefaced moon, or dive into the bottom of the deep and drag up drowned honour," still, that law of kings ruled every word and action I spoke of; I pleaded... | |
| John Evans - 1831 - 322 páginas
..."jealous in honour," how 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 páginas
...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... | |
| John Epy Lovell - 1836 - 534 páginas
...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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1836 - 570 páginas
...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... | |
| 1837 - 474 páginas
...exclaims with all the ardour and impetuosity of his character, — " Methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon, Or dive into the hollow of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowning honour by... | |
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