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" 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. "
The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the ... - Page 22
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text by G. Steevens ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 482 pages
...Isab. Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be quiet, For every peltingi, petty officer, Would use his heaven for thunder :...sulphurous bolt, Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak2, Than the soft myrtle ; — O, but man, proud man ! f Brest in a little brief authority; Most...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Measure for measure. Midsummer ...

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 438 pages
...Isab. Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be quiet, For every pelting 9, petty officer, Would use his heaven for thunder; nothing...sulphurous bolt, Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled 1o oak, Than the soft myrtle 11 : — But man, proud man ! Drest in a little brief authority : Most...
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The Beauties of Shakspeare Regularly Selected from Each Play. With a General ...

William Shakespeare - 1827 - 658 pages
...AUTHORITY. O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. Could great men thunder, As Jove himself does, Jove...rather, with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt, Split'st the unwcdgeable and gnarledf oak, Than the soft myrtle — O, but inan, proud man ! Brest in a little brief...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 420 pages
...a giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. I, nciii. That's well said. Isab. Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove...and sulphurous bolt, Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarledf oak, Than the soft myrtle ; — But man, proud man ! Drest in a little brief authority ; Most...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 444 pages
...well said. Isab. Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be quiet, For eve1y pelting,* petty officer, Would use his heaven for...and sulphurous bolt, Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarledf oak, Than the soft myrtle ; — But man, proud man! Drest in a little brief authority ; Most...
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The Causes of the Present Condition of the Labouring Classes in the South of ...

Baldwin Francis Duppa - Great Britain - 1831 - 132 pages
...and that what cannot be brought about by kindness, may be compelled by severity : who, if they could thunder, As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be...use his heaven for thunder — nothing but thunder. Montesquieu says, and Blackstone quotes him, " that punishment for crime should be rather certain than...
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Characteristics of women, moral, poetical and historical, Volume 1

Anna Brownell Jameson - Women in literature and art - 1832 - 378 pages
...great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be quiet : For every pelting,*petty oflicer Would use his heaven for thunder ; nothing but thunder....gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle. O but man, proud man ! Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he 's most assur'd, His glassy essence,...
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The Annual biography and obituary, Volume 16

1832 - 488 pages
...execution. Nothing could exceed the sublime energy she threw into that fine passage commencing: — " Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove...use his heaven for thunder; nothing but thunder." The manner in which she pronounced the words " NOTHING BUT thunder!" was, to use the prescriptive phrase...
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The plays and poems of Shakspeare [according to the text of E ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1832 - 426 pages
...said. Isa. Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be quiet. For every pelting,1 petty officer, Would use his heaven for thunder; nothing...and sulphurous bolt, Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled2 oak Than the soft myrtle ; but man, proud man ! Dress'd in a little brief authority ; Most...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ...

William Shakespeare - 1833 - 1140 pages
...have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. Lucio. That's well said. hut-. he is about the house. Duke. Seek him out, and play...shall love, In the sweet pangs of it, remember me: o ik, ' ') Than the soft myrtle; — O, but man, proud man! -°) Drest in a little brief authority;...
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