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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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Characteristics of Women, Moral, Poetical, and Historical

Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - Women in art - 1837 - 400 pages
...convent cell. 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 unwedgable and gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle. O but man, proud man ! Drest in a little brief authority,...
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Memoir of the Rev. Charles Nisbet, D.D.: Late President of Dickinson College ...

Samuel Miller - College presidents - 1840 - 376 pages
...Douglas,) a few lines from Shakespeare, which, perhaps, will be more to the taste of some gentlemen. « Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove...thunder ; nothing but thunder. — Merciful heaven ! iFhou rather, with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt, Split'st the unwcdgeable and gnarled oak, Than...
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The Philosophy of Shakspere: Extracted from His Plays

William Shakespeare, Michael Henry Rankin - 1841 - 266 pages
...deed, devours the deed in the praise. Troilus and Cressida, Act ii. Scene 3. 3P3&EDH ©3F Isabella. Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove...pelting, petty officer Would use his heaven for thunder 5 nothing but thunder. Merciful Heaven! Thou rather, with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt, Split'st the...
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Practical Elocution: Containing Illustrations of the Principles of Reading ...

Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1843 - 324 pages
...suffers. 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...and sulphurous bolt, Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarle^pak, Than the soft myrtle : O, but man, proud man ! Brest in a little brief authority, Most...
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The works of Shakspere, revised from the best authorities: with a ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 pages
...have a giant's strength ; hut it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. Lacio. That's well said. Isao. Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove...• Thou rather, with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt, Splitt'st the unwedgeable and gnarled ouk, Than the soft myrtle ; — O, hut man, proud man, (Drest...
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The family Shakespeare [expurgated by T. Bowdler]. in which those words are ...

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 1008 pages
.../SCÄ. Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be quiet, For every pelting 6, unwcdgeable and gnarled ' oak, Than the soft myrtle ; — O, but man, proud man ! Drest in a little...
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Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: With a Life of the Poet and ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1844 - 610 pages
...Isab. Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be quiet ; For every pelting,2 petty officer, Would use his heaven for thunder ;...rather, with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt, Split'st the unvvedgeable and gnarled oak, Than the soft myrtle : — But man, proud man ! Dressed in a little brief...
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Shakspeare's dramatic art: and his relation to Calderon and Goethe, tr. [by ...

Hermann Ulrici - 1846 - 596 pages
...mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made !" And again in these sublime words:— " Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove...unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Than the soft myrtle; but man, proud man ! Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured, His...
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Shakspeare's Dramatic Art: And His Relation to Calderon and Goethe

Hermann Ulrici - 1846 - 582 pages
...mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made !" And again in these sublime words : — " Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove...rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Split'st the unwcdgcable and gnarled oak, Than the soft myrtle ; but man, proud man ! Drest in a little brief authority,...
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Practical Elocution

Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1846 - 340 pages
...suffers ! 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...heaven for thunder ; nothing but thunder. — Merciful heavon ! Thou rather, with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt, Split's! the utnvedgeable and gnarled oak,...
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