I remember a mass of things, but nothing distinctly ; a quarrel, but nothing wherefore. — O that men should put an enemy in their mouths, to steal away their brains ! that we should, with joy, revel, pleasure, and applause, transform ourselves into... Troilus and Cressida. Othello - Page 58by William Shakespeare - 1788Full view - About this book
| Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 570 pages
...? Cassia. I remember a mass of things, but nothing distinctly; a quarrel, but nothing wherefore. O, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains ! that we should with joy, pleasure, revel, and applause, transform ourselves into beasts ! lago. Why, but you are now well enough... | |
| Arts - 1853 - 394 pages
...When, wing'd with love, EASTH emu BBKEATH, ADD HEAVEN DNTOLDB ABOVE! THE BLESSINGS OF MODERATION. Oh, that men should put an enemy In Their mouths, to steal away their brains ! that wo Should, with joy, pleasance, revel, and applause, Transform ourselves to beasts 1 SHAKSPSAKE. THERE... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1853 - 608 pages
...spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee — devil ! . . . . . . . 0, that men should put an enemy in their mouths, to steal...pleasure, and applause, transform ourselves into beasts ! 37 — ii. 3. 664. The same. It hath pleased the devil, drunkenness, to give place to the devil,... | |
| Shearjashub Spooner - Art - 1853 - 336 pages
...delighted to paint. The glory of both Stuart and Jarvis is obscured by the same fatal passion. " 0 that men should put an enemy in their mouths, to steal...pleasure, and applause, transform ourselves into beasts." " Jarvis," says Dunlap, " was fond of notoriety from almost any source, and probably thought it aided... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1853 - 596 pages
...quarrel, but nothing wherefore. — 0, that men should put an enemy in iheir mouths, \» steal away '.heir brains! that we should, with joy, revel, pleasure,...Why, but you are now well enough : How came you thus recovered ? Cos. It hath pleased the devil, drunkenness, to give place to the devil, wrath : one un... | |
| Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...and woe, Where peace and hospitality might reign. Cowper. BBUNKENNESS. DUELLING. 259 DRUNKENNESS. OH, that men should put an enemy in Their mouths, to steal away their brains! that we Should, with joy, pleasance, revel, and applause, Transform ourselves to beasts! Shakspere. "When fumes of wine do once... | |
| Stephen Henry Ward - Medicine, Popular - 1853 - 432 pages
...the consequences of the " inordinate cup," we may well exclaim with our great dramatic poet, — " O, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains ! that we should with joy, pleasance, revel, and applause, transform ourselves into beasts ! " If we regard drunkenness in its... | |
| Tryon Edwards - Quotations, English - 1853 - 442 pages
...expressed in fancy ; rich, not gaudy ; For the apparel oft proclaims the man. Siiakspeare. DRUNKENNESS. Oh, that men should put an enemy in Their mouths, to steal away their brains ! that we Should with joy, pleasance, and applause, Transform ourselves to beasts ! Shakspeare. B. EDUCATION. 'Tis education forms... | |
| James G. McManaway - Drama - 1994 - 64 pages
...the praise of sherry sack, but his own opinion seems to have been more like that of Cassio: "O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains! That we should, with joy, pleasance, revel, and applause, transform ourselves into beasts!" Another man from whom Betterton learned... | |
| Alfred Pownall - Bible - 1864 - 112 pages
...winebibbing, but other indulgences also, which do not, at first sight, appear so gross and polluting. O that men should put an enemy in their mouths, to steal...revel, pleasure and applause, transform ourselves into beasts.—Othello, ii. 3. Here, I think, it is unnecessary to produce parallels from the Scriptures... | |
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