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" O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast? "
A History of English Poetry - Page 149
by William John Courthope - 1903
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Elements of Criticism, Volume 1

Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816 - 428 pages
...less power to bite The man that mocks at it, and sets it light. Eolingbroke. Oh, who can hold a fire in his hand. By thinking on the frosty Caucasus ?...December snow, By thinking on fantastic summer's heat ? Oh, no 1 the apprehension of the good Gives but the greater feeling to the worse. King Richard II....
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1817 - 372 pages
...freedom, boast of nothing eke, But that I was a journeyman to grief ?» Baling. O, who can hold a fire in his hand, By thinking on the frosty Caucasus ?...By bare imagination of a feast ? Or wallow naked in December's snow, By thinking on fantastic summer's heat ? O, no! the apprehension of the good, Gives...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 80

1856 - 834 pages
...must have been a Circassian traveller, and spoke feelingly when he said — " Oh, who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus ; Or...hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast ? " It was late on the following morning before we roused ourselves from the heavy slumbers consequent...
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The Sale-room, Issue 1

1817 - 254 pages
...confidence— , ____ Oh ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus ? Or clog the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast ? Or wallow naked in December snoir, By thinking on fantastic summer's heat ? QE To the Conductor of the SALB ROOM. SIR, I HAVE been...
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The Art of Domestick Happiness: And Other Poems

Robert Patterson, Recluse - 1817 - 340 pages
...Can turn the IDEAL flood at will, * Hope deferred maketh the heart sick. . t Oh, who can hold a fire in his hand, By thinking on the frosty Caucasus ? Or cloy the hungty edge of appetite, By bare imagination of a feast ? Or wallow naked in December's snow, By thinking...
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The Family Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes; in which Nothing is Added ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1818 - 424 pages
...hath less power to bite The man that mocks at it, and sets it light. Baling. O, who can hold a fire in his hand, By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or...? Or wallow naked in December snow, By thinking on fantastick summer's heat ? 0, no ! the apprehension of the good, Gives but the greater feeling to the...
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Elements of Criticism, Volume 1

Lord Henry Home Kames - 1819 - 424 pages
...hath leas power to bite The man that mocks it, and sets it light. Bolingbroke. Oh, who can hold a fire in his hand, By thinking on the frosty Caucasus ? Or cloy the hungry edga of Appetite, By bare imagination of a feast ? Or wallow naked in December snow, By thinking on...
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Popular Voyages and Travels Throughout the Continent & Islands of Europe: In ...

Mrs. Jamieson (Frances Thurtle) - 1820 - 538 pages
...Shakspeare never tires, for • he's always changing and for ever new." EDWARD.— " Oh who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus ? Or...appetite, By bare imagination of a feast? Or wallow in December snow, By thinking on fantastic summer's heat? Oh, no, the apprehension of the good Gives...
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Select Plays of William Shakespeare: In Six Volumes. With the ..., Volume 3

William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens - 1820 - 348 pages
...hold a fire in his hand, &c.] Fire is here, as in many other places, used as a dissyllable. Malone. Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite. By bare imagination...feast? Or wallow naked in December snow, By thinking on fantastick summer's heat? O, no! the apprehension of the good, Gives but the greater feeling to the...
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The Poems of Robert Fergusson

Robert Fergusson, James Gray - 1821 - 292 pages
...should reign ; The golden age begin again. ON THE COLD MONTH OF APRIL 1771. O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus ! Or...By bare imagination of a feast ! Or wallow naked in December's snow By thinking on fantastic Summer's heat ! Shatespeare'i Richard II. POETS in vain have...
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