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Crowned Masterpieces of Literature that Have Advanced Civilization: As ... - Page 1455
by David Josiah Brewer - 1902
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The Young lady's magazine

1838 - 468 pages
...dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That in a spleen unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour'it up : So quick bright things come to confusion. ment, otherwise there is no doubt that Thisbc...
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The Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare: Comprising Moral Philosophy ...

William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 480 pages
...dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied* night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say — Behold ! The jaws...it up : So quick bright things come to confusion. 7 — i. 1. 270 O that thou didst know how many fathom deep I amf in love ! But it cannot be sounded...
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The Wrongs of the Animal World: To which is Subjoined The Speech of Lord ...

David Mushet - 1839 - 358 pages
...lightning in the collied night That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man has power to say, Behold! The jaws of darkness do devour it up;" but a pure and lambent flame, shedding a slow but certain radiance, "shining more and more unto the...
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The Wrongs of the Animal World: To which is Subjoined The Speech of Lord ...

David Mushet - 1839 - 350 pages
...lightning in the collied night That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man has power to say, Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up ;" but a pure and lambent flame, shedding a slow but certain radiance, "shining more and more unto...
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Lectures on History: Second and Concluding Series, on the French ..., Volume 2

William Smyth - 1840 - 466 pages
...dream, Brief as the lightning in the colly'd night, That in a spleen unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say, Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up." Only two days after this oath of union and peace had been taken with so much unanimity and enthusiasm,...
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The Philosophy of Shakspere: Extracted from His Plays

William Shakespeare, Michael Henry Rankin - 1841 - 266 pages
...dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heav'n and earth, And ere a man hath power to say ' Behold !' The jaws...it up : So quick bright things come to confusion. H 3 Ibid. ITS POWERS. Siron. But love, first learned in a lady's eyes, Lives not alone immured in the...
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The album of love, containing love thoughts [in verse] by many contributors

Album - 1841 - 158 pages
...dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth ; And, ere a man hath power to say, Behold ! The jaws...devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion ! SHAKSPERE. Le veritable amour ne .peut exister sans l'estime ; mais l'estime la plus parfaite ne...
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The Lottery of Life [and Other Stories]

Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1842 - 416 pages
...dream, Brief as thelightning in the collied night, That (in a spleen} unfolds bolh hcav'n and earth; And, ere a man hath power to say behold, The jaws...it up— So quick bright things come to confusion." "And now mine will be the dreary lot of dragging on existence with a heart and hand plighted to one,...
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The works of William Shakespeare, the text formed from an entirely ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1842 - 582 pages
...; Brief as the lightning in the collied night 2, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say, — behold ! The...it up : So quick bright things come to confusion. Her. If, then, true lovers have been ever cross'd, It stands as an edict in destiny : Then, let us...
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The Lottery of Life, Volume 1

Marguerite Gardiner (countess of Blessington.) - 1842 - 986 pages
...dream, Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That (in a spleen) unfolds both heav'n and earth , And, ere a man hath power to say behold, The jaws...up — So quick bright things come to confusion." " And now mine will be the dreary lot of dragging on existence with a heart and hand plighted to one,...
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