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" Than the soft myrtle : but man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, — Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd, His glassy essence, — like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As make the angels weep ; who, with our... "
The Speeches of the Right Honourable Charles James Fox in the House of ... - Page 464
by Charles James Fox - 1853 - 862 pages
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Measure for measure. Comedy of errors

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 384 pages
...with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Than the soft myrtle : O, but man, proud man, (Drest in a little brief authority;...His glassy essence) like an angry ape, Plays such fantastick tricks before high heaven, As make the angels weep ; " who, with our spleens, " Would all...
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Public characters [Formerly British public characters] of 1798-9 ..., Volume 4

1801 - 618 pages
...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 ; ' Most ignorant of what is most assured, ' His glassy essence—like an angry ape, " Plays such fantastic tricks before high...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 424 pages
...sharp and sulphurous bolt, Split'st the umvedgeable and gnarled s oak, Than the soft myrtle; — O, but man, proud man! Drest in a little brief authority;...glassy essence, — like an angry ape. Plays such fantastick tricks before high heaven, As make the angels weep; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves...
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Shakspeare's Measure for Measure: A Comedy

William Shakespeare - Promptbooks - 1803 - 76 pages
...Split's! the umvedgeable and gnarled oak, Than ihe soft myrtle : — O, but man, proud man,— Dress'd in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's...glassy essence, — like an angry ape, Plays such fantastick tricks before high heaven, As make the angels weep ! Lucio. O, to him, to him, wench : he...
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Public Characters, Volume 4

Biography - 1804 - 646 pages
...roan ! proud man ! " Drest in a litt'e brief authority ; " Most ignorant of what is most assured, " His glassy essence — like an angry ape, " Plays such fantastic tricks before hjgh Heaven, " As makes the angels weep." SHAKESPEAR. Since the publication of the first edition of...
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Public Characters

Great Britain - 1804 - 636 pages
...but man ! proud man ! " Drest in a litt'e brief authority ; " Most ignorant of what is mod assured, " His glassy essence — like an angry ape, " Plays such fantastic tricks before high Heaven, " As makes the angels weep." SHAKESPEAR. Since the publication of the first edition of this vfork,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 518 pages
...sharp and sulphurous bolt, Split' st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak,2 Than the soft myrtle ; — O, but man, proud man ! Drest in a little brief authority...glassy essence, — like an angry ape, Plays such fantastick tricks before high heaven, As make the angels weep ; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves...
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The Confessions of William Henry Ireland: Containing the Particulars of His ...

William Henry Ireland - Forgery of manuscripts - 1805 - 364 pages
...above upon this commentator, then might the bard have recourse to his own words , and exclaim " Oh but man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assurM, : like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high Heav'n As make the angels weep."...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 410 pages
...Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak, 2 Than the soft myrtle ;—O, but man, proud man Brest in a little brief authority ; Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd, His glassy essence,—like an angry ape, As make the angels weep ; who, with our spleens, Plays such fantastick...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 426 pages
...sharp and sulphurous bolt, Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak *I, Than the soft myrtle ; — O, but man, proud man ! Drest in a little brief authority...glassy essence, — like an angry ape, Plays such fantastick tricks before high heaven, As make the angels weep ; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves...
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