 | Andrew Becket - 1815 - 748 pages
...Percy, thou dost belie tb.ee/ ie " Thou utterest falsehoods : thou spcakest untruths." Hot. By heaven, methinks, it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honor from the pale-fac'd moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up... | |
 | English literature - 1828 - 500 pages
...the air as this unthankful king. As a competitor for honor, how eloquently he cries out, By heaven, methinks, it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honor from the pale-faced moon ; Or dive into the bosom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground,... | |
 | Pierce Egan - Amusements - 1832 - 426 pages
...wager, and it would have been considered unfair if he had not fully performed the bet! ! I By hear'ns ! methinks, it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honor from the pale-fac'd moon ! Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up... | |
 | Pierce Egan - Sports - 1832 - 432 pages
...would have been considered unfair if he had not fully performed the bet! 1 ! By heav'ns ! metbinks, it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honor from the pale-fac'd moon ! Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fatkom-Hne could never touch the ground, And pluck up... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1833 - 522 pages
...North. Imagination of some great exploit Drives him beyond the hounds of patience. Hot. By heaven, methinks, it were an easy leap, To pluck bright Honor from the pale-faced moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 570 pages
...North. Imagination of some great exploit Drives him beyond the bounds of patience. Hot. By Heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honor from the pale-faced moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1839 - 572 pages
...let them grapple.—O! the blood more stirs, To rouse a lion, than to start a hare. Hot. By Heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honor from the pale-faced moon; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1839 - 568 pages
...North. Imagination of some great exploit Drives him beyond the bounds of patience. Hot. By Heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honor from the pale-faced moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground,... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Cleveland - Perfection - 1841 - 106 pages
...silvery face, with the intention of hitting it. A great poet represents a certain personage us saying: ." Methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honor from the pale-fiiccd moon;" hut whether tins was owing to the individual's entertaining peculiar views respecting... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1842 - 472 pages
...North. Imagination of some great exploit Drives him beyond the bounds of patience. Hot. By heaven, methinks, it were an easy leap, To pluck bright Honor from the pale-faced moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground,... | |
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By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honor from the pale-faced moon, Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned honor by the locks; So he that doth redeem her thence might... 
