 I cannot blame him : at my nativity The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, Of burning cressets ; and at my birth The frame and huge foundation of the earth Shak'd like a coward.  Hudibras, a Poem - Page 101by Samuel Butler - 1819Full view - About this book
 | Early English newspapers - 1839 - 864 pages
...banters their absurd opinions in his King Henry IV. part first, in the character of Glendour : — " [birth Of burning cressets ; know, that at my The frame and foundation of the earth Shook like a coward.... | |
 | Thomas Peregrine Courtenay - Historical drama, English - 1840 - 342 pages
...bellies."* With a little amplification, and some transposition of dates, these passages justify our poet. " at my nativity, The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, Of burning cressets ; and, at my birth, The frame and huge foundation of the earth Shaked like a coward." But, while Owen... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Michael Henry Rankin - 1841 - 266 pages
...believ'd) the spirits of the dead May walk again. Winter's Tale. Act iii. Scene 3. Glendotver. . . .At my nativity, The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, Of burning cressets ; and, at my birth, The frame and huge foundation of the earth Shak'd like a coward. Hotspur. Why,... | |
 | Charles Knight - London (England) - 1841 - 918 pages
...came the Marching Watch, winding into Cheap from the little conduit by Paul's Gate. Here, literally, " The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, Of burning cressets." The pitchy ropes borne aloft in iron frames sent up their tongues of fire and wreaths of smoke in volumes... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1842 - 472 pages
...heaven. Hot. And you in hell, as often as he hears Owen Glendower spoke of. Glen. I cannot blame him : at my nativity, The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, Of burning cressets ; l and, at my birth, The frame and huge foundation of the earth Shaked like a coward. Hot. Why, so... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1842 - 594 pages
...heaven. Hot. And you in hell, as oft as he hears Owen Glendower spoke of. Glend. I cannot blame him : at my nativity, The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, Of burning cressets7; and at my birth, The frame and huge foundation8 of the earth Shak'd like a coward. Hot.... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1842 - 594 pages
...heaven. Hot. And you in hell, as oft as he hears Owen Glendower spoke of. Glend. I cannot blame him : at my nativity, The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, Of burning cressets7; and at my birth, The frame and huge foundation* of the earth Shak'd like a coward. Hot.... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1842 - 594 pages
...heaven. Hot. And you in hell, as oft as he hears Owen Glendower spoke of. Glend. I cannot blame him : at my nativity, The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, Of burning cressets7; and at my birth, The frame and huge foundation8 of the earth Shak'd like a coward. Hot.... | |
 | Benjamin Fiske Barrett - 1842 - 470 pages
...on the stage of life, supernatural appearances were visible, unearthly agents busy, that " at their nativity The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes. Of burning cressets ; and at their birth, The frame and huge foundation of the earth Shuk'd like a coward." Alexander would... | |
 | Louisa Lane Clarke - 1843 - 282 pages
...starry lamps and blazing cressets. And Shakespear, in 1st Henry IV,, act 3. Glendower apealu,— " at my nativity The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, Of burning cressets." Guemesiais, French. English. Accluiquie Sitting all of a heap Aigue Aide Help Aiguchier 1'bec Agniet... | |
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