 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.  Tales - Pàgina 125per George Crabbe - 1812 - 398 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 550 pàgines
...Or else it stood upon the choice of friends * : HER. O hell ! to choose love by another's eye ! LYS. Or, if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it ; Making it momentany as a sound 4, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 476 pàgines
...Or else it stood upon the choice of friends : Her. O hell ! to choose love by another's eye ! Lys. Or, if there were a sympathy in choice. War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it ; Making it momentary as a sound, , Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning... | |
 | 1824 - 450 pàgines
...exemplified the truth of Shakspeare's remark, that " The course of true love never did run smooth : Tor, if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it; Making it momentary as a Bound, Swill as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1823 - 486 pàgines
...Dear father ! yes." TALE VII. THE WIDOW'S TALE. Ah me ! for aught that I could ever read, Or ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never...choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it. Midtummer Nighft Drcam. Act I. Scene 1. Oh! thou didst then ne'er love so heartily, If thou rememberest... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 436 pàgines
...Or else it stood upon the choice of friends : Her. O hell ! to choose love by another's eye ! Lys. Or, if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it; Making it momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 984 pàgines
...Lys. Or else it stood upon the choice ot friends : Her. O hell ! to choose love by another's eye? Lys. ere he is. Sates. Then, 'would he were here alone; so should he be sure to be ranso ; Making it momentanyt as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 474 pàgines
...Lys. Or else it stood upon the choice of friends: Her. O hell! to choose love by another's eye ! Lys. Or, if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it; Making it momentany as a sound 7 , Swift as a shadow, short as any dream; Brief as the lightning in... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1824 - 428 pàgines
...course of true love never did run smooth: But, either it was different in blood; Or else misgraffed, in respect of years; Or else it stood upon the choice...choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it; Making it momentany* as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream; Brief as the lightning in the... | |
 | Mrs. Lanfear - 1824 - 476 pàgines
...But either it was different in blood, Or else misgrafted in respect of years ; Or eUe it stood npon the choice of friends ; Or, if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness, did tay siege to it.' Women who risk all for love resemble the gamester who stakes his whole estate on... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 352 pàgines
...Or else it stood upon the choice of friends : Her. O hell ! to choose love by another's eye ! Lys. Or, if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it ; Making it momentany f as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning... | |
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