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" Not scepters, no, but reeds, soon bruised soon broken ', And let this worldly pomp our wits enchant, All fades, and scarcely leaves behind a token. Those golden palaces, those gorgeous halls, With furniture superfluously fair, Those stately courts, those... "
The Dublin university magazine - Page 466
by University magazine - 1854
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The Plays of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes: Prefaces. The tempest. The ...

William Shakespeare - 1778 - 746 pages
...paffage : " Let greatnefs ot her glafly fcepters vaunt, " Not fcepters, no, but reeds, Coon bruis'd, foon broken } " And let this worldly pomp our wits enchant, " All fades, and fcarcely leaves behind a token. " Thofe golden palaces, thofe gorgeous halls, •' With furniture fuperfluouily...
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 47

Tobias Smollett - 1779 - 510 pages
...paiTsge : " Let greatnefs of her glafly fcepters vaunt, " Not fcepters, no, but reeds, foon bruis'd, foon broken; " And let this worldly pomp our wits enchant, " All fades, and fcarcely leaves behind я token. " Thofe golden palaces, thofe gorgeous halls, " With furniture fuperfluoufly...
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Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 372 pages
...passage : " Let greatness of her glassy sceptres vaunt, " Nat sceptres, no, but reeds, soon bmis'd, soon broken ; *< And let this worldly pomp our wits...superfluously fair, ** Those stately courts, those sky-encount'ring walls, " Evanish all like vapours in the air." Lord Sterline's play must have been...
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The Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakspere: With the Notes of All ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 318 pages
...And let this worldly pomp our wits enchant, " All Jades, and scarcely leivcs behind a token. " Thcisc golden palaces, those gorgeous halls, " With furniture...superfluously fair, " Those stately courts, those sky-cncount'rhg walls, *' Evanish all like vapours in the air." Durius, Aft III. EJ. 1603. " These...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: pt. 2. Historical account of the ...

William Shakespeare - 1790 - 672 pages
...alfage : " Let grcatncfs of her gla(Ty fceptcrs vaunt, " Not fcepters, no, but reeds, foon bruis'd, Coon broken; " And let this worldly pomp our wits enchant, " All fades, and fcarcely leaves behind a token* " Thofe golden palaces, thofe gorgeous halls, " With furniture fuperfluoufly...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare. In Fifteen Volumes: Glossarial index ...

William Shakespeare - 1793 - 632 pages
...paflage : " Let greatnefs of her glafly fcepters vaunt, " Not fcepters, no, but reeds, foonbruis'd, foon broken; " And let this worldly pomp our wits enchant, " All fades, and fcarcely leaves behind a token. " Thofe golden palaces, thofe gorgeous halls, , " With furniture fuperfluoully...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 384 pages
...passage : " Let greatness of her glassy sceptres vaunt, " Not sceptres, no, but reeds, soon bruis'd, soon broken ; " And let this worldly pomp our wits...superfluously fair, " Those stately courts, those sky-encount'ring walls, " Evanish afl, like vapours in the air." Lord Sterline's play must have been...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 392 pages
...passage : " Let greatness of her glassy sceptres vaunt, " Not sceptres, no, but reeds, soon bruis'd, soon broken; " And let this worldly pomp our wits...superfluously fair, " Those stately courts, those sky-encount'ring walls, " Evanish all, like vapours in the air." Lord Sterline's play must have been...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 15

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 452 pages
...passage : " Let greatness of her glassy scepters vaunt, " Not scepters, no, but reeds, soon bruis'd, soon broken ; " And let this worldly pomp our wits...scarcely leaves behind a token. " Those golden palaces, Ihose gorgeous halls, " With furniture superfluously fair, " Those stately courts, those sky-encount'ring...
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Lives of Eminent Scotsmen, Volume 1

Joseph Robertson, Society of Ancient Scots - 1821 - 414 pages
...Darius : Let greatnesse of her glassie scepters vaunt, Not sceptours, no, but reeds, soon bruised , soon broken : And let this worldly pomp our wits enchant, All fades, and scarcely leaves behind a token. The imitation tarns chiefly on the two last lines, where it is evident enough. And like this insubstantial...
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