 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1801 - 1008 pages
...— " By heaven methinks it were an eafy leap «' To pluck bright honour from the palc-fac'dmoon. " Or dive into the bottom of the deep " And drag up drowned honour by the locks." 4 The fcholars fay indeed, that even this book was borrowed from a Perfian manufcript,... | |
 | Tobias George [novels] Smollett - 1821 - 756 pages
...first part of Henry the Fourth : " By Heaven, metUnks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright Honour from the pale-faced moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowntd Honour by the lockt—" " There... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1824 - 556 pages
...beyond the bounds of patience. Hot. By Heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright Honour 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 Honour by the locks ; So he, that... | |
 | 1828 - 500 pages
...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, And pluck up drowned honor by the... | |
 | 1834 - 630 pages
...in justice to myself, I am bound to say, that though " it were an easier task to pluck bright honour from the palefaced moon, or dive into the bottom of the deep and drag up drowned honour," still, that law of kings ruled every word and action I spoke of; I pleaded for the absent,... | |
 | George Colman - 1830 - 350 pages
...turnpike road over the shifting * " By heaven ! mc-thinks it were an easy leap To pluck bright Honour 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 honour by the locks." SAa'ispcare.... | |
 | John Evans - 1831 - 322 pages
...eloquently does Hotspur cry out — By Heaven methinks it were an easy leap To pluck bright honour 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 honour by the locks ; So he... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1833 - 522 pages
...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, And pluck up drowned Honor by the locks ; So he, that... | |
 | 1834 - 616 pages
...myself, I am bound to say, that though " it were an easier task to pluck bright honour from the pa'6faced moon, or dive into the bottom of the deep and drag up drowned honour, still, that law of kings ruled every word and action I spoke of; I pleaded fur the absent,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 570 pages
...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, And pluck up drowned honor by the locks ; So he, that... | |
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By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour 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 honour by the locks... 
