 O God, that one might read the book of fate, And see the revolution of the times Make mountains level, and the continent, Weary of solid firmness, melt itself Into the sea, and other times to see The beachy girdle of the ocean Too wide for Neptune's hips;...  The Foundations of a National Drama - Page 68by Henry Arthur Jones - 1913 - 358 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1890 - 356 pages
...The words of K. Hen. IV., Part II., Act iii. sc. 1, lines 45-51, '.have been justly compared :— " O God, that one might read the book of fate, And see...girdle of the ocean Too wide for Neptune's hips," &c. (Of. In trod., chap. xi.). The following lines from Tennyson's In Memoriam, written, probably,... | |
 | Rudolf von Scala - 1890 - 388 pages
...reliquisset, totumque se ad investigationem naturae contulisset, in ea ipsa plurimum dissedit a suis. the sea! and other times to see || The beachy girdle...Too wide for Neptune's hips; how chances mock || And charges fill the cup of alteration || With divers liquors!" § 6. Die stoische Schule1). Mit einer... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1891 - 200 pages
...instance of the kind, see Rich. //. p. 1 78, note on Ravenspurg. Capell quotes 2 Hen. IV. iii. I. 45 : " O God ! that one might read the book of fate, And see...girdle of the ocean Too wide for Neptune's hips," etc. 13. This thought, etc. This thought, which cannot choose but weep ... is as a death. 14. To have.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1891 - 206 pages
...revolution of the times Make mountains level, and the continent, Weary of solid firmness, melt itselt" Into the sea ! and, other times, to see The beachy girdle of the ocean Too wide for Neptune's hips," etc. 13. Tliis thought, etc. This thought, which cannot choose but weep ... is as a death. 14. To have.... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1891 - 568 pages
...think I'll fear thee as I fear thy father? Nay, an I do, I pray God my girdle break, i Hen. iv. iii. 3. the curtain, and shew you the picture. Ibid. i. 5. This 2 Hen. iv. iii. i. Suppose, within the girdle of these walls, Are now confined two mighty monarchies.... | |
 | 1892 - 658 pages
...the times Make mountains level, and the continent (Weary of solid firmness) melt itself Into the seat and, other times, to see The beachy girdle of the...Neptune's hips; how chances mock And changes fill the onp of alteration With divers liquors t 0, if this were seen, The happiest youth, viewing his progress... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1893 - 200 pages
...the book of fate, And see the revolution of the times Make mountains level, and the continent, VVeary of solid firmness, melt itself Into the sea ! and,...girdle of the ocean Too wide for Neptune's hips," etc 13. This thought, etc. This thought, which cannot choose but weep ... is as a death. 14. To have.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1895 - 234 pages
...strengtrTmay With good advice and little medicine. My Lord Northumberland will soon be cool'd. King. O God ! that one might read the book of fate, And see...the ocean Too wide for Neptune's hips; how chances mock,A And changes fill the cup of alteration With divers liquors ! O, if this were seen, The happiest... | |
 | Charles Clement Coe - 1895 - 648 pages
...an acknowledged fact impossible ought surely to be discarded. (b) GEOLOGICAL CHANGES. " O heaven ! that one might read the book of fate, And see the...girdle of the ocean Too wide for Neptune's hips." — King Henry IV. Part 2. Act Hi., sc. 1. The present habitat of the existing fauna and flora of the... | |
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