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" Than the soft myrtle : but man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, — Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd, His glassy essence, — like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As make the angels weep ; who, with our... "
William Shakespeare - Page 180
by John Masefield - 1911 - 256 pages
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Measure for measure. Comedy of errors

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 384 pages
...with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Than the soft myrtle : O, but man, proud man, (Drest in a little brief authority;...His glassy essence) like an angry ape, Plays such fantastick tricks before high heaven, As make the angels weep ; " who, with our spleens, " Would all...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 424 pages
...sharp and sulphurous bolt, Split'st the umvedgeable and gnarled s oak, Than the soft myrtle; — O, but man, proud man! Drest in a little brief authority;...glassy essence, — like an angry ape. Plays such fantastick tricks before high heaven, As make the angels weep; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves...
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Shakspeare's Measure for Measure: A Comedy

William Shakespeare - Promptbooks - 1803 - 76 pages
...Split's! the umvedgeable and gnarled oak, Than ihe soft myrtle : — O, but man, proud man,— Dress'd in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's...glassy essence, — like an angry ape, Plays such fantastick tricks before high heaven, As make the angels weep ! Lucio. O, to him, to him, wench : he...
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Public Characters, Volume 4

Biography - 1804 - 646 pages
...roan ! proud man ! " Drest in a litt'e brief authority ; " Most ignorant of what is most assured, " His glassy essence — like an angry ape, " Plays such fantastic tricks before hjgh Heaven, " As makes the angels weep." SHAKESPEAR. Since the publication of the first edition of...
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Public Characters

Great Britain - 1804 - 636 pages
...but man ! proud man ! " Drest in a litt'e brief authority ; " Most ignorant of what is mod assured, " His glassy essence — like an angry ape, " Plays such fantastic tricks before high Heaven, " As makes the angels weep." SHAKESPEAR. Since the publication of the first edition of this vfork,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 518 pages
...sharp and sulphurous bolt, Split' st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak,2 Than the soft myrtle ; — O, but man, proud man ! Drest in a little brief authority...glassy essence, — like an angry ape, Plays such fantastick tricks before high heaven, As make the angels weep ; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 426 pages
...sharp and sulphurous bolt, Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak *I, Than the soft myrtle ; — O, but man, proud man ! Drest in a little brief authority...glassy essence, — like an angry ape, Plays such fantastick tricks before high heaven, As make the angels weep ; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves...
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Stultifera Navis: Qua Omnium Mortalium Narratur Stultitia : The Modern Ship ...

William Henry Ireland - Fools and jesters - 1807 - 356 pages
...row on each Rara Avis, Crowds flock to man my Stultifera Navis. SECTION XLV. OF IMPERIAL FOOLS. O, but man ! proud man ! Drest in a little brief authority,...angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high Heav'a, As make the angels weep. COME, senseless men, and view your god> Who rears on earth the ideot's...
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The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson ..., Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1807 - 382 pages
...sharp and sulphurous bolt, Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Than the soft myrtle ; — O, but man, proud man ! Drest in a little brief authority...glassy essence, — like an angry ape, Plays such fanlastick tricks before high heaven, As make the angels weep ; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves...
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Stultifera Navis; ...: The Modern Ship of Fools

William Henry Ireland - Satire, English - 1807 - 330 pages
...Stultifera Navis. T2 SECTION XLV. OF IMPERIAL FOOLS. — — — — — O, but man! proud man! Brest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's...angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high Heav'n, As make the angels weep. COME, senseless men, and view your god, Who rears on earth the idiot's...
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