 What if it tempt you toward the flood, my lord, Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff That beetles o'er his base into the sea, And there assume some other horrible form, Which might deprive your sovereignty of reason And draw you into madness ? Think...  Notes and Queries - Page 1141898Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 522 pages
...forth again ; — I'll follow it. Htr. What, if it tempt you toward the flood, my lord? Or < Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff, That beetles o'er his base into the sea ? And there assume some other horrible form, Which might deprive your sovereignty of reason, And draw... | |
 | 1812 - 762 pages
...lord, Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff, That beetles o'er its base into the sea j The very pUce puts toys of desperation, Without more motive into every brain, That looks so many fathom to the sea, And hears it roar beneath. . Itid, &. 4. By toys, in this terrific description,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 642 pages
...waves me forth again; — I'll follow it. Hor. What, if it tempt you toward the flood, my lord, Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff, That beetles o'er his base into the sea? And there assume some other horrible form, Which might deprive your sovereignty of reason, And draw... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 pages
...for the lower part of a building, oí column. What if it tempt thee tow'rd the flood, my lord ? Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff, That beetles o'er his base into the sea ? Siaitf. firm Dorlck pillars found your solid base ; The fair Cjrintnian crowns the higher space.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 420 pages
...waves me forth again; — I'll follow it. Hor. What, if it tempt you toward the flood, my lofd, Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff, That beetles o'er his base into the sea ? And there assume some other horrible form, Which might deprive your sovereignty of reason, And draw... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1808 - 380 pages
...Steeven*. 8 — tnys —] Fancies, freaks of imagination. Johnson. So, in Ji.im.let, Act I, sc. iv:^ "The very place puts toys of desperation, " Without more motive, into every brain." Reed. 7 That tempers him to this extremity.] I have collated the original quarto published in 1597,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1808 - 384 pages
...me." Steeveus. 6 toys — ] Fancies, freaks of imagination. Johnson. So, in Hamlet, Act I, sc. iv : "The very place puts toys of desperation, " Without more motive, into every brain." Reed^ That tempers him to tl:is extremity.] I have collated the original quarto published in 1597,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1808 - 420 pages
...me." Steevens. 6 toys — ] Fancies, freaks of imagination. Johnnm. So, in Hamlet, Act I, sc. iv : "The very place puts toys of desperation, " Without more motive, into every hrain." Reed. 7 That tempers him to this extremity.^ I have collated the original quarto puhlished... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 476 pages
...deprive, which is the true reading. Stcevens. 56 HAMLET, And draw you into madness ? think of it : The very place* puts toys of desperation,* Without more motive, into every hrain, That looks so many fathoms to the sea, And hears it roar heneath. Ham. It waves me still:—... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1812 - 420 pages
...waves me forth again ; — I'll follow it. Hor. What, if it tempt you toward the flood, my lord. Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff, That beetles o'er his base into the sea ? And there assume some other horrible form. Which might deprive your sovereignty of reason, And draw... | |
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