| William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 pages
...throat already. — No, 'tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue ) ut vri iimis all the worms of Nile ; whose breath Rides on the...corners of the world : kings, queens, and states, tlaids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters. — What cheer, madam... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - 1819 - 458 pages
...JEneid iv. 1. 24. Thus, to explain the effects of slander, it is imagined to be a voluntary agent. -No, 'tis Slander ; Whose edge is sharper than the sword...tongue Out-venoms all the worms of Nile ; whose breath Rid«* on the posting winds, and doth belie All corr.ers of the world, kings, queens,, and states,... | |
| Albert Picket - 1820 - 314 pages
...What that, blasts the fairest reputation, and sinks the envied possessor into disgrace and ruin ? -" 'Tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword;...secrets of the grave, This viperous slander enters." 1. PHILIP, king of Macedon, is celebrated for an act of private justice, which does great honour -to... | |
| Alexander Jamieson - 1820 - 388 pages
...whose tongue Qutvenoins all the worms of Nile, whose hreath Rides on the posting winds, and doth helie All corners of the world, kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons ; nay, the secrets of the grave." 308. All the great poets have indulged in this species of figure. Homer personifies prayers, and converts... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 588 pages
...disloyal. Pis, What shall I need to draw my sword T the paper Hath cut her throat already. — No, 'tis slander; Whose e,dge is sharper than the sword...secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters. — What cheer, madam? Imo. False to his bed ! WhaHs it, to be false T To lie in watch there, arid... | |
| John Bowdler - 1821 - 510 pages
...allegiance a fallen lord, Does conquer him that did his master conquer, And earns a place in story. 'Tis Slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword;...secrets of the grave, This viperous Slander enters. Against self-slaughter There is a prohibition so divine, That cravens my weak hand. I think Foundations... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 560 pages
...as Theobald has observed, again expatiates on the diffusive power of slander, in Cymbeline : " - No, 'tis slander; " Whose edge is sharper than the sword,...whose breath " Rides on the posting winds, and doth bely " All corners of the world." MALONE. Mr. Malone reads — So viperous slander. STEEVENS. y —... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 450 pages
...the stage. 6 —slander, MALONE. Whose string is sharper than the sword's ;] Again, in Cymbeline: " slander, " Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue " Out-venoms all the worms of Nile." DOUCE. The ordering of the mind too, 'mongst all colours No yellow in't 8 ; lest she suspect, as he... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 454 pages
...disloyal. Pis. What shall I need to draw my sword ? the paper Hath cut her throat already 2. — No, 'tis slander ; Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile3 ; whose breath Rides on the posting winds 4, and doth belie 1 What shall I need to draw my sword?... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 558 pages
...Cymbeline : ' • No, 'tis slander; '• Whose «dge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue Out-DCTwnw all the worms of Nile, whose breath : Rides on the posting winds, and doth bely '• All corners of the world." MALONE. Mr. Malone reads — So vipernus slander. STEEVENS. 9... | |
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