 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 sivua
...score of fat sheep, He was not, by any means, heavy to sleep." EXAMPLE OF MONOTONE. Awe and Horror. " I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow...stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine." Rides on the Rising Infection. RULE I. The ' intensive' or high rising inflection, expresses surprise... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 sivua
...could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy tw5 eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted...stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine." Rules on the Rising Inflection. RULE I. The ' intensive' or high rising inflection, expresses surprise... | |
 | 1846 - 484 sivua
...spark of fire which he stole from heuvcn. You doubtless think our path is strewn with flowers, but " 1 could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow...on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine.*' Soda-water, ico-cream, and woodcock suppers are words not found in our vocabulary. Wo deal entirely... | |
 | 1846 - 472 sivua
...tale unfold, whose lightest word Would hurow up thy soul ; freeze thy young blood ; Make thy two eyet, like stars, start from their spheres ; Thy knotted...stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine." Soda-water, ice-cream, and woodcock suppers are words not found in our vocabulary. We deal entirely... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1847 - 554 sivua
...confin'd to fast in fires, Till the foul crimes, done in my days of nature, Are burnt and purg'd away. But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house,...stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood : — List, list, 0 list ! — If... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1847 - 872 sivua
...confin'd to fast iri ¡ins. Till the foul crimes, done in my days of nature, Are burnt and purg'd away. But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house,...combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand an-end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But tills eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh... | |
 | William Henry Leatham - 1847 - 84 sivua
...fainting fits which afford a momentary relief. Shakspeare describes the effects of fear as follows : — " I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow...two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotty and combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1848 - 536 sivua
...confined to fast in fires, 1 Till the foul crimes, done in my days of nature, Are burned and purged away. But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house,...stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine. 9 But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.—List, list, O, list!— If thou... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 sivua
...confined to fast in fires, Till the foul crimes, done in my days of nature, Are burnt and purged away. But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house,...stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood : — List, list, O list! — If thou... | |
 | Pliny Miles - 1850 - 374 sivua
...The sinewy vigor of the traveler. Love's Labor's Lost — Act 4, Sc. 3. SHAKSPEARE. A FARM. 65. — But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house,...stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine. Hamlet — Act 1, Sc. 5. SHAKSPEARE. A TALE. 66. In the corrupted currents of this world, Offence's... | |
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I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the... 
