...quiet ; For every pelting, petty officer, Would use his heaven for thunder, — nothing but thunder. Merciful Heaven ! Thou rather, with thy sharp and...unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Than the soft myrtle ; — O, but man, proud man ! Dresed in a little brief authority, — Most ignorant of what he 's most...

...posterity ; and those who disregard it must appear very much to the angels as monkeys do to us : — " Man, proud man, Dressed in a little brief authority, Plays such fantastic tricks before high Heaven, As make the angels weep — who with our spleens Would all themselves laugh mortal." Human beings are...

...a country impatient of everything that savours of religious humbug and hypocrisy ? " But man, vain man, Dressed in a little brief authority, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven, As make even angels weep." * The popular reason assigned for this number is, that when Gregory the...

...be quiet, For every pelting,* petty officer, Would use his heaven for thunder ; nothing but thunder. Merciful heaven ! Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt, Splitt'st the unwedgeable and gnarledf oak, Than the soft myrtle : — O, but man, proud man ! Drest in a little brief authority...

...doth sympathise," " When splitting winds Make flexible the knees of knotted oaks." f Again : — " Merciful Heaven ! Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Splitt'st the mwedgeable and gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle."J Even the woodman's economy, who is careful not to...

...quiet, For every pelting, petty officer, Would use his heaven for thunder : nothing but thunder. — Merciful heaven ! Thou rather, with thy sharp and...unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Than the soft myrtle ; — O, but man, proud man ! (Drest in a little brief authority; Most ignorant of what he 's most...

...— that never failing vice of fools. Pope. Pride is man's legacy from his first parents. Shakspeare Man, proud man, Dressed in a little brief authority, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven, As make the angels weep. Shakspeare. " Pride was not made for man ;" a conscious sense Of guilt, and...

...ploughing; prepares us to produce good seed. Would use his heaven for thunder : nothing but thunder. Merciful heaven ! Thou rather, with thy sharp and...sulphurous bolt, Splitt'st the unwedgeable and gnarled i> oak, Than the soft myrtle! — 0, but man, proud man! Drest in a little brief authority — Most...

...thunder ; Nothing but thunder. Merciful heaven ! Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Split'st ! Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd, His glassy essence, like...

...worship thrice sacred to devotion : its viola* lion is a triple sacrilege. But " Man, vain man, Drest As make the angels weep." 3. Far on the solitary shore he sleeps. Stanza v. Une 2, It was not always...