 t, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air : thou hast seen these signs ; They are black vesper's pageants. Eros. Ay, my lord. Ant. That, which is now a horse, even with a thought, The rack dislimns, and makes it indistinct, As water is in...  The New-York Quarterly - Page 2981854Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1765 - 564 pages
...fometime, like a bear, or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendant rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon 't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air. Thou'ft feen thefe figns, They are black Vefper's pageants. Ant. That, which is now a horfe, ev'n with... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 476 pages
...fometimc, like a bear, or lion, A ro\vcr'd citadel, a pendant rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory, With trees upon 't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air : — Thou hail fee» thtfe lisps ; They are black vcfper'i pageants. Etas. Ay, my lord. Ant. That,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 562 pages
...like a bear, or lion, 35 A tower1 d citadel, a pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon 't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air : Thou hast seen these signs ; 40 They arc black vesper's pageants. Eros. Ay, my lord. [thought, Ant.... | |
 | Kālidāsa - 1814 - 192 pages
...like a bear, or lion, " A towered citadel, a pendant rock, " A forked mountain, or blue promontory " With trees upon 't, that nod unto the world, " And mock our eyes with air." ANTHONY and CLEOPATRA. Note 9, page 24, verse 20. Sprang from such gathering shades to happier sight.... | |
 | Richard Lobb - Nature study - 1817 - 430 pages
...winds, whirlwinds, ;uid hurricanes; for an account of which see No. II. NO. XII. On the Clouds. 118 With trees upon 't that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air. That which is now a horse, even with a thought The rack dislimns, and makes it indistinct As water... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Arts - 1817 - 348 pages
...sometime, like a bear or lion ; A tower'd citadel ; a pendent rock ; A forked mountain ; a blue promontory, With trees upon 't that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air. That which is now a horse, even with a thought, The rack disliinns, and makes it indistinct, As water... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 444 pages
...sometime, like a bear, or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendant rock, A forked mountain or blue promontory With trees upon 't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air : Thou hast seen these signs ; s Ajax Telamon for the shield of Achilles. 9 Foaming at the mouth. They... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Authors and publishers - 1821 - 420 pages
...that the rod of empire had swayed!' in mighty ages past — " a forked mountain or blue promontory," " with trees upon 't That nod unto the world, and mock our eyes with air." Old Time had unlocked his treasures, and Fame stood portress at the door. We had all heard of the names... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1822 - 658 pages
...sometime, like a bear or lion ; A tower'd citadel ; a pendant rock ; A forked mountain ; a blue promontory, With trees upon 't that nod unto the world, And mock our eyee with air. That which is now a horse, even with a thought, The rack dislimns, and makes it indistinct,... | |
 | Thomas Dale - 1831 - 402 pages
...thought of Shakspeare's enumeration of aerial illusions : — " A forked mountain, or bine promontory, With trees upon 't that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes uith air." It was long since I had seen the Sea, and I was expecting the first burst of its grandeur... | |
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