 Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honour's at the stake.  The Man of Genius - Page 112by Hermann Türck - 1914 - 483 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare, Nicholas Rowe - 1709 - 602 pages
...mortal and unfure Is not to ftir without great Argument, Even for an Egg-ftiell. Rightly to be great But greatly to find quarrel in a Straw, When Honour's at the Stake. How ftand I then, That have a Father kill'd, a Mother ftain'd, Excitements of my Reafon and my Blood,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 522 pages
...unsure, . .' To all that fortune, death, and danger, dare, Even for an egg-shell. Rightly, to be great Is not to stir without great argument ; But greatly...find quarrel in a straw, When honour's at the stake. How stand I then, That have a father kill'd, a mother stain'd, Excitements of my reason, and my blood,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 446 pages
...and unsure, To all that fortune, death, and danger, dare, Even for an egg-shell. Rightly to be great, Is, not to stir without great argument ; But greatly...find quarrel in a straw, When honour's at the stake. How stand I then, That have a father kill'd, a mother stain'd, Excitements of my reason, and my blood,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 642 pages
...and unsure, To all that fortune, death, and danger, dare, Even for an egg-shell. Rightly to be great, Is, not to stir without great argument; But greatly...find quarrel in a straw, When honour's at the stake. How stand I then, That have a father kill'd, a mother stain'd, Excitements of my reason, and my blood,... | |
 | E. H. Seymour - 1805 - 454 pages
...which he ought to exert his faculties to the best advantage and profit. " - Rightly to be great, " Is, not to stir without great argument ; " But greatly to find quarrel in a straw" L e. Magnanimously to find quarrel, &c. A kindred sentiment we find in the First Part of K. Henry IV.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...danger, dare, Even for an egg-shell. Rightly to be great, Is, not to stir without great argument;9 But greatly to find quarrel in a straw, When honour's at the stake. How stand I then, That have a father kill'd, a mother stain'd, Excitements of my reason, and my blood,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...danger, dare, Even for an egg-shell. Rightly to be great, Is, not to stir without great argument;*9 But greatly to find quarrel in a straw, When honour's at the stake. How stand I then, That have a father kill'd, a mother stain'd, Excitements of my reason, and my blood,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 420 pages
...and unsure, To all that fortune, death, and danger, dare, Even for an egg-shell. Rightly to be great, Is, not to stir without great argument; But greatly...find quarrel in a straw, When honour's at the stake. How stand I then, That have a father kill'd, a mother stain'd, Excitements of my reason, and my blood,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 374 pages
...and unsure, To all that fortune, death, and danger, dare, Even for an egg-shell. Rightly to be great, Is, not to stir without great argument; But greatly to find quarrel in a straw, When honour's at the shake. How stand I then, That have a father kill'd, a mother stain'd, Excitements of my reason, and... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 562 pages
...and unsure, To all that fortune, death, and danger, dare, Even for an egg-shell. Rightly, to be great Is not to stir without great argument ; But greatly to find quarrel in a straw, When honour 's at the stake. How stand I then, That have a father kill'd, a mother stain'd, Excitements... | |
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