 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 390 pages
...letthe&rowo'erwhelm it, As fearfully, as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swiil'd with the wild and wasteful ocean. Now set the teeth,...; Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To his full height! — On, on! you noblest Kngliah. 465. THE FOREHEAD. To WHAT spectator can the forehead... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 334 pages
...doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded 6oj«, Swill'd with the wild and wasteful of tan. Now set the teeth, and stretch the nostril wide ; Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To his full height!—On, on! you noblest English. 465. THE FOREHEAD. To WHIT spectator can the forehead... | |
 | Medicine - 1845 - 606 pages
.... . Let it pry thro' the portage of the head, Like the brass cannon : let the brow o'erwhelm it, As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'er-hang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild and wastful ocean. Now set the teeth, and stretch the nostril wide ; Hold hard the breath, and bend up... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin North - Elocution - 1846 - 454 pages
...Let it pry through the portage of the head, \ Like the brass cannon ; let the brow o'erwhelm it, \ As fearfully, as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty...breath, and bend up every spirit \ To ITS FULL HEIGHT ! / / \ On, on, you NOBLE English, Whose blood is fetch'd from fathers of war proof! \ Have, in these... | |
 | Mary Maxwell - Philosophy - 1984 - 394 pages
...the tiger. Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood . . . Then lend the eye a terrible aspect . . . Now set the teeth, and stretch the nostril wide, Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit To his full height! On, on, you noblest English. It must also be noted that the 'beast of war' and the... | |
 | Kent T. Van den Berg - Drama - 1985 - 204 pages
...summon up the blood, Disguise fair nature with hard-favored rage; Then lend the eye a terrible aspect: Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide, Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To his full height! Be copy now to men of grosser blood, And teach them how to war! (III.i.6-9, 15-17,... | |
 | Eliot Weinberger - Fiction - 1986 - 198 pages
...up the blood, Disguise fair nature with hard-favored rage; Then lend the eye a terrible aspect . . . Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide, Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To his full height! On, on you noble English . . . E. The Western image of the tiger was permanently altered... | |
 | Pennsylvania - 1927 - 254 pages
...this day." There can be little doubt that these lines are an echo of the following from King Henry V : "Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide, Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To his full height." (Act III, Sc. 1, 11. 15-17.) The Death of General Montgomery is in quality and structure... | |
 | Michael Harrison, Christopher Stuart-Clark - Poetry - 1989 - 216 pages
...aspect; Let it pry through the portage of the head Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty...Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit To his full height! On, on you noblest English! Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof; Fathers... | |
 | Donald Churchill - Drama - 1989 - 116 pages
...Disguise fair nature with hardfavour'd rage: (MARCIA scratches.) Then lend the eye a terrible aspect. Now set the teeth, and stretch the nostril wide: hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit to his full height! On, on ... (She scratches again.) MARCIA. Please Mr. Page. WALTER. On, on you noble... | |
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Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage; Then lend the eye a terrible aspect; Let it pry through the portage of the head Like the brass cannon: let the brow o'erwhelm it As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd... 
