 | Albert Picket - 1820 - 314 ページ
...What that, blasts the fairest reputation, and sinks the envied possessor into disgrace and ruin ? -" 'Tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword;...secrets of the grave, This viperous slander enters." 1. PHILIP, king of Macedon, is celebrated for an act of private justice, which does great honour -to... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1820 - 388 ページ
...whose tongue Qutvenoins all the worms of Nile, whose hreath Rides on the posting winds, and doth helie All corners of the world, kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons ; nay, the secrets of the grave." 308. All the great poets have indulged in this species of figure. Homer personifies prayers, and converts... | |
 | John Bowdler - 1821 - 510 ページ
...allegiance a fallen lord, Does conquer him that did his master conquer, And earns a place in story. 'Tis Slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword;...secrets of the grave, This viperous Slander enters. Against self-slaughter There is a prohibition so divine, That cravens my weak hand. I think Foundations... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 560 ページ
...as Theobald has observed, again expatiates on the diffusive power of slander, in Cymbeline : " - No, 'tis slander; " Whose edge is sharper than the sword,...whose breath " Rides on the posting winds, and doth bely " All corners of the world." MALONE. Mr. Malone reads — So viperous slander. STEEVENS. y —... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 458 ページ
...disloyal. Pis. What shall I need to draw my sword ? the paper Hath cut her throat already 2 .—No, 'tis slander; Whose edge is sharper than the sword; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile 3 ; whose breath Rides on the posting winds 4, and doth belie 2 What shall I need to draw my sword?... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 450 ページ
...the stage. 6 —slander, MALONE. Whose string is sharper than the sword's ;] Again, in Cymbeline: " slander, " Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue " Out-venoms all the worms of Nile." DOUCE. The ordering of the mind too, 'mongst all colours No yellow in't 8 ; lest she suspect, as he... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 454 ページ
...disloyal. Pis. What shall I need to draw my sword ? the paper Hath cut her throat already 2. — No, 'tis slander ; Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile3 ; whose breath Rides on the posting winds 4, and doth belie 1 What shall I need to draw my sword?... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 558 ページ
...Cymbeline : ' • No, 'tis slander; '• Whose «dge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue Out-DCTwnw all the worms of Nile, whose breath : Rides on the posting winds, and doth bely '• All corners of the world." MALONE. Mr. Malone reads — So vipernus slander. STEEVENS. 9... | |
 | 1822 - 666 ページ
...self-love, and a lack of .self-knowledge, is slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword j whose tongne Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whose breath Rides...posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world." The employment of a certain class of persons, is, to spread this moral pestilence, and they only rejoice... | |
 | 1822 - 32 ページ
...leave to notice by another IMPROMPTU, Addressed to J\fr. Demens Egotem, on reading his pamphlet. .»' " 'Tis slander, " 'Whose edge is sharper than the sword,..." Whose tongue out-venoms all the worms of Nile." In every age the sland'rer's name Is coupled with reproach and shame ; And he who seeks to speak a... | |
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tis slander ; Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave... 
