 | 1795 - 432 psl.
...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. IDEM. ( Henry V. act iii. — Let not thy sword skip one. Pity not honour'd age for... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 632 psl.
...Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it, As fearfully, as doth a galled rock O'erhang ard jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild and...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,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 psl.
...let the brow o'erwhelm it, As fearfully, as doth a galled rock O'erhand and juttys his confounded6 base, Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean. Now...Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit To his full height ! — On, on, you noblest English, Whose blood is fet7 from fathers of war-proof! Fathers,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 514 psl.
...the brow o'erwhelm it, As fearfully, as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty5 his confounded base,0 Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean. Now set...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,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 506 psl.
...the brow o'erwhelm it, As fearfully, as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty* his confounded base,6 Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean. Now set...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,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 502 psl.
...brow o'erwhelrn it, As fearfully, as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base *9, Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean. Now set...Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit To his full height ! — On, on, you noblest English, Whose blood is set from fathers of war-proof! Fathers,... | |
 | Sir John Sinclair - 1806 - 120 psl.
...soldiers, previous to mounting the deadly breach, to " Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood ; To set the teeth, and stretch the nostril wide, Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit. To his full height." Such is the condition of persons engaged in a boxing match. And many who can contemplate... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1806 - 884 psl.
...soldiers, previous to mounting the deadly breach, to " Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood; " To set the teeth, and stretch the nostril wide, " Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit, « To hit full height." Such is the condition of persons engaged in a boxing match. And many who can contemplate... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 578 psl.
...head, Like thebrass cannon ; let the brow o'erwhelm it As fearfully, as doth a galled rock O'er-h ing and jutty his confounded' base, Swill'd with the wild...hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit To his full height ! — On, on, you noblest English, Whose blood is set from fathers of war-proof ! Fathers,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 382 psl.
...head, Like the brass cannon ; let the brow o'erwhelm it, As fearfully, as doth a galled rock O'erhand and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild...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,... | |
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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... 
