 | William Henry Leatham - 1847 - 84 psl.
...fainting fits which afford a momentary relief. Shakspeare describes the effects of fear as follows : — " I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow...two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotty and combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful... | |
 | James Caughey - 1847 - 376 psl.
...prison-house, I could a tale un fold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul ; freeze thy young hlood ; .Make thy two eyes like stars start from their spheres...combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand on-cnd Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1848 - 536 psl.
...confined to fast in fires, 1 Till the foul crimes, done in my days of nature, Are burned and purged away. But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of...particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine. 9 But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.—List, list,... | |
 | 1848 - 314 psl.
...burnt and purgM away." Leaving behind a revelation so thrice horrible, a tale of horrors unrevealed, " whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul ; freeze...two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres ; Thy knotty and combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful... | |
 | Jean Battlo - 1999 - 76 psl.
...days of nature Are burnt and purg'd away. But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison house, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy eyes, like stars, start from their spheres. (Adds without a pause.) How am I doing? LAUREN. (Begins... | |
 | Wendy Wren - 2000 - 163 psl.
...And for the day confin'd to fast in fires, Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature Are burnt and purg'd away. But that I am forbid To tell the...combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand an end Like quills upon the fretful porpentine. YEAR 6 TERM t 98 But this eternal blazon must not be... | |
 | P.G. Wodehouse - 2000 - 212 psl.
...referring to the ghost of the father of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, sir. Addressing his son, he said, 1 could a tale unfold whose lightest word would harrow...particular hair to stand on end like quills upon the fretful porpentine.' " "That's right. Locks, of course, not socks. Odd that he should have said porpentine... | |
 | Alenka Zupančič - 2000 - 288 psl.
...because of them are eloquent enough. He tells Hamlet that a description of only the least of his torments 'would harrow up thy soul; freeze thy young blood;...particular hair to stand on end, like quills upon the fretful porpentine'. His wanderings between two worlds, the infernal dream which death brings him instead... | |
 | Mary Thomas Crane - 2010 - 276 psl.
...be on Hamlet if he were to describe to him the nature of purgatory. The story Would harrow up they soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes like...particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fearfull porpentine. But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood. (1.5.16-22) The... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2000 - 356 psl.
...A comparison between two things which the writer makes clear by using words such as 'like' or 'as': 'Make thy two eyes like stars start from their spheres,...combined locks to part. And each particular hair to stand an end, Like quills upon the fretful porpentine.' (Act 1 scene 5 line 18, page 49) Soliloquy: Spoken... | |
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I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the... 
