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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... "
The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the Text of the ... - Page 65
by William Shakespeare - 1805
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Stanford University Publications: University series. Language and literature

1920 - 676 pages
...be used actively here, as equivalent to unsheathed. 'What shall I need to draw my sword ? The paper Hath cut her throat already. No, 'tis slander, Whose...sword, whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile, etc.,' Cym. iii . 4 . 34 ; 'Thy slander hath gone through and through her heart,' Ado v.1.68; 'Pierc'd...
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The Works of Shakespeare: Cymbeline

William Shakespeare - 1903 - 264 pages
...Pts. What shall I need to draw my sword ? the paper Hath cut her throat already. No, 'tis slander, 3 5 Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue...breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie — 23. lie] Rowe, lyes F. 23. lie] F "lyes" is not out of 38. belie— \ The dashes after " belie...
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The Tragedy of Cymbeline

William Shakespeare - 1924 - 186 pages
...Hath cut her throat already. No, 'tis slander^ Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue 36 Outvenoms all the worms of Nile, whose breath Rides...belie All corners of the world; kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave 40 This viperous slander enters. What cheer,...
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A Dictionary of the Characters & Proper Names in the Works of Shakespeare ...

Francis Griffin Stokes - 1924 - 386 pages
...by Sh. mythically. 'Skoggins,' Qq ; 'Scoggan's,' F. ; 'Schoggani,' SLA] Slander. Personified. 'SI., Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue...of Nile, whose breath Rides on the posting winds' (Cymb. iii, 4) ; 'Sl.'s venom'd spear' (Rich. II, i, 1) ; also, ace. Theobald's conjecture, Hand, iv,...
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Shakespeare, what He Means to You

Nathan Kaufman - 1928 - 176 pages
...bitter words"—(LX, 3) with the passage in Shakespeare's Cymbeline (ill, 4), wherein Pisanio exclaims: "Whose edge is sharper than the sword; whose tongue...belie All corners of the world: kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the And, as a parallel to Proverbs (XXII, i) — "A good...
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Words and Poetry

George Rylands - 1928 - 268 pages
...construction which make selection a difficult problem. But here is a favourite arrangement of clauses : 'tis slander Whose edge is sharper than the sword,...posting winds and doth belie All corners of the world. (Cym&eline.) 'tis wonder That an invisible instinct should frame them To royalty unlearn'd, honour...
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Words and Poetry

George Rylands - 1928 - 272 pages
...construction which make selection a difficult problem. But here is a favourite arrangement of clauses : 'tis slander Whose edge is sharper than the sword,...breath Rides on the posting winds and doth belie All comers of the world. (Cymbeline.) 'tis wonder That an invisible instinct should frame them To royalty...
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Shakespeare's Romance of the Word, Volume 10

Maurice Hunt - 1990 - 196 pages
...grief in terms of a Renaissance commonplace of slander: What shall I need to draw my sword? the paper Hath cut her throat already. No, 'tis slander, Whose...belie All corners of the world. Kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters. (3.4.32-39) A character...
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Shakespeare's Other Lives: An Anthology of Fictional Depictions of the Bard

Maurice O'Sullivan - 1997 - 240 pages
...eyes. And again this passage, called forth possibly by the letters of the Rev. Walter Blaise:Slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword; whose Tongue...posting winds and doth belie All corners of the world. As also then:Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven, Whiles,...
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Cymbeline

William Shakespeare - 1998 - 308 pages
...dishonour and equally to me 30 disloyal.' PISANIO (aside) What shall I need to draw my sword ? The paper Hath cut her throat already. No, 'tis slander, Whose...tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile, whose breath 35 12 summer ie joyful. Compare Sonnet 24 grief injury 98.7 : 'any summer's story'. 32 What why, ie...
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