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" Well, do not swear: although I joy in thee, I have no joy of this contract to-night : It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden ; Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be, Ere one can say — It lightens. "
Characteristics of Women: Moral, Poetical, and Historical - Page 71
by Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1850 - 340 pages
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Cymbeline. Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 582 pages
...I'll believe thee. Rom. If my heart's dear love — Jul. Well, do not swear; although I joy in thee, I have no joy of this contract to-night : It is too...doth cease to be, Ere one can say — It lightens. Sweet, good night! This bud of love, by summer's ripening breath, May prove a beauteous flower when...
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The Monthly magazine

Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...salvation bring." THE DOUBLE DISAPPOINTMENT. A TRUE STORY. BY MRS. EDWARD THOMAS. " I have no joy in this contract to-night : It is too rash, too unadvised,...which doth cease to be, Ere one can say it lightens." SHAKSPERE. IT was a beautiful afternoon, in the month of May, when Madelon and Janet Howard stepped...
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The Dramatic Works of David Garrick: To which is Prefixed a Life ..., Volume 1

David Garrick - English drama - 1798 - 318 pages
...believe thee. liojri. If my true heart's love 'Jul. Well, do not sweai'— -although Ijiiyiii thetfj I have no joy of this contract to-night : . It is too rash, too unadvis'd, too sudden, Too like the lightning which doth cease to be E;e one can say, it lightens —...
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Dramatic Works: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author, Volume 1

David Garrick - 1798 - 318 pages
...I'll believe thee. Rom. If my true heart's love . "Jul. Well, do not swear — although I joy in thee, I have no joy of this contract to-night : It is too rash, too unadvis'd, too sudden, Too like the lightning which doth cease to be Etc one can say, it lightens —...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 90

1849 - 604 pages
...course complete, but in reference to practice it may be called so. Shakspeare's Juliet refers to ' the lightning ' which doth cease to be, ere one can say it lightens.' The exact velocity of electricity along a copper wire is 288,000 miles in a second. It is calculated,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 10

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 446 pages
...I'll believe thee. Rom. If my heart's dear love — Jul. Well, do not swear: although I joy in thee, I have no joy of this contract to-night : It is too rash, too unadvis'd, too sudden ; Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be, Ere one can say — It lightens....
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The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 642 pages
...believe thee. / Rom. . ,lf my heart's dear love — Jul. Well, do not swear: although I joy in thee, I have no joy of this contract to-night: It is too rash, -too unadvis'd, too sudden j Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be, Ere one can say — It lightens....
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The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 10

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...I'll believe thee. Rom. If my heart's dear love — Jul. Well, do not swear: although I joy in thee, I have no joy of this contract to-night: It is too rash, too unadvis'd, too sudden ; Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be, Ere one can say — It lightens....
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...I'll believe thee. Rom. If my heart's dear love — Jul. Well, do not swear: although I joy in thee, I have no joy of this contract to-night: It is too rash, too unadvis'd, too sudden ; Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be, Ere one can say — It lightens....
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Remarks critical, conjectural, and explanatory, upon ..., Volume 2; Volume 23

E H. Seymour - 1805 - 456 pages
...swear by thy gracious self.'" Thus N. Lee: " By thy bright self, the greatest oath, I swear." 91. " Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be, " Ere one can say—It lightens." The plain meaning of this passage, ere these words, "it lightens,^ can be uttered,...
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