 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 572 Seiten
...topping or overtopping it ; supreme ; sovereign. JOHNSON. So, in Doctor Fauslus, 1604 : " Was this the face that launch'da thousand ships, " And burnt the topless towers of Ilium ?'' Again, in the Blind Beggar of Alexandria, 1598 : " And topless honours be bestow'd on thee." STEEVENS.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1813 - 500 Seiten
...topping or overtopping it ; supreme ; sovereign. JOHNSON. So, in Doctor Faustus, 1604 : " Was this the face that launch'da thousand ships, - ' " And burnt the topless towers of Ilium ?" Again, in The Blind Beggar of Alexandria, 1598 : " And topless honours be bestow'd on thee." STEEVENS.... | |
 | 1814 - 572 Seiten
...bursts out into the following poetical rhapsody: " Was this the face that launch'da thousand ship* And burnt the topless towers of Ilium ? Sweet Helen ! make me immortal with a kiss — Her lips suck forth my soul — see where it flies ! Come, Helen, come! give me my soul again !... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Dilke - 1814 - 408 Seiten
...launch'da thousand ships, * Both in the edit, of 16J16 and 1624, this speech is given to Faustus. \ And burnt the topless towers of Ilium ? Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss. Her lips suck forth my soul ! see where it flies ; Come, Helen, .come, give me my soul again. Here... | |
 | 1814 - 578 Seiten
...bursts out into the following poetical rhapsody : " Was this the face that launch' J a thousand sbipt And burnt the topless towers of Ilium ? • , Sweet Helen ! make me immortal with a kiss — Her lips suck forth my soul — see where it fliei ! Come, Helen, come ! give me my soul again... | |
 | 1814 - 572 Seiten
...And shen return to Helen for a kiss. Oh! thou art fairer than the evening air .... . .« " Was this the face that launch'da thousand ships And burnt the topless towers of Ilium ? Clad in the beauty of a thousand stars 1 Brighter art thou than flaming Jupiter, When he appear'... | |
 | 1821 - 404 Seiten
...Mephostophilis, his familiar spirit, in obedience to his wish, raises up that celebrated beauty. " Was this the face that launch'da thousand ships, And burnt...Ilium ? Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss. Her lips suck forth my soul ! see where it flies; Come, Helen, come, give me my soul again. Here will... | |
 | 1821 - 408 Seiten
...Mephostophilis, his familiar spirit, in obedience to his wish, raises up that celebrated beauty. " Was this the face that launch'da thousand ships, And burnt...Ilium ? Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss. Her lips snck forth my soul ! see where it fries; Come, Helen, come, give me my soul again. Here will... | |
 | 1823 - 616 Seiten
...search of a mistress. He is smitten at once by her excelling beauty, and thus he speaks : ' Was this the face that launch'da thousand ships, And burnt...Ilium ? — Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss — Her lips suck forth my soul .... Here will I dwell, for Heaven is in these lips, ( And all is dross... | |
 | Christopher Marlowe - 1826 - 348 Seiten
...perform'd in twinkling of an eye. Enter HELEN again, passing over between two Cupids. FAUST. Was this the face that launch'da thousand ships, And burnt...Ilium ? Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss. Her lips suck forth my soul! see where it flies; Come, Helen, come, give me my soul again. Here will... | |
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Her lips suck forth my soul; see where it flies! — Come, Helen, come, give me my soul again. Here will I dwell, for Heaven is in these lips, And all is dross that is not Helena. 
