A Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations

Every human feeling, answered by Shakespeare: an 1892 dictionary that files the Bard's best lines under the passions they express — from Ambition to Woe.

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Lightning: Quotations from Shakespearian Quotations

Like the lightning, which doth cease to be, Ere one can say, -It lightens ! Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth;— R. J. ii. 2
And ere a man can say, -Behold!— M. N. i. 1.
The jaws of darkness do devour it up. To stand against the deep dread-bolted thunder, In the most terrible and nimble stroke Of quick, cross lightning.— K. L. iv. 7.
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