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The title in the first Folio is , “ The First Part of Henry the Fourth , with the Life and Death . of Henry Sirnamed Hotspvrre " . The “ Dering MS . , " to which reference is made in the critical apparatus , was supposed by Mr.
The title in the first Folio is , “ The First Part of Henry the Fourth , with the Life and Death . of Henry Sirnamed Hotspvrre " . The “ Dering MS . , " to which reference is made in the critical apparatus , was supposed by Mr.
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It seems certain that our Falstaff was originally designated Oldcastle . The real Sir John Oldcastle , Lord Cobham , the famous Lollard who suffered martyrdom in 1418 , continued to be maligned after his death by the anti - Lollard ...
It seems certain that our Falstaff was originally designated Oldcastle . The real Sir John Oldcastle , Lord Cobham , the famous Lollard who suffered martyrdom in 1418 , continued to be maligned after his death by the anti - Lollard ...
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Falstaff sweats to death , though not necessarily unmetrical , becomes regular if “ Oldcastle ” be substituted for “ Falstaff ” . Unfortunately there is no other instance in the First Part of Henry IV . of the name “ Falstaff ” in verse ...
Falstaff sweats to death , though not necessarily unmetrical , becomes regular if “ Oldcastle ” be substituted for “ Falstaff ” . Unfortunately there is no other instance in the First Part of Henry IV . of the name “ Falstaff ” in verse ...
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What pleasure or what felicitie could he take in his princelie pompe , which he knew by manifest and fearfull experience , to be enuied and maligned to the verie death ? ” ( Holinshed , Chronicles , ed . 1808 , iii . 18 , 19 ) .
What pleasure or what felicitie could he take in his princelie pompe , which he knew by manifest and fearfull experience , to be enuied and maligned to the verie death ? ” ( Holinshed , Chronicles , ed . 1808 , iii . 18 , 19 ) .
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He is modest and generous withal ; and he cannot repress a sigh when he sees , as he thinks , Falstaff , his “ old acquaintance , ” struck down by , death . But his grief will soon pass , for his life and ways are gradually changing .
He is modest and generous withal ; and he cannot repress a sigh when he sees , as he thinks , Falstaff , his “ old acquaintance , ” struck down by , death . But his grief will soon pass , for his life and ways are gradually changing .
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