The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 9Jefferson Press, 1907 |
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Page xxv
... France to the Duke of Bedford , who had best claim to the chief control of affairs at home , and who , as " a sober - minded statesman of the best English type , " 1 might very possibly have exercised it with the ac- quiescence of those ...
... France to the Duke of Bedford , who had best claim to the chief control of affairs at home , and who , as " a sober - minded statesman of the best English type , " 1 might very possibly have exercised it with the ac- quiescence of those ...
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... France after the fatal battle of Patay . During the last few years of his life apparently from the conclusion of the King's marriage in 1445- the Cardinal had withdrawn from poli- tics , in which he had been a constant factor for nearly ...
... France after the fatal battle of Patay . During the last few years of his life apparently from the conclusion of the King's marriage in 1445- the Cardinal had withdrawn from poli- tics , in which he had been a constant factor for nearly ...
Page xxix
... France ; but he was without such resources as those which gave importance to his uncle and rival's support of the same line of action beyond the narrow seas , while in home affairs he confined himself to the manoeuvres of selfish ...
... France ; but he was without such resources as those which gave importance to his uncle and rival's support of the same line of action beyond the narrow seas , while in home affairs he confined himself to the manoeuvres of selfish ...
Page xxxii
... France . That he should have taken the name of Morti- mer , alleging his kinship to the Duke of York as the nat- ural son of the last Earl of March , was in the circumstances a very pardonable fiction ; though perhaps , as in similar ...
... France . That he should have taken the name of Morti- mer , alleging his kinship to the Duke of York as the nat- ural son of the last Earl of March , was in the circumstances a very pardonable fiction ; though perhaps , as in similar ...
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... France and England , did this King succeed ; Whose state so many had the managing That they lost France , and made his England bleed : Which oft our stage hath shown ; and , for their sake , In your fair minds let this acceptance take ...
... France and England , did this King succeed ; Whose state so many had the managing That they lost France , and made his England bleed : Which oft our stage hath shown ; and , for their sake , In your fair minds let this acceptance take ...
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Page 105 - Be brave then ; for your captain is brave, and vows reformation. There shall be, in England, seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny : the threehooped pot shall have ten hoops ; and I will make it felony to drink small beer: all the realm shall be in common, and in Cheapside shall my palfrey go to grass.
Page 105 - CADE. I thank you, good people— there shall be no money; all shall eat and drink on my score, and I will apparel them all in one livery, that they may agree like brothers and worship me their lord.
Page 18 - Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, Till by broad spreading it disperse to nought.
Page 3 - HUNG be the heavens with black , yield day to night! Comets, importing change of times and states, Brandish your crystal tresses in the sky ; And with them scourge the bad revolting stars, That have consented unto Henry's death ! Henry the fifth, too famous to live long ! England ne'er lost a king of so much worth.
Page xvi - ... supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
Page 45 - Let him that is a true-born gentleman And stands upon the honour of his birth, If he suppose that I have pleaded truth, From off this brier pluck a white rose with me. 30 Som. Let him that is no coward nor no flatterer, But dare maintain the party of the truth, Pluck a red rose from off this thorn with me.