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... honour was . " This single passage , in Mr. Halliwell's opinion , would alone render it highly probable that some of the theatres in acting Henry IV . retained the name after the author had altered it to that of Falstaff . ( Hence it is ...
... honour was . " This single passage , in Mr. Halliwell's opinion , would alone render it highly probable that some of the theatres in acting Henry IV . retained the name after the author had altered it to that of Falstaff . ( Hence it is ...
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... honour , " Henry declares , " I am the most offending soul alive . " But the honour that Henry covets is not that which Hotspur is ambitious after : --- " By heaven , methinks it were an easy leap , To pluck bright honour from the pale ...
... honour , " Henry declares , " I am the most offending soul alive . " But the honour that Henry covets is not that which Hotspur is ambitious after : --- " By heaven , methinks it were an easy leap , To pluck bright honour from the pale ...
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... honour that Henry seeks . III . DOWDEN : Shakspere . Hotspur . It is exceedingly difficult to speak of Hotspur satis- factorily ; not indeed because the lines of his character are not bold and prominent enough , but rather because they ...
... honour that Henry seeks . III . DOWDEN : Shakspere . Hotspur . It is exceedingly difficult to speak of Hotspur satis- factorily ; not indeed because the lines of his character are not bold and prominent enough , but rather because they ...
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... honour . This is a character which , though it may be decom- pounded , could not , I believe , have been formed , nor the ingredients of it duly mingled , upon any receipt what- ever . It required the hand of Shakspeare himself to give ...
... honour . This is a character which , though it may be decom- pounded , could not , I believe , have been formed , nor the ingredients of it duly mingled , upon any receipt what- ever . It required the hand of Shakspeare himself to give ...
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... honour which the Prince maintains , a little damaged , in his company , as well as the outward honour which Hotspur would fain pluck from the pale - faced moon . His reputation is a bubble which he delights to blow for the pleasure of ...
... honour which the Prince maintains , a little damaged , in his company , as well as the outward honour which Hotspur would fain pluck from the pale - faced moon . His reputation is a bubble which he delights to blow for the pleasure of ...
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Page 39 - I know you all, and will a while uphold The unyok'd humour of your idleness : Yet herein will I imitate the sun ; Who doth permit the base contagious clouds To smother up his beauty from the world, That, when he please again to be himself, Being wanted, he may be more wonder'd at, By breaking through the foul and ugly mists Of vapours, that did seem to strangle him.
Page 71 - With deaf'ning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude; And, in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king ? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Page 39 - I'll so offend, to make offence a skill; Redeeming time when men think least I will [Exit.
Page 83 - Why, so can I ; or so can any man : But will they come, when you do call for them ? Glend.
Page 44 - Windsor, thou didst swear to me then, as I was washing thy wound, to marry me and make me my lady thy wife. Canst thou deny it ? Did not goodwife Keech, the butcher's wife, come in then and call me gossip Quickly?
Page 73 - There is a history in all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceased ; The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, which in their seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasure'd. Such things become the hatch and brood of time...
Page 170 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! Heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.
Page 107 - Glittering in golden coats, like images ; As full of spirit as the month of May, And gorgeous as the sun at midsummer? Wanton as youthful goats, wild as young bulls.
Page 72 - Too wide for Neptune's hips ; how chances mock, And changes fill the cup of alteration With divers liquors ! O, if this were seen, The happiest youth, viewing his progress through, What perils past, what crosses to ensue, Would shut the book, and sit him down and die.
Page 114 - Be it thy course to busy giddy minds With foreign quarrels, that action, hence borne out, May waste the memory of the former days.