Shakespeare's King Henry the eighth, a historical play, revised by J.P. Kemble; and now first publ. as it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden, Volume 226 |
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... prayers did . I would , your highness Would give it quick consideration . King . By my life , This is against our pleasure . Wol . And for me , I have no further gone in this , than by A single voice ; and that not past me , but By ...
... prayers did . I would , your highness Would give it quick consideration . King . By my life , This is against our pleasure . Wol . And for me , I have no further gone in this , than by A single voice ; and that not past me , but By ...
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... prayers one sweet sacrifice , And lift my soul to heaven : - [ Bell tolls . ] -Lead on . Lov . I do beseech your grace , for charity , If ever any malice in your heart Were hid against me , now to forgive me frankly . Buck . Sir Thomas ...
... prayers one sweet sacrifice , And lift my soul to heaven : - [ Bell tolls . ] -Lead on . Lov . I do beseech your grace , for charity , If ever any malice in your heart Were hid against me , now to forgive me frankly . Buck . Sir Thomas ...
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... Cromwell leaves his lord.- The king shall have my service , but my prayers For ever , and for ever , shall be yours . Wol . Cromwell , I did not think to shed a tear I In all my miseries ; but thou hast forc'd me 46 KING HENRY VIII .
... Cromwell leaves his lord.- The king shall have my service , but my prayers For ever , and for ever , shall be yours . Wol . Cromwell , I did not think to shed a tear I In all my miseries ; but thou hast forc'd me 46 KING HENRY VIII .
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... prayers.- Kath . So may he ever do ! and ever flourish , When I shall dwell with worms , and my poor name Banish'd the kingdom ! -Patience , is that letter , I caus'd you write , yet sent away ? Pat . No , madam . [ Presents the letter ...
... prayers.- Kath . So may he ever do ! and ever flourish , When I shall dwell with worms , and my poor name Banish'd the kingdom ! -Patience , is that letter , I caus'd you write , yet sent away ? Pat . No , madam . [ Presents the letter ...
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... prayers remember The estate of my poor queen . Leave me alone ; For I must think of that , which company Would not be friendly to . Suf . I wish your highness A quiet night , and my good mistress will Remember in my prayers . King ...
... prayers remember The estate of my poor queen . Leave me alone ; For I must think of that , which company Would not be friendly to . Suf . I wish your highness A quiet night , and my good mistress will Remember in my prayers . King ...
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ANNE BULLEN bear Beseech betwixt bless Bran Buck call'd CAPUCIUS Cardinal CAMPEIUS Cardinal WOLSEY cardinal's Cham commission conscience Council-chamber court Cran CRANMER Crom dare Duchess of NORFOLK duke of Buckingham END OF ACT Enter CROMWELL Enter GUILDFORD Enter LovEL Enter the Keeper Enter the King Exeunt WOLSEY Exit the King fair ladies Farewell favour fear Flourish of Trumpets Gard Gentlemen give glory grace Guil hear heart highness holy honour humble Kath Katharine king hath KING HENRY king's kiss Kneels Lady DENNY leave lord archbishop lord cardinal lord chamberlain lord Sands lordship lov'd madam malice marchioness of Pembroke master noble patience pleasure Pray heaven prayers princes queen rise Rome royal SCENE sent servant Sir HENRY GUILDFORD Sir Thomas Lovel soul speak SUFFOLK SURREY Surv thank thee There's thou Tipstaves truth vex'd
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Page 47 - A sure and safe one, though thy master miss'd it. Mark but my fall, and that that ruin'd me. Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition : By that sin fell the angels...
Page 47 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries; but thou hast forc'd me Out of thy honest truth to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell ; And, — when I am forgotten, as I shall be ; And sleep in dull cold marble...
Page 49 - He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading; Lofty, and sour, to them that lov"d him not; But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer: And though he were unsatisfied in getting, (Which was a sin) yet in bestowing, madam, He was most princely.
Page 45 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Page 49 - Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass, their virtues We write in water. May it please your highness To hear me speak his good now ? Kath.
Page 63 - Her own shall bless her: Her foes shake like a field of beaten corn, And hang their heads with sorrow: Good grows with her : In her days every man shall eat in safety, Under his own vine, what he plants; and sing The merry songs of peace to all his neighbours...
Page 49 - Oxford ! one of which fell with him, Unwilling to outlive the good that did it ; The other, though unfinished, yet so famous, So excellent in art, and still so rising, That Christendom shall ever speak his virtue.
Page 47 - Love thyself last; cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues; be just, and fear not. Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then, if thou fall'st, 0 Cromwell!
Page 46 - Long in his highness' favour, and do justice For truth's sake and his conscience; that his bones, When he has run his course and sleeps in blessings, May have a tomb of orphans
Page 47 - Pr'ythee, lead me in : There take an inventory of all I have, To the last penny : 'tis the king's : my robe, And my integrity to heaven, is all I dare now call mine own. O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.