The Family Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes; in which Nothing is Added to the Original Text; But Those Words and Expressions are Omitted which Cannot with Propriety be Read Aloud in a Family, Volume 6Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818 |
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... death ! Henry the fifth , too famous to live long ! England ne'er lost a king of so much worth . Glo . England ne'er had a king until his time . Virtue he had , deserving to command : His brandish'd sword did blind men with his beams ...
... death ! Henry the fifth , too famous to live long ! England ne'er lost a king of so much worth . Glo . England ne'er had a king until his time . Virtue he had , deserving to command : His brandish'd sword did blind men with his beams ...
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... death's dishonourable victory We with our stately presence glorify , Like captives bound to a triumphant car . What ? shall we curse the planets of mishap , That plotted thus our glory's overthrow ? Or shall we think the subtle - witted ...
... death's dishonourable victory We with our stately presence glorify , Like captives bound to a triumphant car . What ? shall we curse the planets of mishap , That plotted thus our glory's overthrow ? Or shall we think the subtle - witted ...
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... death . Glo . Is Paris lost ? is Roüen yielded up ? If Henry were recall'd to life again , These news would cause him once more yield the ghost . Exe . How were they lost ? what treachery was us'd ? Mess . No treachery ; but want of men ...
... death . Glo . Is Paris lost ? is Roüen yielded up ? If Henry were recall'd to life again , These news would cause him once more yield the ghost . Exe . How were they lost ? what treachery was us'd ? Mess . No treachery ; but want of men ...
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... death and none durst stand him ; Here , there , and every where , enrag'd he slew : The French exclaim'd , The devil was in arms ; All the whole army stood agaz'd on him : His soldiers , spying his undaunted spirit , A Talbot ! a Talbot ...
... death and none durst stand him ; Here , there , and every where , enrag'd he slew : The French exclaim'd , The devil was in arms ; All the whole army stood agaz'd on him : His soldiers , spying his undaunted spirit , A Talbot ! a Talbot ...
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... honour of the forlorn French : Him I forgive my death , that killeth me , When he sees me go back one foot , or fly . [ Exeunt . Alarums ; Excursions ; afterwards a Retreat . Re - c 3 SCENE II . ] KING HENRY VI . SCENE II. ...
... honour of the forlorn French : Him I forgive my death , that killeth me , When he sees me go back one foot , or fly . [ Exeunt . Alarums ; Excursions ; afterwards a Retreat . Re - c 3 SCENE II . ] KING HENRY VI . SCENE II. ...
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Alarum ALENÇON arms bear blood brave brother Buckingham Burgundy Cade canst cardinal Char Clar Clarence Clif Clifford crown Dauphin dead death doth Duch duke Humphrey duke of Burgundy duke of York earl enemies England Enter King HENRY Exeunt Exit farewell fear fight foes France French friends give Gloster grace gracious hand hath head hear heart heaven hence Henry's honour house of Lancaster house of York Iden Jack Cade John of Gaunt King EDWARD lady leave live lord lord protector madam majesty Mess methinks Montague ne'er never noble peace Plantagenet prince protector PUCELLE Queen MARGARET Reig Reignier Richard RICHARD PLANTAGENET Salisbury SCENE shame slain soldiers Somerset soul sovereign speak stay Suffolk sweet sword Talbot tears tell thee thine thou art thou hast thou shalt traitor uncle unto valiant Warwick wilt words
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Page 179 - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm, in erecting a grammar-school ; and whereas, before, our fore-fathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used ; and, contrary to the king, his crown, and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill.
Page 13 - I'll confirm ; we'll fight it out. Puc. Assign'd am I to be the English scourge. This night the siege assuredly I'll raise : Expect saint Martin's summer, halcyon days, Since I have entered into these wars. Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, Till, by broad spreading, it disperse to nought.
Page 169 - The first thing we do, let's kill all the ' lawyers. Cade. Nay, that I mean to do. Is not this a lamentable thing, that of the skin of an innocent lamb should be made parchment ? that parchment, being scribbled o'er, should undo a man...
Page 245 - And to conclude, — the shepherd's homely curds, His cold thin drink out of his leather bottle, His wonted sleep under a fresh tree's shade, All which secure and sweetly he enjoys, Is far beyond a prince's delicates, His...
Page 169 - Be brave, then; for your captain is brave, and vows reformation. There shall be, in England, seven half-penny 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 palfry go to grass.
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!