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Page xiii
... Elinor is part of the action in the Raigne , while Shakespeare merely narrates it in seven lines . The scene in the Raigne in which Faulconbridge is shown at work ransacking the monastery and convent is completely omitted from King John ...
... Elinor is part of the action in the Raigne , while Shakespeare merely narrates it in seven lines . The scene in the Raigne in which Faulconbridge is shown at work ransacking the monastery and convent is completely omitted from King John ...
Page xvii
... Elinor in her tent is founded on the chronicler's description of her being hard beset at Mirabeau previous to the turn of fortune which led to Arthur's capture . Angiers was taken by John in 1206- " comming to the Citie of Angiers ...
... Elinor in her tent is founded on the chronicler's description of her being hard beset at Mirabeau previous to the turn of fortune which led to Arthur's capture . Angiers was taken by John in 1206- " comming to the Citie of Angiers ...
Page xx
... Elinor and Constance are announced ; Elinor , however , died in 1204 , while Constance died three years ( not " three days " ) before in 1201. With Peter of Pomfret we are in 1212. Concerning Peter , Holinshed has a good deal to say ...
... Elinor and Constance are announced ; Elinor , however , died in 1204 , while Constance died three years ( not " three days " ) before in 1201. With Peter of Pomfret we are in 1212. Concerning Peter , Holinshed has a good deal to say ...
Page xxvi
... Elinor , 1st April ) . Day 4. Act IV . sc . i . " " Act IV . sc . ii . is deceased Act IV . sc . iii . I left him Hubert announces that " Arthur to - night " ( last night ) . " Hub . ' Tis not an hour since well " ; i.e. at end of Act ...
... Elinor , 1st April ) . Day 4. Act IV . sc . i . " " Act IV . sc . ii . is deceased Act IV . sc . iii . I left him Hubert announces that " Arthur to - night " ( last night ) . " Hub . ' Tis not an hour since well " ; i.e. at end of Act ...
Page xxviii
... Elinor , the death of Elinor on 1st April , the use of the word " supply " in the last Act , and John's desire to be buried at Worcester . Even granting that Shakespeare did go to the Chronicles , he made no inde- pendent use of them in ...
... Elinor , the death of Elinor on 1st April , the use of the word " supply " in the last Act , and John's desire to be buried at Worcester . Even granting that Shakespeare did go to the Chronicles , he made no inde- pendent use of them in ...
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Page 81 - And, father cardinal, I have heard you say, That we shall see and know our friends in heaven: If that be true, I shall see my boy again; For, since the birth of Cain, the first male child, To him that did but yesterday suspire, There was not such a gracious creature born.
Page 95 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Page 104 - I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news, Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet) Told of a many thousand warlike French, That were embattailed and rank'd in Kent : Another lean, unwash'd artificer Cuts off his tale, and talks of Arthur's death.
Page 88 - To be more prince) as may be. You are sad. Hub. Indeed, I have been merrier. Arth. Mercy on me! Methinks, nobody should be sad but I : Yet, I remember, when I was in France, Young gentlemen would be as sad as night, Only for wantonness. By my Christendom, So I were out of prison, and kept sheep, I should be as merry as the day is long...
Page 90 - And ne'er have spoke a loving word to you : But you at your sick service had a prince. Nay, you may think my love was crafty love, And call it cunning : do, an if you will. If Heaven be pleased that you must use me ill, Why, then you must.
Page 82 - There's nothing in this world, can make me joy: Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man ; And bitter shame hath spoil'd the sweet world's taste, That it yields naught, but shame and bitterness.
Page 105 - John. It is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves that take their humours for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life ; And, on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty, when, perchance, it frowns More upon humour than advis'd respect.
Page 145 - This England never did, (nor never shall,) Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them : Nought shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true.