The Plays, Volume 6Otridge & Rackham, 1824 |
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... Reig . Let's raise the siege ; Why live we idly here ? Talbot is taken , whom we wont to fear : Remaineth none but mad - brain'd Salisbury ; And he may well in fretting spend his gall , Nor men , nor money , hath he to make war . Char ...
... Reig . Let's raise the siege ; Why live we idly here ? Talbot is taken , whom we wont to fear : Remaineth none but mad - brain'd Salisbury ; And he may well in fretting spend his gall , Nor men , nor money , hath he to make war . Char ...
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... Reig . I think , by some odd gimmals * or device , Their arms are set , like clocks , still to strike on ; Else ne'er could they hold out so , as they do . By my consent , we'll e'en let them alone . Alen . Be it so . Enter the Bastard ...
... Reig . I think , by some odd gimmals * or device , Their arms are set , like clocks , still to strike on ; Else ne'er could they hold out so , as they do . By my consent , we'll e'en let them alone . Alen . Be it so . Enter the Bastard ...
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... Reig . She takes upon her bravely at first dash . Puc . Dauphin , I am by birth a shepherd's daughter , My wit untrain'd in any kind of art . Heaven , and our Lady gracious , hath it pleas'd To shine on my contemptible estate : Lo ...
... Reig . She takes upon her bravely at first dash . Puc . Dauphin , I am by birth a shepherd's daughter , My wit untrain'd in any kind of art . Heaven , and our Lady gracious , hath it pleas'd To shine on my contemptible estate : Lo ...
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... Reig . My lord , methinks , is very long in talk . Alen . Doubtless he shrives this woman to her smock ; Else ne'er could he so long protract his speech . Reig . Shall we disturb him , since he keeps no mean ? Alen . He may mean more ...
... Reig . My lord , methinks , is very long in talk . Alen . Doubtless he shrives this woman to her smock ; Else ne'er could he so long protract his speech . Reig . Shall we disturb him , since he keeps no mean ? Alen . He may mean more ...
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... Reig . Woman , do what thou can'st to save our honours ; Drive them from Orleans , and be immortaliz'd . Char . Presently we'll try : -Come , let's away about it : No prophet will I trust , if she prove false , [ Exeunt . SCENE III ...
... Reig . Woman , do what thou can'st to save our honours ; Drive them from Orleans , and be immortaliz'd . Char . Presently we'll try : -Come , let's away about it : No prophet will I trust , if she prove false , [ Exeunt . SCENE III ...
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Alarum Alençon arms art thou 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 heart heaven hence Henry's honour house of Lancaster house of York Iden Jack Cade lady Lancaster leave lord lord protector madam majesty Mess methinks Montague ne'er never noble peace Plantagenet prince protector Pucelle Queen Margaret Reig Reignier Rich Richard Richard Plantagenet Saint Saint Albans Salisbury SCENE shame slain soldiers Somerset soul sovereign speak stay Suff Suffolk sweet sword Talbot tears tell thee thine thou art thou hast thou shalt thy father traitor uncle unto valiant Warwick words
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Page 153 - What stronger breastplate than a heart untainted ! Thrice is he arm'd that hath his quarrel just ; And he but naked, though lock'd up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.
Page 176 - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school : and whereas, before, our forefathers 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 236 - O God! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point...
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 167 - Cade. 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 300 - And so I was, which plainly signified That I should snarl, and bite, and play the dog. Then, since the heavens have shap'd my body so, Let hell make crook'd my mind to answer it. I have no brother, I am like no brother; And this word 'love,' which greybeards call divine, Be resident in men like one another, And not in me!