The Life of King Henry V. Measure for MeasurePresident Publishing Company, 1909 - 147 pages |
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... desire the king were made a prelate : 19. " A thousand pounds by the year " ; " Hall and Holinshed the principal sum . ' And the king to have clerely to his cofers twentie thousand poundes ' ( Hall ) . Shakespeare reckons interest ...
... desire the king were made a prelate : 19. " A thousand pounds by the year " ; " Hall and Holinshed the principal sum . ' And the king to have clerely to his cofers twentie thousand poundes ' ( Hall ) . Shakespeare reckons interest ...
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William Shakespeare. This tun of treasure ; and , in lieu of this , Desires you let the dukedoms that you claim Hear no more of you . This the Dauphin speaks . K. Hen . What treasure , uncle ? Exe . Tennis - balls , my liege . K. Hen ...
William Shakespeare. This tun of treasure ; and , in lieu of this , Desires you let the dukedoms that you claim Hear no more of you . This the Dauphin speaks . K. Hen . What treasure , uncle ? Exe . Tennis - balls , my liege . K. Hen ...
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... desire Nothing but odds with England : to that end , As matching to his youth and vanity , 130 I did present him with the Paris balls . Exe . He'll make your Paris Louvre shake for it , Were it the mistress - court of mighty Europe ...
... desire Nothing but odds with England : to that end , As matching to his youth and vanity , 130 I did present him with the Paris balls . Exe . He'll make your Paris Louvre shake for it , Were it the mistress - court of mighty Europe ...
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... desire the duke to use his 60 good pleasure , and put him to execution ; for discipline ought to be used . Pist . Die and be damn'd ! and figo for thy friendship ! Flu . It is well . Pist . The fig of Spain ! Flu . Very good . [ Exit ...
... desire the duke to use his 60 good pleasure , and put him to execution ; for discipline ought to be used . Pist . Die and be damn'd ! and figo for thy friendship ! Flu . It is well . Pist . The fig of Spain ! Flu . Very good . [ Exit ...
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... Desire them all to my pavilion . Glou . We shall , my liege . Erp . Shall I attend your grace ? K. Hen . No , my good knight ; Go with my brothers to my lords of England : I and my bosom must debate awhile , And then I would no other ...
... Desire them all to my pavilion . Glou . We shall , my liege . Erp . Shall I attend your grace ? K. Hen . No , my good knight ; Go with my brothers to my lords of England : I and my bosom must debate awhile , And then I would no other ...
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Page 23 - Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad, Others, like soldiers, armed in. their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds, Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent-royal of their emperor; Who, busied in his majesty, surveys The singing masons building roofs of gold, The civil...
Page 95 - Now entertain conjecture of a time, When creeping murmur, and the poring dark, Fills the wide vessel of the universe. From camp to camp, through the foul womb of night, The hum of either army stilly sounds, That the fix'd sentinels almost receive The secret whispers of each other's watch...
Page 9 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do: Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not.
Page 43 - Well believe this, No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, The marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe, Become them with one half so good a grace, As mercy does.
Page 6 - On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object: can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France? or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt? O, pardon! since a crooked figure may Attest in little place a million; And let us, ciphers to this great accompt, On your imaginary forces work.
Page 5 - O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword and fire Crouch for employment.
Page 117 - By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost; It yearns me not if men my garments wear; Such outward things dwell not in my desires; But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive.
Page 63 - Be copy now to men of grosser blood, And teach them how to war! — And you, good yeomen, Whose limbs were made in England, show us here The mettle of your pasture; let us swear That you are worth your breeding : which I doubt not; For there is none of you so mean and base, That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.
Page 9 - Hear him but reason in divinity, And, all-admiring, with an inward wish You would desire the king were made a prelate : Hear him debate of commonwealth affairs, You would say, — it hath been...
Page 49 - Would I were with him, wheresome'er he is, either in heaven or in hell ! ' Host. Nay, sure, he 's not in hell : he 's in Arthur's bosom, if ever man went to Arthur's bosom. A' made a finer end and went away an it had been any christom child ; a' parted even just between twelve and one, even at the turning o' the tide : for after I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers, and smile upon his fingers...