The Life of King Henry V. Measure for MeasurePresident Publishing Company, 1909 - 147 pages |
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... poor Falstaff , the description of his death in the play affects us with emotions that are not profoundly serious , and yet one cannot help saying , as Prince Henry says on the belief of his feigned death xxii Introduction THE LIFE OF.
... poor Falstaff , the description of his death in the play affects us with emotions that are not profoundly serious , and yet one cannot help saying , as Prince Henry says on the belief of his feigned death xxii Introduction THE LIFE OF.
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... land's translation did not appear till 1601 ) .— I . G. 197. " majesty " ; so Rowe from Qq .; Ff . , " Maiesties . ” — I . G. The poor mechanic porters crowding in Their heavy burdens at 23 KING HENRY V Act I. Sc . ii .
... land's translation did not appear till 1601 ) .— I . G. 197. " majesty " ; so Rowe from Qq .; Ff . , " Maiesties . ” — I . G. The poor mechanic porters crowding in Their heavy burdens at 23 KING HENRY V Act I. Sc . ii .
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William Shakespeare. The poor mechanic porters crowding in Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate , The sad - eyed justice , with his surly hum , Delivering o'er to executors pale The lazy yawning drone . I this infer , That many things ...
William Shakespeare. The poor mechanic porters crowding in Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate , The sad - eyed justice , with his surly hum , Delivering o'er to executors pale The lazy yawning drone . I this infer , That many things ...
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... poor seat of England ; And therefore , living hence , did give ourself To barbarous license ; as ' tis ever common 271 That men are merriest when they are from home . But tell the Dauphin I will keep my state , Be like a king and show ...
... poor seat of England ; And therefore , living hence , did give ourself To barbarous license ; as ' tis ever common 271 That men are merriest when they are from home . But tell the Dauphin I will keep my state , Be like a king and show ...
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... poor heart ! he is so shaked of a burning quotidian tertain , that it is most lamentable to behold . men , come to him . Sweet Nym . The king hath run bad humors on the knight ; that's the even of it . 118 and 119 omitted in Ff.-I. G. ...
... poor heart ! he is so shaked of a burning quotidian tertain , that it is most lamentable to behold . men , come to him . Sweet Nym . The king hath run bad humors on the knight ; that's the even of it . 118 and 119 omitted in Ff.-I. G. ...
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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...