The Works of William Shakespeare: King Henry VI ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIIIWhittaker & Company, 1842 |
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... crown shall be the ransom of my friend : Four of their lords I'll change for one of ours.- Farewell , my masters ; to my task will I. Bonfires in France forthwith I am to make , To keep our great Saint George's feast withal : Ten ...
... crown shall be the ransom of my friend : Four of their lords I'll change for one of ours.- Farewell , my masters ; to my task will I. Bonfires in France forthwith I am to make , To keep our great Saint George's feast withal : Ten ...
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... it before , in exactly the same sense , in " Measure for Measure , " Vol . ii . p . 11. The allusion is to the shaven crown of the bishop of Winchester . Thou that giv'st whores indulgences to sin3 . I'll canvass 20 [ ACT I. FIRST PART OF.
... it before , in exactly the same sense , in " Measure for Measure , " Vol . ii . p . 11. The allusion is to the shaven crown of the bishop of Winchester . Thou that giv'st whores indulgences to sin3 . I'll canvass 20 [ ACT I. FIRST PART OF.
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... crown himself king , and suppress the prince . Glo . I will not answer thee with words , but blows . [ Here they skirmish again . May . Nought rests for me , in this tumultuous strife , But to make open proclamation.- Come , officer ...
... crown himself king , and suppress the prince . Glo . I will not answer thee with words , but blows . [ Here they skirmish again . May . Nought rests for me , in this tumultuous strife , But to make open proclamation.- Come , officer ...
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... crown with her ; And all the priests and friars in my realm . Shall in procession sing her endless praise . A statelier pyramis to her I'll rear , Than Rhodope's , or Memphis ' , ever was : In memory of her , when she is dead , Her ...
... crown with her ; And all the priests and friars in my realm . Shall in procession sing her endless praise . A statelier pyramis to her I'll rear , Than Rhodope's , or Memphis ' , ever was : In memory of her , when she is dead , Her ...
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... crown , That two such noble peers as ye should jar . Believe me , lords , my tender years can tell , Civil dissension is a viperous worm , That gnaws the bowels of the commonwealth.- [ A Noise within : Down with the tawny coats ! What ...
... crown , That two such noble peers as ye should jar . Believe me , lords , my tender years can tell , Civil dissension is a viperous worm , That gnaws the bowels of the commonwealth.- [ A Noise within : Down with the tawny coats ! What ...
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Page 565 - The letter, as I live, with all the business I writ to his holiness. Nay then, farewell ! I have touch'd the highest point of all my greatness : And, from that full meridian of my glory, I haste now to my setting. I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening, And no man see me more.
Page 573 - Love thyself last ; cherish those hearts that hate thee ; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not : Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's : then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr...
Page 572 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries ; but thou hast forc'd me Out of thy honest truth to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes : and thus far hear me, Cromwell ; And, — when I am forgotten, as I shall be ; And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, — say, I taught thee...
Page 607 - With all the virtues that attend the good, Shall still be doubled on her : truth shall nurse her, Holy and heavenly thoughts still counsel her : She shall be lov'd and fear'd : Her own shall bless her : Her foes shake like a field of beaten corn, And hang their heads with sorrow : Good grows with her : In her days, every man shall eat in safety Under his own vine, what he plants ; and sing The merry songs of peace to all his neighbours : God shall be truly known ; and those about her From her shall...
Page 268 - Pass'd over to the end they were created, Would bring white hairs unto a quiet grave. Ah, what a life were this ! how sweet ! how lovely ! Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade To shepherds looking on their silly sheep, Than doth a rich embroider'd canopy To kings that fear their subjects' treachery ? O ! yes it doth ; a thousand fold it doth.
Page 267 - 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, Thereby to see the minutes how they run, How many make the hour full complete; How many hours bring about the day; How many days will finish up the year; How many years a mortal man may live. When this is known, then to divide the times: So many hours must I tend my flock; So many hours must I take my rest; So many hours must I contemplate; So many...
Page 376 - All scatter'd in the bottom of the sea ; Some lay in dead men's skulls ; and in those holes Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept (As 'twere in scorn of eyes, ) reflecting gems, That woo'd the slimy bottom of the deep, And mock'd the dead bones that lay scatter'd by.
Page 267 - 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 43 - Will I upon thy party wear this rose : And here I prophesy, — This brawl to-day, Grown to this faction, in the Temple garden, Shall send, between the red rose and the white, A thousand souls to death and deadly night.
Page 187 - 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 three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops ; and I will make it felony, to drink small beer : all the realm shall be in common, and in Cht-apside shall my palfry go to grass.