The Works of William Shakespeare: King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV ; Henry VWhittaker & Company, 1842 |
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... seems suffi- ciently clear . Malone " suspected that two half lines had been lost . " 2 A woman's will : ] So in the old " King John , " Elinor says , " I can infer a will , That bars the way he urgeth by descent . " And Constance ...
... seems suffi- ciently clear . Malone " suspected that two half lines had been lost . " 2 A woman's will : ] So in the old " King John , " Elinor says , " I can infer a will , That bars the way he urgeth by descent . " And Constance ...
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... be put for poten- tates ; but by " equal potents " the Bastard seems rather to mean , that the victory being undecided , the two kings are equi - potent . Our former scruple in our strong - barr'd gates , 30 [ ACT II . KING JOHN .
... be put for poten- tates ; but by " equal potents " the Bastard seems rather to mean , that the victory being undecided , the two kings are equi - potent . Our former scruple in our strong - barr'd gates , 30 [ ACT II . KING JOHN .
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... seems to be that grief ( which the poet personifies ) is proud even while he compels his owner to stoop , as Constance did to the earth , to receive the homage of monarchs . To solemnize this day , the glorious sun Stays in SCENE 1 ...
... seems to be that grief ( which the poet personifies ) is proud even while he compels his owner to stoop , as Constance did to the earth , to receive the homage of monarchs . To solemnize this day , the glorious sun Stays in SCENE 1 ...
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... seems to afford a poorer sense . A few lines afterwards the old copies have , " No scope of nature , " usually , but perhaps inju- riously printed scape by the modern editors . What may be wrought out of their discontent : Now 60 [ ACT ...
... seems to afford a poorer sense . A few lines afterwards the old copies have , " No scope of nature , " usually , but perhaps inju- riously printed scape by the modern editors . What may be wrought out of their discontent : Now 60 [ ACT ...
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... seems to be , that in Shakespeare , as well as in the old " King John , " the scene is transferred to England . 2 Fast to the chair : ] In the old " King John , " we read at this point , " When you shall hear me ( says Hubert ) cry God ...
... seems to be , that in Shakespeare , as well as in the old " King John , " the scene is transferred to England . 2 Fast to the chair : ] In the old " King John , " we read at this point , " When you shall hear me ( says Hubert ) cry God ...
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Page 167 - All murder'd: for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp, Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchize, be fear'd, and kill with looks, Infusing him with self and vain conceit, As if this flesh which walls about our life Were brass impregnable; and humour'd thus Comes at the last, and with a little pin Bores through his castle wall, and — farewell king!
Page 320 - tis no matter; Honour pricks me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me off when I come on, how then ? Can honour set to a leg ? No. Or an arm ? No. Or take away the grief of a wound? No. Honour hath no skill in surgery then ? No. What is honour? A word. What is in that word, honour ? What is that honour ? Air. A trim reckoning ! — Who hath it ? He that died o
Page 560 - Like to the senators of th' antique Rome, With the plebeians swarming at their heels, Go forth, and fetch their conquering Caesar in : As, by a lower but by loving likelihood, Were now the general of our gracious empress (As in good time he may) from Ireland coming, Bringing rebellion broached on his sword, How many would the peaceful city quit, To welcome him ! much more, and much more cause, Did they this Harry.
Page 236 - I'll sup. Farewell. Poins. Farewell, my lord. [Exit POINS. P. Hen, I know you all, and will a while uphold The unyok'd humour of your idleness : Yet herein will I imitate the sun, Who doth permit the base contagious clouds To smother up his beauty from the world, That when he please again to be himself, Being wanted, he may be more wonder'd at, By breaking through the foul and ugly mists Of vapours, that did seem to strangle him.
Page 540 - Be in their flowing cups freshly remember'd. This story shall the good man teach his son ; And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered...
Page 501 - Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead ! In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility : But when the blast of war...