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" To do our country loss; and if to, live, The fewer men, the greater share of honour. God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more. 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;... "
The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, from the text of Johnson, Stevens ... - Page 47
by William Shakespeare - 1851
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English Verse: The early lyrics to Shakespeare

William Peacock - 1928 - 476 pages
...that wishes so ? My cousin Westmoreland ? No, my fair cousin : If we are mark'd to die, we are enow To do our country loss ; and if to live, The fewer...in my desires : But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive. No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England : God's peace !...
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Peace and War: A Collection of Poems

Michael Harrison, Christopher Stuart-Clark - 1989 - 216 pages
...he that wishes so? My cousin Westmoreland? No, my fair cousin: If we are mark'd to die, we are enow To do our country loss; and if to live, The fewer...in my desires: But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive. No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England: God's peace! I...
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An Audition Handbook of Great Speeches

Jerry Blunt - 1990 - 232 pages
...die, we are enow To do our country loss, and if to live, The fewer men, the greater share of honor. God's will! I pray thee wish not one man more. By...dwell not in my desires. But if it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending man alive. No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England. God's peace!...
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The Columbia Granger's Dictionary of Poetry Quotations

Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...adoration? Art thou aught else but place, degree, and form, Creating awe and fear in other men? (IV, i) 59 r r honor 1 am the most offending soul alive. (IV, iii) 60 This day is called the Feast of Crispian. He...
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Four Histories

William Shakespeare - 1994 - 884 pages
...that wishes so? My cousin Westmorland? No, my fair cousin. If we are marked to die, we are enow >o To do our country loss: and if to live, The fewer...in my desires. But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive. No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England: 30 God's peace!...
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Selected Poems

William Shakespeare - 1995 - 136 pages
...die, we are enow To do our country loss; and if to live, The fewer men, the greater share of honor. God's will! I pray thee wish not one man more. By...dwell not in my desires: But if it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul alive. No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England. God's peace!...
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The Moral of the Story: Literature and Public Ethics

Henry T. Edmondson - 2000 - 276 pages
...honor.36 Henry explains that he may not be greedy for material gain, but he lusts for something nobler. God's will, I pray thee wish not one man more. By...in my desires. But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive. (IV:iii:23-29; my emphasis) Henry continues that he "would not...
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Henry V. EG: The Shakespeare Folios

William Shakespeare - 2001 - 272 pages
...of those men in England That do no work today! King What's he that wishes so? My cousin Westmorland? No, my fair cousin. If we are mark'd to die, we are...in my desires. But if it be a sin to covet honour I am the most offending soul alive. No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England. God's peace, I...
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Orson Welles on Shakespeare: The W.P.A. and Mercury Theatre Playscripts

Orson Welles - 2001 - 342 pages
...he that wishes so? My cousin Westmoreland? No, my fair cousin. If we are marked to die, we are enow To do our country loss; and if to live, The fewer...outward things dwell not in my desires: But if it is a sin to covet honour, 1 am the most offending soul alive. No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from...
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Henry V, Part 2

William Shakespeare - 2001 - 212 pages
...share of honour. God's will, I pray thee wish not one man more. By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, 25 Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost. It yearns me...in my desires. But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive. 30 No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England. God's peace,...
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