 | 1865 - 600 pages
...an idea reproduced a hundredfold, and notably by Shakespeare — ' I fenry IV.'— (Act v. Sc. 4.) ' When that this body did contain a spirit, A kingdom...now two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough.' probably in imitation of the lines of Ovid (Mctam. xii. 615, &c.).* With the 98th Epigram of Leonidas... | |
 | Amlin Gray - 1981 - 44 pages
...thou hast robbed me of my youth. (He dies.) HAL. Adieu, brave Hotspur. Fare thee well, great heart. When that this body did contain a spirit A kingdom...now two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough. I'll cover up thy face. (He lays a cloak or handkerchief over Hotspur's face and starts out. Sees Falstaff.)... | |
 | James C. Bulman - 1985 - 276 pages
...tragedy firmly in the outmoded de casibus tradition: Ill-weav'd ambition, how much art thou shrunk! When that this body did contain a spirit, A kingdom...now two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough. (5.4.88-92) consciousness that, in its theatrical flexibility, transcends the monolithic heroic ethos.... | |
 | Lars Engle - 1993 - 284 pages
...much Hal has expanded: Fare thee well, great heart! Ill-weav'd ambition, how much art thou shrunk! When that this body did contain a spirit, A kingdom...show of zeal; But let my favours hide thy mangled face. And even in thy behalf I'll thank myself For doing these fair rites of tenderness. (5.4.86) Though... | |
 | Peggy O'Brien - 1994 - 244 pages
...tribute to the dead Hotspur: Fare thee well, great heart. Ill-weaved ambition, how much art thou shrunk! When that this body did contain a spirit, A kingdom...bears thee dead Bears not alive so stout a gentleman. (5.4.89-95) Hal's detractors will say it is easy for winners to be generous. Maybe so, but not all... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1994 - 884 pages
...amhition. Poorly woven stop (thoughts, life, and eventually, cloth shrank easily. HENRY IV, PART ONE V.4 Is room enough. This earth that bears thee dead Bears...show of zeal, But let my favours hide thy mangled face, And even in thy behalf I'll thank myself For doing these fair rites of tenderness. Adieu, and... | |
 | James Howe - 1994 - 290 pages
...alternatives his world has seemed to offer. He speaks first to his most recent choice, saying of Hotspur, When that this body did contain a spirit A kingdom...now two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough. (5.4.89-92) Its danger past, Percy's ambition is seen to reflect a noble spirit. Nonetheless, Hal's... | |
 | Murray Cox, Alice Theilgaard - 1994 - 482 pages
...alter-ego and sparring partner, Hotspur, finishes the unfinished line: 'For worms, brave Percy. . . When that this body did contain a spirit, A kingdom...now two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough.' (I Henry /KV.4.76) Dramatic presentation is sometimes accused of being unrealistic when the dying,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1996 - 1290 pages
...did contain a spirit, A kingdom for it was too small a bound; But now two paces of the vilest eartb S BRUTUS. You did. CASSIUS. I did not: — he was but a fool that brought My answer face; And, even in thy behalf, I'll thank myself For doing these fair rites of tenderness. Adieu, and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1996 - 260 pages
...dust, And food for 'For worms,1 adds Hal, as Percy dies before being able to complete his sentence. When that this body did contain a spirit, A kingdom...now two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough. . . . But let my favours hide thy mangled face. . . . V.4.88-95 Hal speaks sadly, regretfully; there... | |
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When that this body did contain a spirit, A kingdom for it was too small a bound; But now two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough. 
