 John. It is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves that take their humours for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life ; And, on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty, when, perchance,...  The Works of Shakespeare ... - Page 105by William Shakespeare - 1907Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1839 - 572 pages
...murdered him; I had a mighty cause To wish him dead, but thou hadst none to kill him. Hub. Had none, my lord! why, did you not provoke me ? K. John. It...of kings to be attended By slaves, that take their humors for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life; And, on the winking of authority, To... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1839 - 568 pages
...murdered him ; I had a mighty cause To wish him dead, but thou hadst none to kill him. Hub. Had none, my lord ! why, did you not provoke me ? K. John. It...of kings to be attended By slaves, that take their humors for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life ; And, on the winking of authority, To... | |
 | Francis Douce - 1839 - 678 pages
...should your fears," &c. The explanation given by Mr. Malone might have sufficed. SCENE 2. Page 137. K. JOHN. It is the curse of kings to be attended By slaves that take their humours for a warrant To hreak within the bloody house of life. Mr. Malone ingeniously conceives this to be a covert apology... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 480 pages
...him wrong'd, and mak'st his ear A stranger to thy thoughts. 37 — iii. 3. 161 Deceptive obedience It is the curse of kings to be attended By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant ; — And, on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty,... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - 1840 - 600 pages
...sovereign, queen Elizabeth, towards Davison, in his mind when he put these sentiments in the mouth of king John : — " It is the curse of kings to be attended...slaves, that take their humours for a warrant, To break into the bloody house of life : And on the winking of authority, To understand a law, to know the meaning... | |
 | Queensland. Department of Public Instruction - 1913 - 274 pages
...Pupil-Teacher ol the Fourth Class. (ONE HOUR AND A-HALF ALLOWED.) 1. Explain the following extracts : — (a) " It is the curse of kings to be attended By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant. King John. (b) " Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more ; Or close the wall up with our... | |
 | 1918 - 184 pages
...Preserved, Act I, Sc. i, by T. OTWAY. March 4 Samuel Rawson Gardiner, b. 1829. March 5 Henry II, b. 1133. It is the curse of kings to be attended By slaves,...a warrant To break within the bloody house of life ; And on the winking of authority, To understand a law, to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty, when,... | |
 | Stopford Augustus Brooke - 1919 - 332 pages
...talk is a mingled skein. Now he thinks of his own danger ; now his conscience seems to trouble him. It is the curse of kings to be attended By slaves...warrant To break within the bloody house of life. There speaks the politician fearing for his crown. 0, when the last account 'twixt heaven and earth... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1919 - 756 pages
...Hubert, where he reproaches his minion with the death of young Arthur, and impatiently exclaims — 'It is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves,...warrant To break within the bloody house of life.' It is not compunction for the deed, but dread of the consequences that wring from him those passionate... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1919 - 762 pages
...Hubert, where he reproaches his minion with the death of young Arthur, and impatiently exclaims — ' It is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves,...warrant To break within the bloody house of life.' It is not compunction for the deed, but dread of the consequences that wring from him those passionate... | |
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