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" I know thee not, old man: Fall to thy prayers ; How ill white hairs become a fool, and jester! "
Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art - Page 257
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Staging Politics: The Lasting Impact of Shakespeare's Histories

Wolfgang Iser - 1993 - 254 pages
...appeals to him: My King! My Jove! I speak to thee, my heart! But the response is one of total rejection: I know thee not, old man. Fall to thy prayers. How ill white hairs becomes a fool and jester! I have long dreamt of such a kind of man, So surfeit-swell'd, so old, and...
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Shakespeare Set Free: Teaching Hamlet, Henry IV

Peggy O'Brien - 1994 - 244 pages
...that Falstaff is behaving in an unseemly way or that he merits the chilling rebuke that follows: KING I know thee not, old man, fall to thy prayers. How...white hairs become a fool and jester! I have long dreamt of such a kind of man, So surfeit-swell'd, so old, and so profane; But being awak'd, I do despise...
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Four Histories

William Shakespeare - 1994 - 884 pages
...Know you what 'tis you speak? FALSTAFF My King! My Jove! I speak to thee, my heart! KING HENRY V 50 I know thee not, old man. Fall to thy prayers. How ill white hairs becomes a fool and jester. I have long dreamt of such a kind of man, So surfeit-swelled, so old, and...
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Shakespeare's World of Death: The Early Tragedies

Richard Courtney - 1995 - 274 pages
...period of happy time; and they wake to an unpleasant actuality. Similarly Henry V spurns Falstaff: I know thee not, old man. Fall to thy prayers. How...white hairs become a fool and jester. I have long dreamt of such a kind of man, So surfeit-swelled, so old, and so profane, But being awaked I do despise...
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1996 - 1290 pages
...you speak? FALSTAKF. My king! my Jove! 1 speak to thee, my heart! K!NC, HKXKY THE FIFTH. I know thec drcani'd of such a kind of man, So surfeit-swcll'd, so old, and so profane; But, being awaked, I do...
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Shakespeare in Opera, Ballet, Orchestral Music, and Song: An Introduction to ...

Arthur Graham - 1997 - 244 pages
...cajole. We hear the "cajoling" theme from the Introduction. 5:15 The King rejects him cruelly, saying,"! know thee not, old man; fall to thy prayers. / How ill white hairs become a fool and jester." The procession moves on. 6:32 At the inn, where Sir John lies, near his death. Falstaff s death is...
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Henry IV, Part 2

William Shakespeare - 1998 - 308 pages
...Know you what 'tis you speak ? FALSTAFF My king, my Jove, I speak to thee, my heart ! 45 KING HENRY I know thee not, old man. Fall to thy prayers. How ill white hairs becomes a fool and jester ! I have long dreamt of such a kind of man, So surfeit-swelled, so old, and...
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The Later Tudors: England, 1547-1603

Penry Williams - 1998 - 650 pages
...when, after the death of his father, he meets Falstaff, who greets him royally. Hal, now King, replies: I know thee not, old man. Fall to thy prayers. How ill white hairs becomes a fool and jester! He goes on to spell out his betrayal: Presume not that I am the thing I...
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How to Read a Play

Ronald Hayman - 1999 - 116 pages
...aside Folly now that the death of his father has made him rise to the responsibilities of maturity: I know thee not, old man. Fall to thy prayers. How...jester! I have long dreamed of such a kind of man, So surfeit-swelled, so old, and so profane; But, being awaked, I do despise my dream. Make less thy...
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Shakespeare on Management: Leadership Lessons for Today's Managers

Paul Corrigan - 2000 - 260 pages
...king of England. He approaches Henry as he returns from his coronation and is rejected completely: / know thee not, old man: fall to thy prayers; How ill...white hairs become a fool and jester! I have long dream'd of such a kind of man, So surfeit-swell'd, so old and so profane; But, being awaked, I do despise...
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