 | William Shakespeare - 1927 - 990 pages
...knew ye as well as he that made ye. Why, hear ye, my masters: was it for me to kill the heir-apparent? es to your lordship. now a coward on instinct. I shall think the better of myself and thee during my life; I for a valiant... | |
 | Elmer Edgar Stoll - 1927 - 528 pages
...Convitato di pietra, sc. 28: 'A v'haveva vist' alla fe, e per quest'a burlava cosi.' matter; I was now a coward on instinct. I shall think the better of...I for a valiant lion, and thou for a true prince. THus, before or after him, some of Falstaff's shifts, like his 'monstrous devices' and his lazzi on... | |
 | 1872 - 898 pages
...what trick hast thou now ? " fal. By the Lord, I knew ye as well as he that made me. Why, hear me, my masters ; was it for me to kill the heir apparent...prince. Instinct is a great matter ; I was a coward upon instinct. I shall think the better of myself and thee during my life ; I, for a valiant lion,... | |
 | Amlin Gray - 1981 - 44 pages
...knew ye as well as he that made ye. Why, hear you, my lord. Was it for me to kill the heirapparent? Should I turn upon the true prince? Why, thou knowest...the true prince. Instinct is a great matter. I was now a coward on instinct. I shall think the better of myself and thee during my life —I for a valiant... | |
 | Michael Nerlich - 1987 - 282 pages
...FalstafPs cowardice, and takes him to task, Falstaff answers with crafty, bold folly: Why, hear you, my masters: was it for me to kill the heir apparent?...the true prince. Instinct is a great matter; I was now a coward on instinct. I shall think the better of myself and thee during my life; I for a valiant... | |
 | Stephen Greenblatt - 1988 - 226 pages
...prince. "Beware instinct—the lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter; I was now a coward on instinct. I shall think the better of...I for a valiant lion, and thou for a true prince" (2.4.271-75). Both claims—Falstaff's to natural valor, Hal's to legitimate royalty—are, the lines... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1994 - 884 pages
...discomfiture. The perfecFALSTAFF By the Lord, I knew ye as well as he that made ye. Why, hear you, my masters, was it for me to kill the heir apparent?...the true prince. Instinct is a great matter. I was now a coward on instinct. I shall think the better of myself, and thee, during my life - I for a valiant... | |
 | Jonathan Dollimore, Alan Sinfield - 1994 - 308 pages
...'Beware instinct — the lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter; I was now a coward on instinct. I shall think the better of...I for a valiant lion, and thou for a true prince' (II. iv. 171— 5). Both claims — Falstaffs to natural valour, Hal's to legitimate royalty -are,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1996 - 260 pages
...what trick hast thou now? FALSTAFF By the Lord, I knew ye as well as he that made ye. Why, hear you, my masters, was it for me to kill the heir apparent?...the true prince. Instinct is a great matter. I was now a coward on instinct. I shall think the better of myself, and thee, during my life - I for a valiant... | |
 | Orson Welles - 2001 - 342 pages
...open and apparent shame? FALSTAFF By the Lord, I knew ye as well as he that made ye. Why, hear you, my masters. Was it for me to kill the heir apparent?...the true prince. Instinct is a great matter. I was no a coward on instinct. 200 Orson Welles on Shakespeare I shall think the better of myself, and thee,... | |
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Should I turn upon the true prince? Why, thou knowest, I am as valiant as Hercules : but beware instinct ; the lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter ; I was a coward on instinct. I shall think the better of myself and thee, during... 
