 | Quintus Horatius Flaccus - 1857 - 236 pages
...with death, the idea in Shakesp. Hen. IV. act v. sc. 4. (used moreover of « body on the ground) : " When that this body did contain a spirit A kingdom...too small a bound. But now, two paces of the vilest 40 41 Aerias tentasse domos, animoque rotundum 5 Percurrisse polum, morituro. Occidit et Pelopis genitor,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 830 pages
...dust, And food for [Dies. P. HEN. For worms, hravc Percy. Farethee* well, great heart ! — Ill-weav'd enforce his trial. CAR. That honourable day shall...Christian field, Streaming the ensign of the Christian dearf a show of zeal : But let my favours hide thy mangled face, And, even in thy behalf, I '11 thank... | |
 | 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
...over Hotspur's corpse that fixes his tragedy firmly in the outmoded de casibus tradition: Ill-weav'd ambition, how much art thou shrunk! When that this...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.... | |
 | Orson Welles - 1988 - 356 pages
...For worms, brave Percy. 906. The Prince, as in 901. PR1NCE: Fare thee well, great heart. / Hl-weaved ambition, how much art thou shrunk! / When that this...small a bound; / But now two paces of the vilest earth / 1s room enough. This earth that bears thee dead / Bears not alive so stout a gentleman. 907. LS:... | |
 | Peggy O'Brien - 1994 - 244 pages
...categories. Hal too has the sheen of chivalry upon him in his generous tribute to the dead Hotspur: Fare thee well, great heart. Ill-weaved ambition,...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
...and cold hand of death Lies on my tongue. No, Percy, thou art dust, And food for - He dies PRINCE HAL For worms, brave Percy. Fare thee well, great heart!...small a bound. But now two paces of the vilest earth 90 74 Well said well done! 82 / could prophesy. Prophecy was associ75 hoy's child's ated with dying... | |
 | 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,... | |
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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 : — this earth, that bears thee dead, Bears not alive so stout a gentleman. 
