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" If sack and sugar be a fault, God help the wicked ! if to be old and merry be a sin, then many an old host that I know is damned : if to be fat be to be hated, then Pharaoh's lean kine are to be loved. No, my good lord ; banish Peto, banish Bardolph,... "
The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Winter's tale. Comedy of errors ... - Page 502
by William Shakespeare - 1839
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A Genealogy of Manners: Transformations of Social Relations in France and ...

Jorge Arditi - 1998 - 334 pages
...he is, saving your reverence, a whoremaster, that I utterly deny. If sack-and-sugar be a fault, God help the wicked! If to be old and merry be a sin,...company — banish plump Jack, and banish all the world. (2.4. 449-62) Clearly, Falstaff here stands not only for himself but for what he represents: freedom,...
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Henry IV, Part 1

William Shakespeare - 1998 - 340 pages
...remark. A common expression (Dent I; •) : and citations). deny. If sack-and-sugar be a fault, God help the wicked! If to be old and merry be a sin,...he is old Jack Falstaff, banish not him thy Harry's com- 460 pany, banish not him thy Harry's company — banish plump Jack, and banish all the world....
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Shakespeare's Twenty-First Century Economics: The Morality of Love and Money

Frederick Turner - 1999 - 232 pages
...communicator, actor, dweller of the world, eater and, finally eatee: If sack and sugar be a fault, God help the wicked! If to be old and merry be a sin,...Falstaff, banish not him thy Harry's company, banish not him thy Harry's company, banish plump Jack, and banish all the world! (i Henry IV, II.iv.475) Thus...
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Literary Imagination, Ancient and Modern: Essays in Honor of David Grene

Todd Breyfogle - 1999 - 420 pages
...he is, saving your reverence, a whoremaster, that I utterly deny. If sack and sugar be a fault, God help the wicked! If to be old and merry be a sin,...Falstaff, banish not him thy Harry's company, banish not him thy Harry's company—banish plump Jack, and banish all the world. (Lines 471-85) Says Hal:...
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Great Scenes from Shakespeare's Plays

John Green, Paul Negri - 2000 - 68 pages
...sugar be a fault, God help the wicked! if to be old and merry be a sin, then many an old host that l know is damned: if to be fat be to be hated, then...Falstaff, banish not him thy Harry's company, banish not him thy Harry's company: banish plump Jack, and banish all the world. PRINCE. I do, I will. While...
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The First Part of King Henry the Fourth

William Shakespeare - 2000 - 166 pages
...Pharaoh's lean kine are to be loved. No, my good lord: banish Peto, banish Bardolph, banish Poins; 460 but for sweet Jack Falstaff, kind Jack Falstaff, true...Falstaff, banish not him thy Harry's company, banish not him thy Harry's company. Banish plump Jack, and banish all the world! PRINCE I do, I will. [A knocking...
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Orson Welles on Shakespeare: The W.P.A. and Mercury Theatre Playscripts

Orson Welles - 2001 - 342 pages
...he is (saving your reverence) a whoremaster, that I utterly deny. If sack and sugar be a fault, God help the wicked! If to be old and merry be a sin,...valiant being, as he is, old Jack Falstaff, banish him not from thy Harry's company. Banish plump Jack, and banish all the world. PRINCE I do, I will....
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Shakespeare Survey, Volume 30

Kenneth Muir - 2002 - 236 pages
...one that is very deeply internalized, which carries, not to put too fine a point on it, a subtext: No, my good lord: banish Peto, banish Bardolph, banish...company, banish plump Jack, and banish all the world! ... I do, I will. (n, iv, 479-86) Here the characters' internal experience surfaces verbally; the core...
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Power Plays: Shakespeare's Lessons in Leadership and Management

John O. Whitney, Tina Packer - 2002 - 321 pages
...fool doth think he is wise, but the wiseman knows himself to be a fool. As You LIKE IT (5.1, 30-31) No, my good lord; banish Peto, banish Bardolph, banish...Falstaff, banish not him thy Harry's company, banish not him thy Harry's company, banish plump Jack, and banish all the world. KING HENRY IV, PART 1 (2.4,...
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Sovereign Amity: Figures of Friendship in Shakespearean Contexts

Laurie Shannon - 2002 - 258 pages
...generalized meaning ("Banish plump Jack, and banish all the world!") is first and foremost a personal plea: Banish Peto, banish Bardolph, banish Poins; but for...valiant, being, as he is, old Jack Falstaff, banish him not thy Harry's company, banish him not thy Harrys company. (1HIV, 2.4.451-56) In addition to his...
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