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" That rents the thorns, and is rent with the thorns ; Seeking a way, and straying from the way ; Not knowing how to find the open air, But toiling desperately to find it out, — Torment myself to catch the English crown. And from that torment I will free... "
The Plays of William Shakspeare: King Henry IV, part 2 ; Henry V ; King Henry VI - Page 524
by William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1847
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The Works of William Shakespeare: First part of King Henry VI. Second part ...

William Shakespeare - 1866 - 614 pages
...torment I will free myself, Or how my way out with a bloody axe. Why, I can smile, and murder whiles I smile ; And cry " Content" to that which grieves...Sinon, take another Troy : I can add colours to the chameleon ; Change shapes with Proteus for advantages ; And set the murderous Machiavel to school....
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1866 - 612 pages
...free myself, Or hew my way out with a bloody axe. Why, I can smile, and murder whiles I smile ; Arid cry " Content" to that which grieves my heart ; And...Sinon, take another Troy : I can add colours to the chameleon ; Change shapes with Proteus for advantages ; And set the murderous Machiavel to school....
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A Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poets

Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 pages
...And he, long-traded in it, makes it seem Like rivers of remorse and innocence. Sh. K. John, IT. 3. Why, I can smile, and murder while I smile : And cry,...artificial tears, And frame my face to all occasions. 8h. Htn. vi. 3, in. 3. But then I sigh, and with a piece of scripture, Tell them — that God bids...
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The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 82

1911 - 1068 pages
...own character, in the lines transferred by Cibber from "King Henry VI, Part Three," Act III, Scene 2: "Why, I can smile, and murder while I smile, And cry...artificial tears. And frame my face to all occasions." Cooke, as Richard, wore for court dress a doublet fastened by a broad, jeweled belt, a short cloak...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1872 - 492 pages
...torment I will free myself, Or hew my way out with a bloody axe. Why, I can smile, and murder whiles I smile ; And cry content to that which grieves my...Ulysses could ; And, like a Sinon, take another Troy : And set the murderous Macbiavel to school. Can I do this, and cannot get a crown ? Tut, were it further...
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Shakspeare Gems

William Shakespeare - 1872 - 344 pages
...That carries no impression like the dam. And am I then a man to be beloved ? Gtoster's Dissimulation. Why, I can smile, and murder while I smile ; And cry,...occasions ; I'll drown more sailors than the mermaid shall ; I '11 slay more gazers than the basilisk ; 1 '11 play the orator as well as Nestor ; Deceive more...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1874 - 646 pages
...live, to account this world but hell. Until my mis-shap'd trunk that bears this head, Be round nnpaled with a glorious crown. And yet I know not how to get...artificial tears, And frame my face to all occasions. I 'll drown more sailors than the mermaid shall ; I 'll slay more gazers than the basilisk; I 'll play...
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The Myth of the State

Ernst Cassirer - 1946 - 320 pages
...Gloucester, in the Third Part of Shakespeare's King Henry the Sixth: "Why, I can smile and murder whiles I smile, And cry Content to that which grieves my...Sinon, take another Troy. I can add colours to the chameleon, Change shapes with Proteus for advantages, And set the murderous Machiavel to school." °...
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Exile and Change in Renaissance Literature

A. Bartlett Giamatti - 1984 - 196 pages
...culmination of the Duke of Gloucester's soliloquy in Henry VI, Part III. Why, I can smile, and murder whiles I smile, And cry "Content" to that which grieves my...I'll play the orator as well as Nestor, Deceive more slyly than Ulysses could, And, like a Sinon, take another Troy. I can add colors to the Chameleon,...
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An Audition Handbook of Great Speeches

Jerry Blunt - 1990 - 232 pages
...that bears this head Be round impaled with a glorious crown, ... Why, I can smile, and murther whiles I smile, And cry, "Content," to that which grieves...I'll play the orator as well as Nestor, Deceive more slyly than Ulysses could, And, like a Sinon, take another Troy. 1 can add colours to the chameleon,...
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