 | William Shakespeare - 1839 - 536 pages
...ghosts they have depos'd ; Some poison'd by their wives, some sleeping kill'd ; All murder'd :—For within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples...Keeps death his court : and there the antic sits, 7 Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp; Allowing him a breath, a little scene To monarchize,... | |
 | Francis Douce - 1839 - 678 pages
...time, seems to mean in this place, a measure, portion, or quantity. SCENE 2. Page 280. K. RICH For within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps death his court; and there the antick sits, Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp. Some part of this fine description might... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...ghosts they have deposed, Some poisoned by their wives, some sleeping killed — All murdered; for . state and grinning at his pomp, Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchize, be feared, and... | |
 | Nicholas B. Dirks - 1993 - 486 pages
...the ghosts they have deposed, Some poisoned by their wives, some sleeping killed, All murdered - for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples...his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp, Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchize, be feared, and... | |
 | Meredith Anne Skura - 1993 - 348 pages
...skewering death suffered by Marlowe's Edward II. Death strikes by boring a hole in the king's body: Within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples...king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits . . . Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchize, be fear'd, and kill with looks; Infusing... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1994 - 884 pages
...the ghosts they have deposed, Some poisoned by their wives, some sleeping killed, All murdered. For within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples...his court; and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp, Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchize, be feared, and... | |
 | Harry S. Broudy - 1994 - 134 pages
...person. Yet could any image be more vivid and definite than this one is? Shakespeare has Richard II say: Within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples...Death his court: and there the antic sits Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp : This is a wry commentary on the pride of power, but its effectiveness... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1995 - 136 pages
...the ghosts they have deposed, Some poisoned by their wives, some sleeping killed All murdered; for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples...his court; and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp; Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchize, be feared, and... | |
 | Pauline Kiernan - 1998 - 236 pages
...the actual King Richard's downfall. This is an original Shakespearean fiction: All murthered - for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples...his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp, Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchic, be fear'd, and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1996 - 1290 pages
...ghosts they have deposed; Some poison'd by their wives; some sleeping kill'd; All murder'd: — for y; and, as he said to me, 'twas no longer ago than...Wednesday last, T good faith, neighbour Quickly,' antick sits, Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp; Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To... | |
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All murder'd : for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp... 
