 | Leigh Hunt - 1850 - 354 pages
...enthusiastic tone of voice, addressing me by name with the first two lines. "Hunt !" he exclaimed, — " For Heaven's sake, let us sit upon the ground, And tell sad stories of the death of kings." The old lady looked on the coach-floor, as if expecting to see us take... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 744 pages
...but death; And that small model of the barren earth, Which serves as paste and cover to our bones. For Heaven's sake, let us sit upon the ground, And...All murdered. — For within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps death his court ; and there the antic sits, Scoffing his... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - 1851 - 570 pages
...but death ; And that small model of the barren earth, Which serves as paste and cover to our bones. For heaven's sake, let us sit upon the ground, And...All murdered : — For within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps Dentil his court : and there the antic sits. Scoffing his... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 544 pages
...death ; And that small model a of the barren earth, Which serves as paste and cover to our bones b. For heaven's sake, let us sit upon the ground, And...stories of the death of kings : — How some have been depos'd, some slain in war, Some haunted by the ghosts they have depos'd0: Some poison'd by their wives,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 408 pages
...but death; And that small model of the barren earth. Which serves as paste and cover to our bones. For heaven's sake, let us sit upon the ground, And...stories of the death of kings: — How some have been depos'd, some slain in war; ' Some haunted by the ghosts they have depos'dj Some, poison'd by their... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 546 pages
...death ; And that small model" of the barren earth, Which serves as paste and cover to our bones b. For heaven's sake, let us sit upon the ground, And...stories of the death of kings : — How some have been depos'd, some slain in war, Some haunted by the ghosts they have depos'd0: Some poison 'd by their... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1996 - 1290 pages
...death, And that small model of the barren earth Which serves as paste and cover to our bones. For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground, And tell sad stories...Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed; Some poison'd by their wives; some sleeping kill'd; All murder'd: — for within the hollow crown That rounds... | |
 | Pauline Kiernan - 1998 - 236 pages
...depicted as sitting down to hear the sad stories of the ghosts of dead kings. How some have been depos'd, some slain in war, Some haunted by the ghosts they...deposed, Some poisoned by their wives, some sleeping kill'd. (Richard II,l\l.\i. 157-9) Richard describes the life of each dead king as a theatrical event,... | |
 | Michael Burlingame - 1997 - 418 pages
...from Shakespeare was Richard IPs lament, which John Hay heard him read in Springfield and Washington: For heaven's sake, let us sit upon the ground, And...All murdered: — 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,... | |
 | Ernst Hartwig Kantorowicz - 1997 - 622 pages
...procession of tortured kings passing in review before Richard's eyes is proof of that change: For God's sake let us sit upon the ground, And tell sad stories...All murdered — 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... | |
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God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings: How some have been deposed ; some slain in war ; Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed ; Some poisoned by their wives ; some sleeping killed; All murdered... 
