 Yet the man, thus corrupt, thus despicable, makes himself necessary to the prince that despises him, by the most pleasing of all qualities, perpetual gayety ; by an unfailing power of exciting laughter ; which is the more freely indulged, as his wit is...  Henry IV, pt. 2. Henry V. Henry VI, pts. 1-3 - Page 112by William Shakespeare - 1848Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 632 pages
...necessary to the prince that despises him, by the most pleasing of all qualities, perpetual gaiety; by an unfailing power of exciting laughter, which...offensive but that it may be borne for his mirth. The moral to be drawn from this representation is, that no man is more dangerous than he that, with... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pages
...or ambitious kind, but consits in easy scapes and sallies of levity, whiih make sport, but vaiseno envy. It must be observed, that he is stained with...offensive but that it may be borne for his mirth. The moral to be drawn from this representation is, that no man is more dangerous than he that, with... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 488 pages
...necessary to the prince that despises him, by the most pleasing of all qualities, perpetual gaiety ; by an unfailing power of exciting laughter, which...offensive but that it may be borne for his mirth. The moral to be drawn from this representation is, that no man is more dangerous than he that, with... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 480 pages
...necessary to the prince that despises him, by the most pleasing of all qualities, perpetual gaiety ; by an unfailing power of exciting laughter, which...offensive but that it may be borne for his mirth. The moral to be drawn from this representation is, that no man is more dangerous than he that, with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 376 pages
...freely indulged, as his wit is not of the splendid or ambitious kind, butconsists in easyscapesand sallies of levity, which make sport, but raise no...offensive but that it may be borne for his mirth. The moral to be drawn from this representation is, that no man is more dangerous than he that, with... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 502 pages
...necejsary to the prince that despises him, by the most pleasing of all qualities, perpetual gaiety, by an unfailing power of exciting laughter, which...the splendid or ambitious kind, but consists in easy escapes and sallies of levity, which make sport, but raise no envy. It must be observed, that he is... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 390 pages
...necessary to the prince that despises him, by the most pleasing of all qualities, perpetual gaiety ; by an unfailing power of exciting laughter, which...offensive but that it may be borne for his mirth. The moral to be drawn from this representation is, that no man is more dangerous than he that, with... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 398 pages
...despises him, by the most pleasing of all qualities, perpetual gaiety; by an unfailing power of excitmg laughter, which is the more freely indulged, as his...offensive but that it may be borne for his mirth. Percy is a rugged soldier, cholerick and quarrelsome, and has only the .soldier's virtues, generosity... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 pages
...necessary to the prince that despises him, by the most pleasing of all qualities, perpetual gaiety, by an unfailing power of exciting laughter, which...offensive but that it may be borne for his mirth. The moral to be drawn from this representation is; that no man is more dangerous than he that, with... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 458 pages
...necessary to the prince that despises him, by the most pleasing of all qualities, perpetual gaiety, by an unfailing power of exciting laughter, which...offensive but that it may be borne for his mirth. The moral to be drawn from this representation is, that no man is more dangerous than he that, with... | |
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