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Harding says , in his Chronicle , that the cause of quarrel was Richard's taking
down the Duke of Auftria's arms and banner , which he had set up above those of
the King of France and the King of Jerusalem . The affront was given , when they
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Harding says , in his Chronicle , that the cause of quarrel was Richard's taking
down the Duke of Auftria's arms and banner , which he had set up above those of
the King of France and the King of Jerusalem . The affront was given , when they
...
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A double allusion was intended ; first , to the fable of the ass in the lion's skin ;
then Richard I. is finely set in competition with Alcides , as Auftria is satirically
coupled with the ass . THEOBALD . The foes of Hercules are more than once ...
A double allusion was intended ; first , to the fable of the ass in the lion's skin ;
then Richard I. is finely set in competition with Alcides , as Auftria is satirically
coupled with the ass . THEOBALD . The foes of Hercules are more than once ...
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with your lioness , I'd set an ox - head to your lion's hide , And make a monster of
you . Aust . Peace ; no more . BAST . O , tremble ; for you hear the lion roar . K.
John . Up higher to the plain ; where we'll set forth , In best appointment , all our ...
with your lioness , I'd set an ox - head to your lion's hide , And make a monster of
you . Aust . Peace ; no more . BAST . O , tremble ; for you hear the lion roar . K.
John . Up higher to the plain ; where we'll set forth , In best appointment , all our ...
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... kings is set on fire ! 1 roam on . 3 Say , soall the current of cur right run on ? ' ]
The old copySteevens . The editor of the second folio substituted run , which has
been adopted in the subsequent editions . I do not perceive any need of change .
... kings is set on fire ! 1 roam on . 3 Say , soall the current of cur right run on ? ' ]
The old copySteevens . The editor of the second folio substituted run , which has
been adopted in the subsequent editions . I do not perceive any need of change .
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Wherefore joyning together , that before were three severall parts , they set open
the gates , and all the best of them issued out with an horrible noyse and shoute ,
that they made the Romaines afraide withall , in such wise that they fled before ...
Wherefore joyning together , that before were three severall parts , they set open
the gates , and all the best of them issued out with an horrible noyse and shoute ,
that they made the Romaines afraide withall , in such wise that they fled before ...
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Page 126 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Page 112 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
Page 76 - As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
Page 120 - I knit my handkerchief about your brows, (The best I had ; a princess wrought it me,) And I did never ask it you again ; And with my hand at midnight held your head ; And, like the watchful minutes to the hour, Still and anon cheered up the heavy time ; Saying, What lack you ? and, Where lies your grief?
Page 361 - To chase these pagans in those holy fields Over whose acres walk'd those blessed feet Which fourteen hundred years ago were nail'd For our advantage on the bitter cross.
Page 392 - Took it in snuff; and still he smil'd and talk'd ; And, as the soldiers bore dead bodies by, He call'd them untaught knaves, unmannerly, To bring a slovenly unhandsome corse Betwixt the wind and his nobility.
Page 391 - But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly...
Page 490 - GLENDOWER I can call spirits from the vasty deep. HOTSPUR Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them?
Page 589 - twas time to counterfeit, or that hot termagant Scot had paid me scot and lot too. Counterfeit ? I lie, I am no counterfeit : To die is to be a counterfeit ; for he. is but the counterfeit of a man, who hath not the life of a man...
Page 570 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it ? No. Doth he hear it? No. Is it insensible then ? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living ? No. Why ? Detraction will not suffer it : — therefore I'll none of it: Honour is a mere 'scutcheon, and so ends my catechism.
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| Title | The Plays of William Shakspeare. In Fifteen Volumes: King John. Richard II. Henry IV, pt. I Volume 8 of The Plays of William Shakspeare. In Fifteen Volumes: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added, Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens, G. G. J. and J. Robinson (Paternoster-Row, London, England) |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | George Steevens |
| Contributors | Henry Baldwin, Charles Dilly, Joseph Johnson, Thomas Vernor, Thomas Longman, B. Law and Son |
| Publisher | H. Baldwin, 1793 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 12 Sep 2007 |
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