The Works of Shakespear: In Eight Volumes, Volume 4J. and P. Knapton, 1747 |
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... noble lord of Lancaster , The honourable father to my foe , Once did I lay an ambush for your life , A trespass that doth vex my grieved foul ; But ere I laft receiv'd the Sacrament , I did confefs it , and exactly begg'd Your Grace's ...
... noble lord of Lancaster , The honourable father to my foe , Once did I lay an ambush for your life , A trespass that doth vex my grieved foul ; But ere I laft receiv'd the Sacrament , I did confefs it , and exactly begg'd Your Grace's ...
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... noble breafts , What shall I fay ? to fafeguard thine own life , The best way is to ' venge my Glofter's death . Gaunt . God's is the Quarrel ; for God's Subftitute , His Deputy anointed in his fight , Hath caus'd his death ; the which ...
... noble breafts , What shall I fay ? to fafeguard thine own life , The best way is to ' venge my Glofter's death . Gaunt . God's is the Quarrel ; for God's Subftitute , His Deputy anointed in his fight , Hath caus'd his death ; the which ...
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... noble eye profane a tear For me , if I be gor'd with Mowbray's fpear : As confident , as is the Faulcon's flight Against a bird , do I with Mowbray fight . My loving lord , I take my leave of you , Of you , my noble Coufin , lord ...
... noble eye profane a tear For me , if I be gor'd with Mowbray's fpear : As confident , as is the Faulcon's flight Against a bird , do I with Mowbray fight . My loving lord , I take my leave of you , Of you , my noble Coufin , lord ...
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... noble uncle , Lancaster ? K. Rich . What comfort , man ? How is't with aged Gaunt ? Gaunt . Oh , how that Name befits my compofition ! Old Gaunt , indeed , and gaunt in being old : Within me grief hath kept a tedious faft ; And who ...
... noble uncle , Lancaster ? K. Rich . What comfort , man ? How is't with aged Gaunt ? Gaunt . Oh , how that Name befits my compofition ! Old Gaunt , indeed , and gaunt in being old : Within me grief hath kept a tedious faft ; And who ...
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... noble Edward's fons , Of whom thy father , Prince of Wales , was first : In war , was never Lion rag'd more fierce ; In peace , was never gentle Lamb more mild , Than was that young and princely Gentleman ; His face thou haft , for even ...
... noble Edward's fons , Of whom thy father , Prince of Wales , was first : In war , was never Lion rag'd more fierce ; In peace , was never gentle Lamb more mild , Than was that young and princely Gentleman ; His face thou haft , for even ...
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Page 117 - By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon, Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned honour by the locks ; So he that doth redeem her thence might wear Without corrival all her dignities : But out upon this half-faced fellowship ! Wor.
Page 187 - 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.
Page 392 - By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost; It yearns me not if men my garments wear; Such outward things dwell not in my desires; But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive.
Page 52 - 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...
Page 411 - Like to the senators of the antique Rome, With the plebeians swarming at their heels, Go forth and fetch their conquering Caesar in: As, by a lower but loving likelihood, Were now the general of our gracious empress, As in good time he may, from Ireland coming, Bringing rebellion broached on his sword, How many would the peaceful city quit, To welcome him!
Page 281 - He hath a tear for pity, and a hand Open as day for melting charity...
Page 249 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Page 187 - tis no matter; Honour pricks me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me off when I come on ? how then ? Can honour set to a leg? No. Or an arm? No. Or take away the grief of a wound ? No. Honour hath no skill in surgery then ? No. What is honour? A word. What is in that word, honour? What is that honour? Air. A trim reckoning ! — Who hath it? He that died o
Page 252 - There is a history in all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceased ; The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, which in their seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasured.
Page 26 - This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, Fear'd by their breed and famous by their birth, Renowned for their deeds as far from home, For Christian service and true chivalry...