The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Henry IV, pt. 1-2Ginn & Heath, 1880 |
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... Holinshed , whose Chronicles , first published in ' , were then the favourite book in English history . And the s , notwithstanding their wealth of ideal matter , are rightly ed historical , because the history everywhere guides , and ...
... Holinshed , whose Chronicles , first published in ' , were then the favourite book in English history . And the s , notwithstanding their wealth of ideal matter , are rightly ed historical , because the history everywhere guides , and ...
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... Holinshed , pointing and all : " Of prisoners among other re these , Mordacke earle of Fife , son to the governour Archembald earle owglas , which in the fight lost one of his eies . " The Poet's mistake was " Allu call u me cry , is ...
... Holinshed , pointing and all : " Of prisoners among other re these , Mordacke earle of Fife , son to the governour Archembald earle owglas , which in the fight lost one of his eies . " The Poet's mistake was " Allu call u me cry , is ...
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... Holinshed's chapter of Henry IV . 9 To indent with is to make a covenant or compact with a it seems to bear the sense of to compromise or make terms . sometimes uses subject and object interchangeably ; as in ' Present fears are less ...
... Holinshed's chapter of Henry IV . 9 To indent with is to make a covenant or compact with a it seems to bear the sense of to compromise or make terms . sometimes uses subject and object interchangeably ; as in ' Present fears are less ...
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... Holinshed , howev Elinor . 5 Retires are retreats . — Frontiers formerly meant not only of different territories , but also the forts built along or near the Basilisks are a species of ordnance ; so called from their supp blance to the ...
... Holinshed , howev Elinor . 5 Retires are retreats . — Frontiers formerly meant not only of different territories , but also the forts built along or near the Basilisks are a species of ordnance ; so called from their supp blance to the ...
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... Holinshed , having just spoken of the Prince's assault on the Chief Justice , adds , " The king after expelled him out of his privie councell , banisht him The count ade the duke of منطـ brother president But , like a comet , I was ...
... Holinshed , having just spoken of the Prince's assault on the Chief Justice , adds , " The king after expelled him out of his privie councell , banisht him The count ade the duke of منطـ brother president But , like a comet , I was ...
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Page 29 - So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes...
Page 53 - Harry, I do not only marvel where thou spendest thy time, but also how thou art accompanied: for though the camomile, the more it is trodden on the faster it grows, yet youth, the more it is wasted the sooner it wears.
Page 75 - I saw young Harry, — with his beaver on, His cuisses on his thighs, gallantly arm'd, — Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat, As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds, To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus, And witch the world with noble horsemanship.
Page 29 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners. 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 3 - And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength: A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Page 29 - I'll sup. Farewell. Poins. Farewell, my lord. [Exit POINS. P. Hen. I know you all, and will awhile uphold The unyok'd humour of your idleness ; Yet herein will I imitate the sun, Who doth permit the base contagious clouds To smother up his beauty from the world, That when he please again to be himself, Being wanted, he may be more wonder'd at, By breaking through the foul and ugly mists Of vapours that did seem to strangle him.
Page 69 - Hot. And I can teach thee, coz, to shame the devil, By telling truth. Tell truth, and shame the devil.
Page 5 - Whose arms were moulded in their mothers' womb 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.