King Richard II. King Henry IV. King Henry VI, part 1J. and P. Knapton, S. Birt, T. Longman and T. Shewell, H. Lintott, C. Hitch, J. Brindley, J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, R. Wellington, E. New, and B. Dod., 1747 |
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Page 187
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 meer
scutcheon , and so ends my catechism . [ Exit . 6 S СЕ N E III . Changes to Percy's
...
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 meer
scutcheon , and so ends my catechism . [ Exit . 6 S СЕ N E III . Changes to Percy's
...
Page 197
When that this body did contain a spirit , A Kingdom for it was too small a bound :
But now two paces of the vileft earth Is room enough ! this earth , that bears thee
dead , Bears not alive so ftout a gentleman . If thou wert sensible of courtesie , I ...
When that this body did contain a spirit , A Kingdom for it was too small a bound :
But now two paces of the vileft earth Is room enough ! this earth , that bears thee
dead , Bears not alive so ftout a gentleman . If thou wert sensible of courtesie , I ...
Page 198
I am afraid of this gun - powder Percy , though he be dead . How if he should
counterfeit too , and rise ? I am afraid , he would prove the better counterfeit ;
therefore I'll make him sure ; yea , and I'll swear , I kill'd him . Why may not he rise
as ...
I am afraid of this gun - powder Percy , though he be dead . How if he should
counterfeit too , and rise ? I am afraid , he would prove the better counterfeit ;
therefore I'll make him sure ; yea , and I'll swear , I kill'd him . Why may not he rise
as ...
Page 208
Even such a man , fo faint , fo spiritless , « 3 So dull , so dead in look , so woe - be
- gone , “ Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night , " And would have told him ,
half his Troy was burn'd : 66 But Priam found the fire , ere he his tongue ; And I ...
Even such a man , fo faint , fo spiritless , « 3 So dull , so dead in look , so woe - be
- gone , “ Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night , " And would have told him ,
half his Troy was burn'd : 66 But Priam found the fire , ere he his tongue ; And I ...
Page 209
Yet for all this , say not , that Percy's dead . I fee a strange confeffion in thine eye :
Thou shak'ft thy head , and s hold'ft it fear , or sin , To speak a truth . If he be Nain
, say so : The tongue offends not , that reports his death : And he doch sin , that ...
Yet for all this , say not , that Percy's dead . I fee a strange confeffion in thine eye :
Thou shak'ft thy head , and s hold'ft it fear , or sin , To speak a truth . If he be Nain
, say so : The tongue offends not , that reports his death : And he doch sin , that ...
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Page 310 - I know thee not, old man: Fall to thy prayers ; How ill white hairs become a fool, and jester!
Page 117 - By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-fac'd moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowne'd honour by the locks...
Page 251 - 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 191 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it? no. Doth he hear it? no. 'Tis 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 191 - 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 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the shipboy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge ; And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deaf ning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes...
Page 254 - 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 109 - 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...
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...
Page 59 - I'll give my jewels for a set of beads, My gorgeous palace for a hermitage, My gay apparel for an alms-man's gown, My...
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| Title | King Richard II. King Henry IV. King Henry VI, part 1 Volume 4 of The Works of Shakespear in Eight Volumes: The Genuine Text (collated with All the Former Editions, and Then Corrected and Emended) is Here Settled: Being Restored from the Blunders of the First Editors, and the Interpolations of the Two Last: with a Comment and Notes, Critical and Explanatory, John and Paul Knapton (Firm) |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Contributors | Samuel Birt, Thomas Longman, John and Paul Knapton (Firm) |
| Publisher | J. and P. Knapton, S. Birt, T. Longman and T. Shewell, H. Lintott, C. Hitch, J. Brindley, J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, R. Wellington, E. New, and B. Dod., 1747 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 13 Sep 2007 |
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