 | English periodicals - 1836 - 726 pages
...the axe,") of the licenser, there is the following sadly worded remonstrance of King John : — " Ft is the curse of kings to be attended By slaves, that...warrant To break within the bloody house of life ; And, on the winking of autltority, To understand a law, — to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty!" —... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 570 pages
...hadst none to kill him. Hub. Had none, my lord ! why, did you not provoke me ? K. John. It is the rurse is dukodomv In a poor isle ; and all of us, ourselves,...his own.4 Alon. Give me your hands : [To FEB. and on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty, when?... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 624 pages
...dead, but thou hadst none to kill him. Hub. Had none, my lord ! why, did you not provoke me ? K. John. It is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant To break'within the bloody house of life : And, on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 570 pages
...dead, but thou hadst none to kill him. Hub. Had none, my lord! why, did you not provoke me ? K. John. It is the curse of kings to be attended By slaves, that take their humors for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life ; And, on the winking of authority, To... | |
 | Alfred John Kempe - England - 1836 - 548 pages
...story our great Bard has so strikingly drawn, " It was his curse to be attended By slaves that took his humours for a warrant, To break within the bloody house of life, And on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to know a meaning, Of dangerous Majesty ; when perchance... | |
 | Alfred John Kempe - England - 1836 - 558 pages
...story our great Bard has so strikingly drawn, " It was his curse to be attended By slaves that took his humours for a warrant, To break within the bloody house of life, And on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to know a meaning, Of dangerous Majesty ; when perchance... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...him wrong'd, and mak'st his ear A stranger to thy thoughts. 37 — iii. 3. 161 Deceptive obedience. It is the curse of kings to be attended By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant; — And, on the winking of authority, To understand a law; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 pages
...Had none, my lord ! why, did you not provoko A'. John. It is the curse of kings, to be attended [me * and ruin of the times, To be new varnish'd on the winking of authority. To understand a law ; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty, when,... | |
 | Reminiscences - 1838 - 274 pages
...memory of Napoleon. The following has been cited as it were to palliate this atrocious act : — " It is the curse of kings to be attended By slaves, that take their humour for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life." The Tyrolese have never been known... | |
 | Francis Douce - Clowns in literature - 1839 - 678 pages
...your fears," &c. The explanation given by Mr. Malone might have sufficed. SCENE 2. Page 137. K. JOHN. It is the curse of kings to be attended By slaves that take their humours for a warrant To hreak within the bloody house of life. Mr. Malone ingeniously conceives this to be a covert apology... | |
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John. It is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life ; And, on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty, when, perchance,... 
