 | Education - 1896 - 938 pages
...idea of what they might expect and to put them in the proper mental mood for appreciating the same. "I come no more to make you laugh: things now, That...bear a weighty and a serious brow, Sad, high, and working1, full of state and woe, Such noble scenes as draw the eye to flow, We now present." These,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1897 - 402 pages
...(luards, and other attendants. SCENE — Ohiefly in LONDON and WESTMINSTEB ; once, at KIMBOLTON. PROLOGUE. Sad, high, and working, full of state and woe, Such...give Their money out of hope they may believe, May hero find Truth too. Those that come to see Only a show or two, and so agree The play may pass, if... | |
 | Cephas Brainerd, Eveline Warner Brainerd - New England - 1901 - 444 pages
...True and well-chosen are the words, with which Shakspeare begins his historical drama of Henry VIII. : "I come no more to make you laugh ; things now That...noble scenes as draw the eye to flow, We now present." In all history there is not one cycle better denned and more complete than that which sweeps from the... | |
 | Cephas Brainerd, Eveline Warner Brainerd - New England - 1901 - 440 pages
...True and well-chosen are the words, with which Shakspeare begins his historical drama of Henry VIII. : "I come no more to make you laugh ; things now That...noble scenes as draw the eye to flow, We now present." In all history there is not one cycle better defined and more complete than that which sweeps from... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1901 - 512 pages
...accuracy. The action covers a period of twelve years, — from 1521 to 1533. KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. THE PROLOGUE. I COME no more to make you laugh : things...state and woe, Such noble scenes as draw the eye to Sow, We now present. Those that can pity, here May, if they think it well, let fall a tear ; The subject... | |
 | Parker Woodward - 1901 - 132 pages
...Prologue not calculated to draw crowds to his Theatre, as the following extracts will show : — " I come no more to make you laugh ; things now That...full of state and woe, Such noble scenes as draw the eyes to flow, We now present. Those that can now pity here May, if they think it well, let fall a tear.... | |
 | Longman (Firm), Robert McWilliam - English literature - 1905 - 628 pages
...air of sadness and weariness of the world. I come no more to make you laugh ; things now That beare a weighty and a serious brow, Sad, high and working,...noble scenes as draw the eye to flow, We now present.' The accession of the new king, James I., brought new fame and dignity to Shakspere. Southampton was... | |
 | Ethics - 1905 - 352 pages
...The answer that I propose to give cannot be jocose. In the words of one of Shakespeare's prologues, "I come no more to make you laugh ; things now, That...brow. Sad, high, and working, full of state and woe," must be my theme. In the deepest heart of all of us there is a corner in which the ultimate mystery... | |
 | William Richard Harris - Azores - 1905 - 278 pages
...must acknowledge it was complete, even to the burying of the dead. CHAPTER IX THE CITY OF THE DEAD Those that can pity, here May if they think it well, let fall a tear. The subject will deserve it. Prologue to Henry VIII. THE island of Martinique will for all time live in history, for in the annals... | |
 | David Klein - Criticism - 1910 - 288 pages
...have a striking combination of reminiscences of the Aristotelian and the medieval conceptions: — I come no more to make you laugh : things now That bear a weighty and a serious brow, Sad, high, and work1ng, full of state and woe, Such noble scenes as draw the eye to flow, We now present. Those that... | |
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I COME no more to make you laugh ; things now, That bear a weighty and a serious brow. Sad, high, and working, full of state and woe, Such noble scenes as draw the eye to flow, We now present. 
