Henry IV, pt. 1-2Harper & brothers, 1884 |
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Page 139
... remarks , the poet probably had Gen. iv . 11 in mind . Cf. 3 Hen . VI . ii . 3. 15 : Thy brother's blood the thirsty earth hath drunk ; " and Rich . III . iv . 4. 30 : 66 Rest thy unrest on England's lawful earth , Unlawfully made ACT I ...
... remarks , the poet probably had Gen. iv . 11 in mind . Cf. 3 Hen . VI . ii . 3. 15 : Thy brother's blood the thirsty earth hath drunk ; " and Rich . III . iv . 4. 30 : 66 Rest thy unrest on England's lawful earth , Unlawfully made ACT I ...
Page 141
... remarks : " No circumstance could have been better chosen to mark the expedition of Sir Walter . It is used by Fal- staff in a similar manner [ 2 Hen . IV . v . 5. 25 ] : ' to stand stained with travel . " " 66. Smooth and welcome ...
... remarks : " No circumstance could have been better chosen to mark the expedition of Sir Walter . It is used by Fal- staff in a similar manner [ 2 Hen . IV . v . 5. 25 ] : ' to stand stained with travel . " " 66. Smooth and welcome ...
Page 144
... remarks that the name durance continued long in use . In a tailor's bill of 1723 , we find " for sixteen yards of fine durance , £ I..I..4 . ” modern lasting , a woollen stuff . The Cf. the 51. Here apparent . There is an evident play ...
... remarks that the name durance continued long in use . In a tailor's bill of 1723 , we find " for sixteen yards of fine durance , £ I..I..4 . ” modern lasting , a woollen stuff . The Cf. the 51. Here apparent . There is an evident play ...
Page 145
... remarks : " Falstaff does not complain only of Hal's quoting a scriptural text , but that he has been retorting and distorting the meaning of his words throughout the scene . For example , Falstaff talks of the sun and moon , the Prince ...
... remarks : " Falstaff does not complain only of Hal's quoting a scriptural text , but that he has been retorting and distorting the meaning of his words throughout the scene . For example , Falstaff talks of the sun and moon , the Prince ...
Page 146
... remarks : " Sack , taken by itself , is very hot and very penetrative ; being taken with sugar , the heat is both somewhat allayed , and the penetrative qual- ity thereof also retardated . " 115. Gadshill . This hill ( see p . 35 above ) ...
... remarks : " Sack , taken by itself , is very hot and very penetrative ; being taken with sugar , the heat is both somewhat allayed , and the penetrative qual- ity thereof also retardated . " 115. Gadshill . This hill ( see p . 35 above ) ...
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anon Archbishop battle of Shrewsbury blood Blunt Bolingbroke brother called character Chief-Justice Coll cousin crown death devil Doll doth Douglas drink earl Earl of Fife early eds Eastcheap edition Enter Exeunt Exit faith father fear follow Francis Gadshill give Glendower grace Harry Harry Percy hath head hear heart heaven Henry IV Holinshed honour horse Hostess Hotspur humour Johnson Julius Cæsar King Henry king's knight Lady Percy London Lord Bardolph Macb Malone Master merry Mortimer Mowbray noble Northumberland Owen Glendower peace Peto Pistol play Poins pray Prince of Wales quarto quarto reading Rich Richard rogue sack says SCENE Schmidt Scot Shakespeare Shakspere Shallow Shrewsbury Silence Sir John Falstaff speak speech Steevens quotes sweet sword tell Temp thee thing thou art thou hast unto Vaughan Vernon Warb Warwick Westmoreland wilt Worcester word Zounds
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Page 25 - How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! — O Sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down...
Page 80 - God! that one might read the book of fate, And see the revolution of the times Make mountains level, and the continent, Weary of solid firmness, melt itself Into the sea; and other times to see The beachy girdle of the ocean Too wide for Neptune's hips; how chances mock, And changes fill the cup of alteration With divers liquors! O, if this were seen, The happiest youth, viewing his progress through, What perils past, what crosses to ensue, Would shut the book and sit him down and die.
Page 46 - Took it in snuff: — and still he smil'd and talk'd ; And, as the soldiers bore dead bodies by, He call'd them — untaught knaves, unmannerly, To bring a slovenly, unhandsome corse Betwixt the wind and his nobility.
Page 50 - When we mean to build, We first survey the plot, then draw the model, And when we see the figure of the house, Then must we rate the cost of the erection, Which if we find outweighs ability, What do we then but draw anew the model In fewer offices, or at last desist To build at all?
Page 117 - To be again displaced : which to avoid, I cut them off; and had a purpose now To lead out many to the Holy Land, Lest rest, and lying still, might make them look Too near unto my state. Therefore, my Harry, Be it thy course to busy giddy minds With foreign quarrels ; that action, hence borne out, May waste the memory of the former days.
Page 44 - And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better than my word I am...
Page 25 - Methought I heard a voice cry " Sleep no more ! Macbeth does murder sleep," the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care, The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast, — Lady M.
Page 78 - O sleep, 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 78 - And lull'd with sound of sweetest melody ? O, thou dull god ! why liest thou with the vile, In loathsome beds...
Page 24 - I know you all, and will awhile uphold The unyoked 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...