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... child is kept too young , and dies too soon . This want of a commanding central figure gives a certain regrettable looseness of structure to the play . The minor faults of construction we have already noticed , and with them we are at ...
... child is kept too young , and dies too soon . This want of a commanding central figure gives a certain regrettable looseness of structure to the play . The minor faults of construction we have already noticed , and with them we are at ...
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... child ) : " I desire you to come here . " 25 In 17. The proud . . . war ] the proud constraint of fierce and bloody war . There is no similar use of the word " control " in Shakespeare . Troublesome Raigne , 1. ii . II , however , we ...
... child ) : " I desire you to come here . " 25 In 17. The proud . . . war ] the proud constraint of fierce and bloody war . There is no similar use of the word " control " in Shakespeare . Troublesome Raigne , 1. ii . II , however , we ...
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... children may . 49. expedition's ] expeditious F 1 ; Fleay keeps this reading . 54. Cœur- de - lion ] Ff and Troublesome Raigne spell Richard's appellation Cordelion . direction , " Enter the Shrive , and whispers the Earl of Sals . in ...
... children may . 49. expedition's ] expeditious F 1 ; Fleay keeps this reading . 54. Cœur- de - lion ] Ff and Troublesome Raigne spell Richard's appellation Cordelion . direction , " Enter the Shrive , and whispers the Earl of Sals . in ...
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... child which is not his ? Bast . Of no more force to dispossess me , sir , Than was his will to get me , as I think . Eli . Whether hadst thou rather be a Faulconbridge , And like thy brother , to enjoy thy land , Or the reputed son of ...
... child which is not his ? Bast . Of no more force to dispossess me , sir , Than was his will to get me , as I think . Eli . Whether hadst thou rather be a Faulconbridge , And like thy brother , to enjoy thy land , Or the reputed son of ...
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... child " to take the place of " ass . Rejecting " shows " and " shoes , " Keightley reads " shew'd , " and suggests " should . " Hudson , following a conjecture of Vaughan's , reads " does . " Kinnear conjectures spoil , " and Gould ...
... child " to take the place of " ass . Rejecting " shows " and " shoes , " Keightley reads " shew'd , " and suggests " should . " Hudson , following a conjecture of Vaughan's , reads " does . " Kinnear conjectures spoil , " and Gould ...
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Page 81 - And, father cardinal, I have heard you say, That we shall see and know our friends in heaven: If that be true, I shall see my boy again; For, since the birth of Cain, the first male child, To him that did but yesterday suspire, There was not such a gracious creature born.
Page 95 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Page 104 - I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news, Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet) Told of a many thousand warlike French, That were embattailed and rank'd in Kent : Another lean, unwash'd artificer Cuts off his tale, and talks of Arthur's death.
Page 88 - To be more prince) as may be. You are sad. Hub. Indeed, I have been merrier. Arth. Mercy on me! Methinks, nobody should be sad but I : Yet, I remember, when I was in France, Young gentlemen would be as sad as night, Only for wantonness. By my Christendom, So I were out of prison, and kept sheep, I should be as merry as the day is long...
Page 90 - And ne'er have spoke a loving word to you : But you at your sick service had a prince. Nay, you may think my love was crafty love, And call it cunning : do, an if you will. If Heaven be pleased that you must use me ill, Why, then you must.
Page 82 - There's nothing in this world, can make me joy: Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man ; And bitter shame hath spoil'd the sweet world's taste, That it yields naught, but shame and bitterness.
Page 105 - 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, it frowns More upon humour than advis'd respect.
Page 145 - This England never did, (nor never shall,) Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them : Nought shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true.