STILL to be haunted, still to be pursued, Still to be frighted with false apparitions Of pageant majesty, and new-coin'd greatness, As if we were a mockery king in state, Only ordain'd to lavish sweat and blood, In scorn and laughter, to the ghosts of... Dramatic Works of John Ford ... - Page 9by John Ford - 1827Full view - About this book
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1811 - 622 pages
...ghost of Richard Duke of York.' The poet, faithful almost to the letter, thus opens his tragedy : — ' Still to be haunted, still to be pursued, Still to be frighted with false apparitions; As if we were a mockery king in state, Only ordain'd to lavish sweat and blood In scorn and laughter... | |
| John Ford - English drama - 1811 - 528 pages
...Britain. PERKIN WARBECK. ACT I. SCENE I.— Westminster. The Royal Prestnce. Chamber. Enter King HENRY, supported to the Throne by the Bishop of DURHAM and Sir WILLIAM STAN* LEY. Earl of OXFORD, Earl of SURREY, and Lord DAWBENY in the train. — A Guard. K. Hen. Still... | |
| John Ford - 1831 - 424 pages
...Scotland. PERKIN WARBECK. ACT I. SCENE I.—Westminster. The Royal Presence-Chamber. Enter King HENRY, supported to the Throne by the Bishop of DURHAM and...STANLEY, Earl of OXFORD, Earl of SURREY, and Lord DAWBENEY.—A Guard. K. Hen. STILL to be haunted, still to be pursued, Still to be frighted with false... | |
| John Ford - 1869 - 342 pages
..."the." D. PERKIN WARBECK. ACT I. SCENE I. Westminster. The royal presetue-chamber. Enter King HENRY, supported to the throne by the Bishop of Durham and...A Guard, K. Hen. Still to be haunted, still to be pursu'd, Still to be frighted with false apparitions Of pageant majesty and new-coin'd greatness, As... | |
| John Ford - English drama - 1888 - 508 pages
...partly in SCOTLAND ACT THE FIRST. SCENE \.~Westminster. 'I he royal Presence-chamber. Enter King HENRY, supported to the throne by the Bishop of DURHAM and Sir WILLIAM STANLEY; Earls of OXFORD and SURREY, and Lord DAWBENEY. A Guard. ING HEN. Still to be haunted, still to be pursued,... | |
| Thomas Donovan - English drama - 1896 - 490 pages
...throne by the BISHOP OF DURHAM and SIR WILLIAM STANLEY ; EARLS OF OXFORD and SURREY, and LORD DAWBENEY. K. Hen. Still to be haunted, still to be pursued, Still to be frightened with false apparitions Of pageant majesty and new-coined greatness, As if we were a mockery... | |
| Thomas Donovan - English drama - 1896 - 926 pages
...attendant. PERKIN WARBECK ACT I SCENE I. — Westminster. Tfie Royal Presence-chamber. Enter KING HENRY, supported to the throne by the BISHOP OF DURHAM and SIR WILLIAM STANLEY ; EARLS OF OXFORD and SURREY, and LORD DAWBENEY. K. Hen. Still to be haunted, still to be pursued,... | |
| John Ford - English drama - 1927 - 432 pages
...Chamherlaine, Lord Dawbny. l^he King supported to his 'Chrone by Stanly and Durham. l Guard. King. 170 Till to be haunted ; still to be pursued, Still to be frighted with false apparitions Of pageant Majestie,andnew-coyndgreatnesse, As if wee were a mockery King in state ; Onely ordaind to lauish sweat... | |
| Mary Beth Rose - Drama - 1989 - 256 pages
...The conclusion of Ford's prologue is itself a conundrum, whose elusive key lies in the play itself. Still to be haunted, still to be pursued, Still to...frighted with false apparitions Of pageant majesty and new-coined greatness, As if we were a mockery -king in state, Only ordained to lavish sweat and blood... | |
| Felix Emmanuel Schelling - English drama - 1926 - 834 pages
...Chamberlain, LORD DAWBENEY. The KINO supported to his throne by STANLEY and DURHAM. A Guard. King. Still * to be haunted, still to be pursued Still to...frighted with false apparitions Of pageant majesty and new-coined greatness, As if we were a mockery king in state, Only ordained to lavish sweat and blood,... | |
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