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" Should I turn upon the true prince ? Why, thou knowest, I am as valiant as Hercules: but beware instinct; the lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter ; I was a coward on instinct. I shall think the better of myself and thee, during... "
The Humorous Speaker: Being a Choice Collection of Amusing Pieces, Both in ... - Page 391
1853 - 408 pages
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Figures de la royauté en Angleterre: de Shakespeare à la Glorieuse Révolution

Franck Lessay - English drama - 1999 - 204 pages
...plus sérieux : "Was it for me to kill the heir-apparent ? Should I turn upon the true prince? [...] The lion will not touch the true prince — instinct is a great matter. I was now a coward on instinct" (2.5.271-76)18. La vérité, c'est que Oldcastle a pris l'héritier pour...
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Mirth Making: The Rhetorical Discourse on Jesting in Early Modern England

Chris Holcomb - Courtesy books - 2001 - 248 pages
...exposes Falstaffs story as a lie, Falstaff quickly recovers and explains that he ran away on instinct: "Should I turn upon the true Prince? Why, thou knowest...the true prince. Instinct is a great matter; I was now a coward on instinct. I shall think the better of myself and thee during my life—I for a valiant...
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Orson Welles on Shakespeare: The W.P.A. and Mercury Theatre Playscripts

Orson Welles - Drama - 2001 - 342 pages
...ye as well as he that made ye. Why, hear you, my masters. Was it for me to kill the heir apparent? Should I turn upon the true prince? Why, thou knowest...the true prince. Instinct is a great matter. I was no a coward on instinct. 200 Orson Welles on Shakespeare I shall think the better of myself, and thee,...
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William Shakespeare: The Complete Works

William Shakespeare - Drama - 1989 - 1286 pages
...ye as well as he that made ye. Why, hear you, my masters: was it for me to kill the heir-apparent? ogether. — Antipholus. thou earnest from Corii th...apart; I know not which is which. ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHE shall think the better of myself and thee during my life; I for a valiant lion, and thou for a true...
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Shakespeare, Machiavelli, and Montaigne: Power and Subjectivity from Richard ...

Hugh Grady - Drama - 2002 - 320 pages
...Falstaff introduces it offhandedly: Why, hear you, my masters. Was it for me to kill the heir- apparent? Should I turn upon the true prince? Why, thou knowest...instinct is a great matter. I was a coward on instinct. I shall think the better of myself and thee during my life — I for a valiant lion, and thou for a true...
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Henry IV, Part 1

William Shakespeare - Drama - 2002 - 186 pages
...ye as well as he that made ye. Why, hear you, my masters, was it for me to kill the heir-apparent? Should I turn upon the true prince? Why, thou knowest...Hercules: but beware instinct — the lion will not 275 touch the true prince; instinct is a great matter. I was now a coward on instinct: I shall think...
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Male Friendship in Shakespeare and his Contemporaries

Thomas MacFaul - Literary Criticism - 2007 - 9 pages
...ye as well as he that made ye. Why, hear you, my masters, was it for me to kill the heir apparent? Should I turn upon the true prince? Why, thou knowest...the true prince. Instinct is a great matter. I was now a coward on instinct. I shall think the better of myself, and thee, during my life; I for a valiant...
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