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" So when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes... "
King Henry the Fourth: A Historical Play - Page 8
by William Shakespeare - 1803
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The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1813 - 942 pages
...to work ; But, when they seldom come, they wish'd-for come. 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 thai) my word I am, By vj much .shall I falsify men's hopes; And, like bright metal on a sullen ground,...
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An Essay on the Character of Henry the Fifth, when Prince of Wales

Alexander Luders - 1813 - 170 pages
...and will awhile uphold The unyoked humour of your idleness. Yet herein will I imitate the Sun, — So when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised — " So in Vernon's report of his interview with the King and Prince, f he is made to say of the latter's...
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Shakspeare's himself again; or the language of the poet asserted

Andrew Becket - 1815 - 748 pages
...baffle is, in this place, to mock, to laugh at. Befler, Fr. It should be written bejfte. B. P. Henry. When this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the...much better than my .word I am, By so much shall I falsity men's hopes ; thall I falsity men's hopes ;] J ust the contrary. We should rend fears. WARB....
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Elegant extracts in poetry, Volume 2

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...off, An'1 pay the debt I never promised ; By nun- much better than my word I am, By so much shall 1 falsify men's hopes ; And, like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glitt'ring o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly, and attract more eyes. Than that which hath no foil...
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1814 - 478 pages
...to work ; But, when they seldom come, they wish'd-for came, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I ne\er promised, By bow much better than my word I am, By so Hindi shall I falsify men's hopes ; And,...
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Select Plays of William Shakespeare: In Six Volumes. With the ..., Volume 3

William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens - 1820 - 348 pages
...work ; But, when they seldom come, they wish'd-for come,2 And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay...my word I am, • By so much shall I falsify men's hopes;3 would come too late if the Prince was not to receive them till the night after the day of the...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 16

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 456 pages
...thinly placed are, " Or captain jewels in the crkanet." MALONE. And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay...word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes 5 ; And, like bright metal on a sullen ground 6 , My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall show...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 504 pages
...to work; But, when they seldom come, they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay...word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes; B And, like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall show more...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, in Ten Volumes: King John ...

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 372 pages
...to work ; But, when they seldom come, they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay...word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes ;' [7] For t!u nonce is an expression in daily use amongst the common people in Suffolk, to signify...
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, from the text of Johnson, Stevens ...

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 984 pages
...come, they wish'd-for cprne, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. Ho, when this loose behaviour 1 chool - holies :» And, like bright metal on a sullent around ™,y ^formation, glittering o'er my lault, Shall...
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