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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 Works of William Shakspere

William Shakespeare - English drama - 1868 - 786 pages
...to work ; But when they seldom come they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. captainX - men'a hopes ; And like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall...
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A Dictionary of the Language of Shakespeare

Swynfen Jervis - 1868 - 390 pages
...plain way of his merit. Coriolanus, iii. 1. To FALSIFY. To frustrate ; to deceive ; to disappoint. By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes. Henry 4, P. l, i. 2. FAME. Report; rumour. So is the fame. Would we had spoke together ! Antony and...
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A Dictionary of the Language of Shakspeare, Volume 70

Swynfen Jervis - 1868 - 386 pages
...as cruel for thee As thou art tender to't. Winter's Tale, iv. 3. HOPE. Expectation ; anticipation. By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopee. Henry 4, P. 1, i. 2. To HOPE. To expect. I cannot hope Caesar and Antony shall well greet together....
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: With a Life of the Poet

William Shakespeare - 1869 - 1046 pages
...to work ; But when they seldom come, they wish'd-for com* And nothing pleaselh but rare accidents. this addition, rny word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes ; 'And, like bright metal on a sullen ground....
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The Works of John Ford: Love's sacrifice. Perkin Warbeck. The fanices chaste ...

John Ford - 1869 - 342 pages
...expect, in which sense it [the substantive, at least] also occurs in Henry IV. where the Prince says ; " By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes." In being conquer'd ; adding to it this, In you my love as it begun shall end. Bian, The latter I new-vow....
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The complete works of Shakspere, with a memoir, and essay, by ..., Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1870 - 740 pages
...to work : But when they seldom come, they wished-for come And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay...falsify men's hopes : And, like bright metal on a sullen gtound, My reformation, glittering o 'er my fault, Shall shew more goodly and attract more eyes Titan...
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Shakespeare's King Henry iv. part 1, with explanatory and illustr ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1871 - 152 pages
...to work ; But when they seldom come, they wished-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 ; 2 And, like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall show...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: Complete, Accurately Printed from the Text ...

William Shakespeare - 1871 - 842 pages
...come, they wish\:-lL And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents: So, when this loose behaviour I throw oS, 'd Richard falsity men's hojies; And. like bright metal on a sullen ground, My relbrmation, glittering o'er my...
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The Works of William Shakspere

William Shakespeare - 1873 - 814 pages
...to work ; But when they seldom come they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. illiam Shakespeare ain By so much shall I falsify men's hopes ; And like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation,...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1874 - 602 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 l>etter than my word I am, Uy so much shall I falsify men's hopes; And, like bright metal on a sullen...
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