Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer. Miscellanies... - Page 48by William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 592 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Camden Hotten - 1864 - 294 pages
...poorest — dead whom millions prayed for in vain. Hush, Strife and Quarrels over the solemn grave I Sound Trumpets, a mournful march. Fall, Dark Curtain,...his pageant, his pride, his grief, his awful tragedy ! " These lectures were successfully repeated in England. Mr. Thackeray, indeed, was now recognized... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 244 pages
...her breathless lips, and cries " Cordelia, Cordelia, stay a little ! " ' 'Vex not his ghost— oh ! let him pass — he hates him. That would upon the...mournful march. Fall, dark curtain upon his pageant, bi.•i pride, his grief, his awful tragedy! THE END. Edinburgh : Printed by W. and R. Chambers. ... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1865 - 822 pages
...his ghost 1 Oh ! let him pass : he hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretcli him out longer." " ' Hush, strife and quarrel, over...pageant, his pride, his grief, his awful tragedy.' " Surely this is real pathos and eloquence. These lectures have a certain historical value of their... | |
| Scotland - 1865 - 838 pages
...aspect ; and the faithful Kent speaks for each of us when he exclaims — " Vex not his ghost : O, let him pass ! He hates him, That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer." Theo. Yes ; Lear's death is a relief, after much sorrow. NOJV Edmund's, just before, is truly tragic... | |
| John Bartlett - Quotations - 1865 - 504 pages
...was ever soft, Gentle, and low ; an excellent thing in woman. Act v. Sc. 3. Vex not his ghost : O, let him pass ! he hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer. Act v. St. 8. TITUS ANDRONICUS. Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge. Act i. Sc. 2. She is a woman,... | |
| Richard Grant White - Dramatists, English - 1865 - 450 pages
...looking-glass : If that her breath will mist or stain the stone, Why, then she lives." " Vex not his ghost! O, let him pass : he hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer." " Take, O take those lips away That so sweetly were forsworn, And those eyes, the break of day, Eyes... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1865 - 168 pages
...my lord— Kent. Break, heart, I prithee, break ! Edg. Look up, my lord. Kent. Vex not his ghost: O, let him pass ! he hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer. Edg. He is gone, indeed. Kent. The wonder is he hath endured so long: He but usurped' his life. Alb.... | |
| English fiction - 1877 - 682 pages
...the change of climax, by simply echoing the words of the faithful Kent : ' Vex not his ghost ! Oh, let him pass ! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.' Whosoever thinks that Titus Andronicnsvrzs, orcouldhave been, written by William Shakespeare is welcome... | |
| English fiction - 1877 - 686 pages
...the change of climax, by simply echoing the words of the faithful Kent : ' Vex not his ghost ! Oh, let him pass ! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.' Whosoever thinks that Titus Andronicttsvtas, or could have been, written by William Shakespeare is... | |
| Charles Knight - 1868 - 570 pages
...lord, — Kent. Break, heart; I pr'ythce, break! Edg. Look up, my lord. Kent. Vex not his ghost : Oh, let him pass ! he hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer, . * » • [Exeunt with a dead march." And why do we ask any one of our readers to compare what cannot... | |
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