The Shakespeare Reader: Being Extracts from the Plays of Shakespeare ...Clark & Maynard, 1881 - 154 pages |
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... GLOUCESTER , Act iii . Scene 1 , 3 KING HENRY VI . • 8888 80 85 • · 35 90 94 99 • XIX . HENRY'S SOLILOQUY AT TOWTON , Act ii . Scene 5 , XX . THE KING AND THE KEEPERS , 104 · iii . 1 , 109 دو 99 · KING RICHARD III . XXI . THE DREAM OF ...
... GLOUCESTER , Act iii . Scene 1 , 3 KING HENRY VI . • 8888 80 85 • · 35 90 94 99 • XIX . HENRY'S SOLILOQUY AT TOWTON , Act ii . Scene 5 , XX . THE KING AND THE KEEPERS , 104 · iii . 1 , 109 دو 99 · KING RICHARD III . XXI . THE DREAM OF ...
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... Gloucester , one of Edward III.'s sons , was , according to Holinshed , put to death by order of Richard II . in 1397 ; then there was Gaunt himself , dying of grief for the loss of his son . 106. Before thou wert possess'd . - Before ...
... Gloucester , one of Edward III.'s sons , was , according to Holinshed , put to death by order of Richard II . in 1397 ; then there was Gaunt himself , dying of grief for the loss of his son . 106. Before thou wert possess'd . - Before ...
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... Gloucester , plain well - meaning soul , Whom fair befal in heaven ' mongst happy souls ! May be a precedent and witness good 125 130 That thou respect'st not spilling Edward's blood ; Join with the present sickness that I have ; And ...
... Gloucester , plain well - meaning soul , Whom fair befal in heaven ' mongst happy souls ! May be a precedent and witness good 125 130 That thou respect'st not spilling Edward's blood ; Join with the present sickness that I have ; And ...
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... Gloucester , Be in their flowing cups freshly remembered . 30 35 40 21. No stomach to this fight , -No wish to enter into this fight ; no appetite for it . 22. Passport .-- A writing enabling a man to travel with safety . 23. Crowns for ...
... Gloucester , Be in their flowing cups freshly remembered . 30 35 40 21. No stomach to this fight , -No wish to enter into this fight ; no appetite for it . 22. Passport .-- A writing enabling a man to travel with safety . 23. Crowns for ...
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... Gloucester , known as " the good duke Humphrey . " During the king's childhood France was lost to us ; and the government of England by the Duke of Gloucester was rendered troublesome and difficult by reason of the quarrels , jealousies ...
... Gloucester , known as " the good duke Humphrey . " During the king's childhood France was lost to us ; and the government of England by the Duke of Gloucester was rendered troublesome and difficult by reason of the quarrels , jealousies ...
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Page 73 - Cover your heads and mock not flesh and blood With solemn reverence : throw away respect, Tradition, form and ceremonious duty, For you have but mistook me all this while : I live with bread like you, feel want, Taste grief, need friends : subjected thus, How can you say to me, I am a king ? Car.
Page 38 - The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon, With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side ; His youthful hose, well sav'd, a world too wide For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound.
Page 67 - This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, Fear'd by their breed and famous by their birth, Renowned for their deeds as far from home, For Christian service and true chivalry, As is the sepulchre in stubborn Jewry Of the world's ransom, blessed Mary's Son, This land of such dear souls, this dear dear land, Dear for her reputation through the world...
Page 159 - She lov'd me for the dangers I had pass'd, And I lov'd her, that she did pity them.
Page 96 - And rouse him at the name of Crispian. He that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, And say "Tomorrow is Saint Crispian." Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars, And say "These wounds I had on Crispin's day.
Page 140 - I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause; What cause withholds you then to mourn for him ? O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason! — Bear with me; My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause, till it come back to me.
Page 141 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament — Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read — And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds And dip their napkins...
Page 121 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And,— when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Page 143 - I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts; I am no orator, as Brutus is, But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, That love my friend; and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him.
Page 156 - Their dearest action in the tented field, And little of this great world can I speak, More than pertains to feats of broil and battle, And therefore little shall I grace my cause In speaking for myself. Yet, by your gracious patience, I will a round...