The Life of King Henry the Eighth, Volume 16Yale University Press, 1925 - 166 pages |
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... cause He may a little grieve at . 2. Gent . The cardinal is the end of this . 1. Gent . Certainly " Tis likely By all conjectures : first , Kildare's attainder , Then deputy of Ireland ; who remov'd , Earl Surrey was sent thither , and ...
... cause He may a little grieve at . 2. Gent . The cardinal is the end of this . 1. Gent . Certainly " Tis likely By all conjectures : first , Kildare's attainder , Then deputy of Ireland ; who remov'd , Earl Surrey was sent thither , and ...
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... cause ? 16 L. Ch . It seems the marriage with his brother's wife Has crept too near his conscience . Suf . Has crept too near another lady . No ; his conscience ' Tis so : Nor . This is the cardinal's doing : the king - cardinal , That ...
... cause ? 16 L. Ch . It seems the marriage with his brother's wife Has crept too near his conscience . Suf . Has crept too near another lady . No ; his conscience ' Tis so : Nor . This is the cardinal's doing : the king - cardinal , That ...
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... . Verily , Scene Three ; cf. n . 10 the avaunt : the order to be off 14 quarrel : quarreler , the abstract for the concrete 15 sufferance : suffering panging : causing pangs I swear , ' tis better to be lowly born 42 The Life of.
... . Verily , Scene Three ; cf. n . 10 the avaunt : the order to be off 14 quarrel : quarreler , the abstract for the concrete 15 sufferance : suffering panging : causing pangs I swear , ' tis better to be lowly born 42 The Life of.
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... cause Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure , That thus you should proceed to put me off And take your good grace from me ? Heaven wit- ness , I have been to you a true and humble wife , At all times to your will conformable ...
... cause Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure , That thus you should proceed to put me off And take your good grace from me ? Heaven wit- ness , I have been to you a true and humble wife , At all times to your will conformable ...
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... cause . It shall be therefore bootless That longer you desire the court , as well For your own quiet , as to rectify What is unsettled in the king . 35 many children ; cf. n . 60 That 60 47 by : in the course of court : i.e. that you ...
... cause . It shall be therefore bootless That longer you desire the court , as well For your own quiet , as to rectify What is unsettled in the king . 35 many children ; cf. n . 60 That 60 47 by : in the course of court : i.e. that you ...
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Page 80 - t ? Love thyself last ; cherish those hearts that hate thee: Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not : Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's and truth's...
Page 89 - He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one; Exceeding wise, fair spoken and persuading: Lofty and sour to them that lov'd him not, But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he were unsatisfied in getting, Which was a sin, yet in bestowing, madam, He was most princely : ever witness for him Those twins of learning that he rais'd in you, Ipswich and Oxford ! one of which fell with him, Unwilling to outlive the good that did it; The other, though unfinish'd, yet so famous, So excellent...
Page 80 - And when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say, I taught thee...
Page 78 - There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have ; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again.
Page 89 - Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water. May it please your highness To hear me speak his good now ? Kath.
Page 88 - O, father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye ; Give him a little earth for charity...
Page 78 - Why, well; Never so truly happy, my good Cromwell. I know myself now; and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience.
Page 78 - This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride At length broke under me, and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream that must for ever hide me.
Page 80 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble...
Page 81 - Pr'ythee, lead me in : There take an inventory of all I have, To the last penny : 'tis the king's : my robe, And my integrity to heaven, is all I dare now call mine own. O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.