Historical plays: King Henry VI, pt. I-III. King Richard III. King Henry VIII |
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Page 53
Look on thy country , look on fertile France , And see the cities and the towns
defac'd By wasting ruin of the cruel foe . As looks the mother on her lowly babe ,
When death doth close his tender dying eyes ; See , see the pining malady of
France ...
Look on thy country , look on fertile France , And see the cities and the towns
defac'd By wasting ruin of the cruel foe . As looks the mother on her lowly babe ,
When death doth close his tender dying eyes ; See , see the pining malady of
France ...
Page 124
I see no reason why a King of years Should be to be protected like a child : God
and King Henry govern England's realm : Give up your staff , Sir , and s to th ”
King his realın . Glou . My staff ? here , noble Henry , is my staff : As willingly do I
the ...
I see no reason why a King of years Should be to be protected like a child : God
and King Henry govern England's realm : Give up your staff , Sir , and s to th ”
King his realın . Glou . My staff ? here , noble Henry , is my staff : As willingly do I
the ...
Page 127
I think she comes , and I'll prepare My tear - stain'd eyes to see her miseries .
Enter the Dutchefs in a white Sheet , and a Taper burning in ber band , with a
Sheriff and Officers , and Sir John Stanley . Serv . So please your Grace , we'll
take her ...
I think she comes , and I'll prepare My tear - stain'd eyes to see her miseries .
Enter the Dutchefs in a white Sheet , and a Taper burning in ber band , with a
Sheriff and Officers , and Sir John Stanley . Serv . So please your Grace , we'll
take her ...
Page 130
Can you not see ? or will you not observe The strangeness of his alter'd .
countenance ? With what a majesty he bears himself , How insolent of late he is
become , How peremptory and unlike himself ! We know the time since he was
mild and ...
Can you not see ? or will you not observe The strangeness of his alter'd .
countenance ? With what a majesty he bears himself , How insolent of late he is
become , How peremptory and unlike himself ! We know the time since he was
mild and ...
Page 401
Such as give Their mony out of hope they may believe , May bere find truth too .
Those that come to see Only a show or two , ( and so agree , The play may pass )
if they be still and willing , Pll undertake may see away their shilling Richly in two
...
Such as give Their mony out of hope they may believe , May bere find truth too .
Those that come to see Only a show or two , ( and so agree , The play may pass )
if they be still and willing , Pll undertake may see away their shilling Richly in two
...
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| Title | Historical plays: King Henry VI, pt. I-III. King Richard III. King Henry VIII Volume 4 of The Works of Shakespear: In Six Volumes, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | Sir Thomas Hanmer |
| Publisher | J. and P. Knapton, 1745 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 10 Jul 2007 |
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