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Page 89
But marriage is a matter of more worth , Than to be dealt in by attorneyship : Not
whom we will , but whom his Grace affects , Must be companion of his nuptial bed
. And therefore , Lords , since he affects her most , It most of all these reasons ...
But marriage is a matter of more worth , Than to be dealt in by attorneyship : Not
whom we will , but whom his Grace affects , Must be companion of his nuptial bed
. And therefore , Lords , since he affects her most , It most of all these reasons ...
Page 225
... how they run : How many ' ' make the hour full compleat , How many hours
bring about the day , How many days will finish up How many years a mortal man
may live . When this is known , then to divide the times : So many hours must I
tend ...
... how they run : How many ' ' make the hour full compleat , How many hours
bring about the day , How many days will finish up How many years a mortal man
may live . When this is known , then to divide the times : So many hours must I
tend ...
Page 257
These news I must confess are full of grief : Yet , gracious Madam , bear it as you
may ; Warwick may lose , that now hath won the day . Queen . ' Till then fair hope
must hinder life's decay . And I the rather wean me from despair , For love of ...
These news I must confess are full of grief : Yet , gracious Madam , bear it as you
may ; Warwick may lose , that now hath won the day . Queen . ' Till then fair hope
must hinder life's decay . And I the rather wean me from despair , For love of ...
Page 271
Why ask I that ? my mangled body shews , My blood , my want of strength , my
fick heart shews , That I must yield my body to the earth , And by my fall , the
conquest to my foe . Thus yields the Cedar , to the ax's edge , Whose arms gave
shelter ...
Why ask I that ? my mangled body shews , My blood , my want of strength , my
fick heart shews , That I must yield my body to the earth , And by my fall , the
conquest to my foe . Thus yields the Cedar , to the ax's edge , Whose arms gave
shelter ...
Page 301
Cannot a plain man live and think no harm , But thus his simple truth must be
abus'd By silken , ny , insinuating jacks ? Gray . To whom in all this presence
speaks your Grace ? Glo . To thee , that hast nor honesty nor grace : When have I
...
Cannot a plain man live and think no harm , But thus his simple truth must be
abus'd By silken , ny , insinuating jacks ? Gray . To whom in all this presence
speaks your Grace ? Glo . To thee , that hast nor honesty nor grace : When have I
...
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Page 466 - 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 436 - tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow.
Page 225 - O God, methinks it were a happy life To be no better than a homely swain; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point...
Page 225 - So many hours must I tend my flock; So many hours must I take my rest; So many hours must I contemplate; So many hours must I sport myself; So many days my ewes have been with young; So many weeks ere the poor fools will yean; So many years ere I shall shear the fleece: So minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years, Pass'd over to the end they were created, Would bring white hairs unto a quiet grave.
Page 281 - I have no brother, I am like no brother; And this word 'love,' which greybeards call divine, Be resident in men like one another, And not in me! I am myself alone.
Page 240 - Content!' to that which grieves my heart, And wet my cheeks with artificial tears, And frame my face to all occasions.
Page 468 - 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, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say, I taught thee; Say, Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of...
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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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