The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth, Volume 19Henry IV, Part 2 is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written between 1596 and 1599. It is the third part of a tetralogy, preceded by Richard II and Henry IV, Part 1 and succeeded by Henry V. The play is often seen as an extension of aspects of Henry IV, Part 1, rather than a straightforward continuation of the historical narrative, placing more emphasis on the highly popular character of Falstaff and introducing other comic figures as part of his entourage, including Ancient Pistol, Doll Tearsheet, and Justice Robert Shallow. Several scenes specifically parallel episodes in Part 1. |
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2ND PART OF KING HENRY THE 4TH William 1564-1616 Shakespeare,Samuel Burdett 1883-1958 Hemingway No preview available - 2016 |
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Arch archbishop Bard battle of Shrewsbury blood Bolingbroke brother Bullcalf captain Charles Kemble Colevile comes cousin crown Davy dead death Doll dost doth drink Earl Enter Exeunt Exit faith Fang father fear Folio follow give Grace grief hand Harry Hast hath haue head hear heart Henry IV Henry the Fourth hither Holinshed honour Host hostess Justice Shallow King Henry king's knave Lanc London look Lord Bardolph Lord Chief Justice Lord Hastings majesty marry Master Shallow merry Mouldy Mowb Mowbray night noble Northumberland peace Pist Pistol play Poins pray prick Prince John Quarto rascal rogue Rumour Scene Shakespeare Shal Shrewsbury sick Silence Sir Dagonet Sir John Falstaff sonne speak spirit swaggerers sweet sword Tearsheet tell thee thine thou art tongue troth unto Warkworth Castle Warwick Westmoreland whoreson wilt word
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Page 11 - Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me : the brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to invent any thing that tends to laughter, more than I invent or is invented on me : I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.
Page 55 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge, And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafening clamour in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes?
Page 56 - Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly," death itself awakes ? Can'st thou, O partial sleep ! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude ; And in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Page 57 - There is a history in all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceas'd ; The which observ'd, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, which in their seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasured. Such things become the hatch and brood of time...
Page 55 - How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! — O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Page 27 - Windsor, thou didst swear to me then, as I was washing thy wound, to marry me and make me my lady thy wife. Canst thou deny it ? Did not goodwife Keech, the butcher's wife, come in then and call me gossip Quickly?
Page 89 - He hath a tear for pity, and a hand Open as day for melting charity...
Page 66 - I'll ne'er bear a base mind; — an't be my destiny, so ; an't be not, so. No man's too good to serve his prince ; and, let it go which way it will, he that dies this year is quit for the next.
Page 5 - Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night...
Page 99 - God knows, my son, By what by-paths, and indirect crook'd ways, I met this crown ; and I myself know well How troublesome it sat upon my head : To thee it shall descend with better quiet, Better opinion, better confirmation ; For all the soil of the achievement goes With me into the earth.