Historical plays: King Henry VI, pt. I-III. King Richard III. King Henry VIIIJ. and P. Knapton, 1745 |
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... should study to prefer a peace , If holy churchmen take delight in broils ? War . My Lord Protector , yield : yield , Winchester ; Except you mean with obftinate repulfe To flay your Sovereign and deftroy the realm . You fee what ...
... should study to prefer a peace , If holy churchmen take delight in broils ? War . My Lord Protector , yield : yield , Winchester ; Except you mean with obftinate repulfe To flay your Sovereign and deftroy the realm . You fee what ...
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... Should grieve thee more than ftreams of common gore ; Return thee therefore with a flood of tears , And wash away thy country's ftained fpots . Burg . Either fhe hath bewitch'd me with her words , Or nature makes me fuddenly relent ...
... Should grieve thee more than ftreams of common gore ; Return thee therefore with a flood of tears , And wash away thy country's ftained fpots . Burg . Either fhe hath bewitch'd me with her words , Or nature makes me fuddenly relent ...
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... should therefore be fufpicious I more encline to Somerset than York : Both are my kinfmen , and I love them both . As well they may upbraid me with my crown , Because , forfooth , the King of Scots is crown'd . But your discretions ...
... should therefore be fufpicious I more encline to Somerset than York : Both are my kinfmen , and I love them both . As well they may upbraid me with my crown , Because , forfooth , the King of Scots is crown'd . But your discretions ...
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... should lend him aid , While he , renowned noble gentleman , Yields up his life unto a world of odds . Orleans the Baftard , Charles , and Burgundy , Alanfon , Reignier , compass him about , And Talbot perifheth by your default . Som ...
... should lend him aid , While he , renowned noble gentleman , Yields up his life unto a world of odds . Orleans the Baftard , Charles , and Burgundy , Alanfon , Reignier , compass him about , And Talbot perifheth by your default . Som ...
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... Should bring thy father to his drooping chair . But , O malignant and ill - boading stars ! Now art thou come unto a feaft of death , A terrible and unavoided danger . [ Exeunt . Therefore , dear boy , mount on thy fwifteft horse , And ...
... Should bring thy father to his drooping chair . But , O malignant and ill - boading stars ! Now art thou come unto a feaft of death , A terrible and unavoided danger . [ Exeunt . Therefore , dear boy , mount on thy fwifteft horse , And ...
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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.
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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...