 | Brian Vickers - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 532 pages
...the Prince is simply enjoying himself until the time comes for him to take up his responsibilities: So when this loose behaviour I throw off And pay the...word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes; ... 199 I'll so offend to make offence a skill, Redeeming time when men think least I will. (1.2.196ff)... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 884 pages
...to work; But when they seldom come, they wished-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay...word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes. 210 And like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall show... | |
 | Peggy O'Brien - Historical drama, English - 1994 - 244 pages
...is a mask he will discard when it is time to assume responsibilities: "So when this loose behavior I throw off / And pay the debt I never promised, /...word I am, / By so much shall I falsify men's hopes. ..." PUB CRAWLERS I'll so offend to make offense a skill, Redeeming time when men think least I will.... | |
 | Cathy Lynn Preston - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 294 pages
...seldom come, they wish'd for come. And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So when this loose behavior I throw off And pay the debt I never promised, By...like bright metal on a sullen ground. My reformation, glitt'ring o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly and attract more eyes Than that which hath no foil... | |
 | Peter J. Leithart - Christianity and literature. - 1996 - 288 pages
...the foul and ugly mists Of vapors that did seem to strangle him. . . . So, when this loose behavior I throw off And pay the debt I never promised, By...like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glitt'ring o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly and attract more eyes Than that which hath no foil... | |
 | Harry Berger, Peter Erickson - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 532 pages
...remainder of the speech, which already tangs with the foretaste of carnival: So when this loose behavior I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By...like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation glitt'ring o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly, and attract more eyes Than that which hath no foil... | |
 | Jutta Schamp - Time in literature - 1997 - 382 pages
...sondern impliziert letztlich eine Nichtakzeptanz des Anderen: [...]: So when this loose behaviour I [Hai] throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By how...like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glitt'ring o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly, and attract more eyes Than that which hath no foil... | |
 | Volker Zumbrink - Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von - 1997 - 524 pages
...1970. S. 4-87. S. 54. 934 Übersetzung "Henry IV". S. 14. So, when this loose behaviour I throw of And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better...metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glittering o' er my fault, Shall show more goodly and attract more eyes Than that which halb no foil to set it... | |
 | Monika Greenleaf - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 434 pages
...has adopted is a deliberate disguise, a discardable foil for the future: So when this loose behavior I throw off And pay the debt I never promised, By...word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes; I'll so offend to make offense a skill, Redeeming time when men think least I will. (Act 1, sc. 2,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1998 - 340 pages
...to work ; But when they seldom come, they wished-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So when this loose behaviour I throw off And pay the...hopes ; And like bright metal on a sullen ground, 200 My reformation, glitt'ring o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly and attract more eyes Than that... | |
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So, when this loose behaviour I throw off And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes... 
