 Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity : And therefore — since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days — I am...  The Handy-volume Shakspeare [ed. by Q.D.]. - Page 120by William Shakespeare - 1866Full view - About this book
 | Pasquale Memmolo - European drama - 1995 - 364 pages
...konsequenten Aufstand gegen alles Positive in der Welt, wie aus dem Eingangsmonolog Richards zu entnehmen ist Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no...well-spoken days, I am determined to prove a villain, 120 Wichtig sind Polydore Vergils "Anglica Historia" (1516 abgeschlossen, ab 1534 veröffentlicht)... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Poetry - 1995 - 136 pages
...them Why I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time, 93 Unless to see my shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity....villain And hate the idle pleasures of these days. 94 Sorrow breaks seasons and reposing hours, Makes the night morning and the noontide night: Princes... | |
 | Paul Nimmo - Drama - 1996 - 72 pages
...REST KING DIRECTOR KING DIRECTOR KING PLAYER 3 PLAYER 6 PLAYER 7 PLAYER 8 PLAYER 1 PLAYER 2 DIRECTOR Why I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no...villain And hate the idle pleasures of these days. You see. It's not just them that can strut and fret with old Shakespeare. But are they interested in... | |
 | John Julius Norwich - History - 2001 - 438 pages
...Friars in Leicester. It cost him just a shilling over ten pounds. King Richard III [1471-1485] K. RICH. I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated...well-spoken days, I am determined to prove a villain . . . KING RICHARD III King Richard III, the only English ruler since the Norman Conquest to have been... | |
 | Park Honan - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 522 pages
...father's death. Since peace has robbed Richard of his identity he will entirely refashion himself: I in this weak piping time of peace Have no delight...well-spoken days, I am determined to prove a villain. (I. i. 24-30) To achieve that end, he is endowed with several of the author's own attributes, such... | |
 | Harvey C. Mansfield (Jr.) - Philosophy - 2000 - 362 pages
...clear: Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to see my shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity....well-spoken days, I am determined to prove a villain. (I. i. 24— 30) 18. On Henry's skillful theatricality in this scene, see Graham Bradshaw, Misrepresentations:... | |
 | Thomas Leech - Business & Economics - 2001 - 328 pages
...Our stern alarums changed to merry meetings. Our dreadful marches to delightful measures. . . . 58 Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no...villain, And hate the idle pleasures of these days. Richard, Richard III. 1, 1 Take-Away Ideas * The words we choose can add power to our communication.... | |
 | Wystan Hugh Auden - Drama - 2002 - 428 pages
...made "to court an amorous looking glass" and has "no delight to pass away the time," Unless to see my shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity....villain And hate the idle pleasures of these days. (Ii 14-1 6, 25-31) Richard Ill's monologue is not unlike Adolf Hitler's speech to his General Staff... | |
 | Mary Ayers - Attachment behavior - 2003 - 260 pages
...curtailed of this fair proportion. Cheated of feature by dissembling nature. Deformed. unfinished. sent before my time Into this breathing world. scarce...well,spoken days. I am determined to prove a villain. And not the idle pleasures of these days. tShakespeare. quoted by Lansky. 1995: 1079l Although in shame... | |
 | Mary Ayers - Attachment behavior - 2003 - 258 pages
...as I halt by them; Why. I. in this weak piping time of peace. Have no delight to pass away the lime. Unless to spy my shadow in the sun. And descant on...well-spoken days. I am determined to prove a villain. And not the idle pleasures of these days. tShakespeare. quoted by Lansky. 1995: 1079) Although in shame... | |
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