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" 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... "
Historical plays: King Henry VI, pt. I-III. King Richard III. King Henry VIII - Page 225
by William Shakespeare - 1745
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, from the text ..., Part 49, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 578 pages
...Margaret, my queen, and Clifford, too, Have chid me from the battle ; swearing both, They prosper best of all when I am thence. 'Would I were dead ! if God's good will were so : For what is in this world but grief and woe ? O God ! methinks, it were a happy life, To be no...
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The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere, Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1852 - 558 pages
...best of all when I am thence. Would I were dead ! if God's good will were so : HISTORIES. VOL. II. For what is in this world but grief and woe ? O God...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, Thereby to see...
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Sundials: Their Theory and Construction

Albert Edmund Waugh - Technology & Engineering - 1973 - 260 pages
...additional grandchildren as an industrious and persistent stork may bless me with in times to come O God! methinks it were a happy life. To be no better than a homely swain ; To sit upon a hill, as l do now. To carve out dials quaintly, point by point. Thereby to see...
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An Audition Handbook of Great Speeches

Jerry Blunt - Performing Arts - 1990 - 232 pages
...Margaret my queen, and Clifford too, Have chid me from the battle; swearing both They prosper best of all when I am thence. Would I were dead! if God's good will were so; For what is in this world but grief and woe? O God! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better...
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An anatomy of sleep: die Schlafbildlichkeit in den Dramen William Shakespeares

Marcus Noll - Dreams in literature - 1994 - 184 pages
...deutlicher Neid spürbar sowie ein klar ausgedrückter Wunsch, lieber Hirte als König sein zu wollen: O God! Methinks it were a happy life To be no better than a homely swain. [...] Ah, what a life were this! How sweet! How lovely ! (3 Henry VI, E, 5, 2l -22 und 41 )...
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Selected Poems

William Shakespeare - Poetry - 1995 - 136 pages
...victors, breast to breast, Yet neither conqueror nor conquered. So is the equal poise of this fell war. 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, Thereby to see...
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William Shakespeare: The Critical Heritage, Volume 5

Brian Vickers - 1995 - 585 pages
...which cannot be trusted to the tell-tale day. (V, 74) [116] [On 3 Henry VI, 2.5.21 ff: King Henry. O God! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain] This speech is mournful and soft, exquisitely suited to the character of the king, and makes...
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Approach to Shakespeare

Gilian West - Education - 2015 - 105 pages
...Margaret my queen, and Clifford t6o, Have chid me from the battle, sw6aring both X They prosper best of all when I am thence. Would I were dead, if God's good will were s6! For what is in this world but grief and woe? [Enter a Son, bearing the body of his Father] Ill...
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...Margaret my queen, and Clifford too, Have chid me from the battle; swearing both They prosper best LYSANDER, and DEMETRIUS. EGEUS. Happy be Theseus, our renowned duke so; For what is in this world but grief and woe? О God! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better...
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Shakespeare: A Life in Drama

Stanley Wells - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 438 pages
...get on better without him, he meditates on how much happier he would be as a peasant than as a king. 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, Thereby to see...
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