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" O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours ! There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never... "
The Preceptor: Containing a General Course of Education. Wherein the First ... - Page 63
by Robert Dodsley - 1758
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The British Theatre: Or, A Collection of Plays, which are Acted at ..., Volume 6

Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1824 - 444 pages
...aspire to. That sweet aspect of princes, and our ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have ; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. — Enter CROMWELL. Why, how now, Cromwell ? Crom. I have no power to speak, sir. Wol. What, amazed At my misfortunes ?...
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The Plays, Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 358 pages
...aspire to, That sweet aspe'ct of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have ; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. — Enter Cromwell, amazedly. Why, how now, Cromwell ? Crom. I have no power to speak, sir. Wol What, amaz'cl At my misfortunes...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have ; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. — Enter Cromwell, amazedly. Why, how now, Cromwell ? Crom. I have no power to speak, sir. Wol. What, amaz'd At my misfortunes...
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The Beauties of Shakespeare: Selected from Each Play : with a General Index ...

William Shakespeare, William Dodd - Fore-edge painting - 1824 - 428 pages
...aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. CARDINAL WOLSEY'S SPEECH TO CROMWELL. Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries;...
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A dictionary of quotations from the British poets, by the author of The ...

British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have ; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. 'Tis the curse of service ; Preferment goes by letter, and affection, Not by the old gradation, where...
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Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical, Volume 5

George Daniel, John Cumberland - English drama - 1826 - 530 pages
...aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and our ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have ; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. — Enter CROMWELL, L. Why, how now, Cromwell ? Crom. (L.) I have no power to speak, sir. Wol. What, amazed At my misfortunes...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text by G. Steevens ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 648 pages
...to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, Q More pangs and fears than wars or women have : And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. — Enter CROMWELL, amazedly. Why, how now, Cromwell ? Crom. I have no power to speak, sir. Wot. What, amaz'd At my misfortunes...
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The life and death of Thomas Wolsey, cardinall. Repr., with an intr. and notes

Thomas Storer - 1826 - 138 pages
...Henry the Eighth, Act iii. Sc. 2. O how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours ! And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. P. 42. stanza 1. Danubie.~\ This is the true reading — from the cited passage in England's Parnassus....
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King Richard III. King Henry VIII. Troilus and Cressida

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 490 pages
...to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin33, More pangs and fears than wars or women have ; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again 33. — • 31 Thus in Shakspeare's twenty-fifth Sonnet : — ' Great princes' favourites their fair...
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Exercises in Reading and Recitation

Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and his ruin, More pangs and fears than war or women have ; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. Enter Cromwell. Why, how now, Cromwell? Crom. I have no power to speak, Sir. Wol. What ! amazed at my misfortunes ;...
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