The plays of William Shakespeare, ed. by T. Keightley, Part 38, Volume 3 |
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... Bast . Your faithful subject I , a gentleman , Born in Northamptonshire ; and eldest son , As I suppose , to Robert Faulconbridge ; A soldier , by the honour - giving hand Of Cœur - de - lion knighted in the field . K. John . What art ...
... Bast . Your faithful subject I , a gentleman , Born in Northamptonshire ; and eldest son , As I suppose , to Robert Faulconbridge ; A soldier , by the honour - giving hand Of Cœur - de - lion knighted in the field . K. John . What art ...
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... Bast . Because he hath a half - face , like my father , With that half - face would he have all my land . A half - faced groat five hundred pound a year ! Rob . My gracious liege , when that my father liv'd , Your brother did employ my ...
... Bast . Because he hath a half - face , like my father , With that half - face would he have all my land . A half - faced groat five hundred pound a year ! Rob . My gracious liege , when that my father liv'd , Your brother did employ my ...
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... Bast . Of no more force to dispossess me , sir , Than was his will to get me , as I think . Eli . Whether hadst thou rather be a Faulconbridge , And like thy brother , to enjoy thy land ; Or the reputed son of Coeur - de - lion , Lord ...
... Bast . Of no more force to dispossess me , sir , Than was his will to get me , as I think . Eli . Whether hadst thou rather be a Faulconbridge , And like thy brother , to enjoy thy land ; Or the reputed son of Coeur - de - lion , Lord ...
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... BAST . kneels . Arise Sir Richard , and Plantagenet . Bast . Brother , by the mother's side , give me your hand ; My father gave me honour , yours gave land.- Now blessed be the hour , by night or day , When I was got , Sir Robert was ...
... BAST . kneels . Arise Sir Richard , and Plantagenet . Bast . Brother , by the mother's side , give me your hand ; My father gave me honour , yours gave land.- Now blessed be the hour , by night or day , When I was got , Sir Robert was ...
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... honour up and down ? Bast . My brother Robert ? old Sir Robert's son ? Colbrand the giant , that same mighty man ? Is it Sir Robert's son , that you seek so ? Lady F. Sir Robert's son ! Ay , thou unreverend SC . I. KING JOHN .
... honour up and down ? Bast . My brother Robert ? old Sir Robert's son ? Colbrand the giant , that same mighty man ? Is it Sir Robert's son , that you seek so ? Lady F. Sir Robert's son ! Ay , thou unreverend SC . I. KING JOHN .
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Page 81 - This England never did, (nor never shall,) Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them : Nought shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true.
Page 52 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Page 394 - A made a finer end, and went away, an it had been any christom child ; 'a parted even just between twelve and one, e'en at the turning o' the tide: for after I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers, and smile upon his fingers...
Page 259 - When that this body did contain a spirit, A kingdom for it was too small a bound; But now two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough.
Page 50 - For heaven's sake, Hubert, let me not be bound ! Nay, hear me, Hubert ! drive these men away, And I will sit as quiet as a lamb ; I will not stir, nor wince, nor speak a word, Nor look upon the iron angerly : Thrust but these men away, and I'll forgive you, Whatever torment you do put me to.
Page 130 - All murder'd; for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp, Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchize, be fear'd and kill with looks, Infusing him with self and vain conceit, As if this flesh which walls about our life Were brass impregnable, and humour'd thus Comes at the last and with a little pin Bores through his castle wall, and farewell king!
Page 312 - There is a history in all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceased ; The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, which in their seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasure'd. Such things become the hatch and brood of time...
Page 435 - This story shall the good man teach his son ; And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered ; We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...
Page 183 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners. But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly...
Page 401 - Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead ! In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility : But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger...